Tisha B'Av

Parashat Ki Tavo: The basket of first fruits

The world is so beautiful when we look upon it with a good eye; when we bless its creator and are filled with gratitude.

GRAPES GROW in the Tali Vineyard in Moshav Lachish.
 "Jeremiah seated in the ruins of Jerusalem," Eduard Bendemann, 1837.

Leading with libel: Tisha B'Av and the global attack on Israel - opinion

WESTERN WALL.

Tisha B’Av in Jerusalem: Reflections on loss, return, and Zionism

 People spend time at a beach in Tel Aviv during the Israel-Iran war, June 21, 2025; illustrative.

Embracing diversity, healing through Tisha B’Av - opinion


'Shtetl skills' are reviving a more traditional way of life

Shtetl Skills sessions also tie into the Jewish lunar calendar, often connected to holidays. For example,on Shavuot the Jewish Farm School offers bread making and beer brewing classes.

The downtown Philadelphia skyline

The Nation-State Law’s gift to the ninth of Av

There is absolutely no need for this law, except to stoke the electoral base of craven, cowardly politicians, and stir fear, division and hatred in the run-up to the next elections.

The Knesset votes on the nation-state bill, July 19, 2018

Tisha Be’av 5778: The heart lives on

As we face Tisha Be’av and mourn the loss of the Temple, let us take a moment to remember that we are grieving a destruction that took place in our past and still continues in the present day.

Men pray at the Western Wall, Tisha B'av, 2018

Jordan condemns Jewish ascent to Temple Mount by 'occupying power'

Tisha Be'av in eyes of Jordanian and PA officials and media: "Jews storm Al-Aqsa in 'central occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem."

Jewish visitors on the Temple Mount on July 22, 2018

Bennett warns Herzog to not let millions of Jews be lost

“The only thing that keeps me awake at night is the future of the Jews of the Diaspora,” Bennett said at a Tisha Be'av event on Satutday night.

Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett sits on the floor to read the Book of Lamentations at an event commemorating Tisha Be’av in Shoham on Saturday night.

15 Jews arrested at Temple Mount, as record numbers visit for Tisha B’Av

MK Glick: Jewish people returning to Temple Mount is the 'realization of a prophecy'

The temple mount on the Ninth of Av, July 22, 2018.

More than 1000 Jews enter Temple Mount on Tisha Be'av, two arrested

The two suspects were arrested for performing illegal religious acts at the Muslim-controlled holy site.

The temple mount on the Ninth of Av, July 22, 2018.

Analysis: A nation divided on Tisha Be'av

The struggle over religious pluralism casts a pall over the country as Tisha Be’av approaches.

Jews praying at the Western Wall on the eve of Tisha Be'av, July 31, 2017.

Being able to hear criticism is crucial to the repentance process

Our minds are wired to reject or deflect negative feedback.

‘THE DESTRUCTION of the Temple of Jerusalem,’ Francesco Hayez, 1867

In shadow of Hayun questioning, Rivlin holds Tisha Be’av study session

Each of the scholars chose a different subject related in one way or another to Tisha Be’av.

Reuven Rivlin