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


In plain language: The Jewish flag of optimism

Israelis fly kites on Rosh Hashana

Oignez vilain, il vous poindra, poignez vilain, il vous oindra…

Israël aura difficilement le dernier mot tant que sa légitimité sera contestée

Prière lors du jeûne du 17 Tamouz

Anne Frank wrote her last diary entry on this day

Coincidentally, the anniversary shares the same day this year as Tisha Be'av, a somber Jewish holiday commemorating the destruction of the ancient Temples in Jerusalem.

Anne Frank in 1940, while at 6. Montessorischool, Niersstraat 41-43, Amsterdam

Madonna observing Tisha Be'av?

Singer posts Instagram photo of herself 'laying low.'

Madonna arrives at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Record 1,200 Jews visit Mount on Tisha Be’av

More than 1,200 Jews visited the Temple Mount on Tuesday morning in commemoration of the destruction of the ancient Temples in Jerusalem on the fast of Tisha Be’av, activist groups said.

A Tisha B'Av morning prayer service is conducted at the entrance gate to the Temple Mount before worshipers go up to the site

Jewish visitors to Temple Mount jump 15% this year

Last week, several dozen prominent national-religious rabbis called on Jews to visit the Temple Mount “to strengthen our hold on this holy place."

JEWS WILL have to keep on looking at the Temple Mount from a distance.

Tisha Be’av lessons

Jews lost their sovereignty. There is no surety that this will not happen again.

Looking out on the Temple Mount

The call of Tisha Be’Av – are we listening yet?

We live in a world where the reach of our communication has never seemed more global – and yet the depth of our discourse is more shallow and stilted than I can ever remember.

Jewish visitors in Temple Mount

Before Tisha Be’Av, rabbis urge end to narrow sectoral interests

“You can’t look at the big picture if you’re hating each other. You can win small victories, make some financial gains, but we’re losing the holiness of why we’re here while we do so.”

Rabbi Michael Melchior 521

How to fast safely on Tisha Be’av

Tips and tricks to get through the summer fast day.

Man pouring a glass of water (Illustrative).