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Devarim 5776 – Tisha b’Av and Geopolitics

On this day, 2,602 years ago, the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed for the first time. On this day, 1,946

Every year on Tisha b’Av I struggle with a sense of cognitive dissonance between the traditional liturgy and the reality

Today is Tisha b’Av, the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar.

Planning a family vacation that over Tisha b’Av is perhaps not the most felicitous planning. But various other commitments led

I can’t say the traditional prayers on Tisha b’Av. How can I say prayers that talk of “the city laid

Once again, the fast of the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av is upon us. Once again, we’re