In 587 BCE, King Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar II and the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Almost 600 years later, the Second Temple was demolished by the Roman Empire. Tisha B’Av, the ...

(JTA) — For many observant Jews, the mourning over the destruction of the two ancient Temples in Jerusalem on the fast of Tisha B’Av actually begins three weeks earlier with the onset of a period of ...

The mournful summer fast day commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples. But is there room to remember the struggles of others as well? But this summer — perhaps more than any other ...

On Tisha B’Av (the ninth day of the Hebrew Month of Av), we mourn both destructions of the Holy Temple and a myriad of other atrocities that the Jewish People have suffered on this notorious day. We ...

That’s asking a lot. But Tisha B’Av demands it. The 25-hour fast to mark the destruction of the two Temples (along with the other catastrophes included in this day of mourning) demands that we abstain ...

When I was younger, I often struggled with understanding the purpose of the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av. Why, thousands of years later, do we still fast and mourn the destruction of Judaism’s two ...