We need to talk about Israel. Tisha B’Av’s central text suggests ‘how’
The first word of the Book of Lamentations, the central text of this week’s Tisha B’Av fast, is “eicha,” or "how" – a harbinger to Israel's current situation.
"Jeremiah seated in the ruins of Jerusalem," Eduard Bendemann, 1837.(photo credit: JTA COLLAGE, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)ByANDREA HODOS/JTA
