Heaps of stones stockpiled for use in riots were found by security personnel on the Temple Mount early in the day on Tisha B'Av. The Islamist Ra’am (United Arab List) party headed by Deputy Minister ...

A crowd of Orthodox men disrupted a Conservative prayer service on Tisha B’Av, a Jewish day of mourning, at the Western Wall — shouting down worshippers, attempting to block the entrance and setting ...

(RNS) — Some ideas for the architect who will rebuild the site of the Pittsburgh massacre. (RNS) — The site of the most deadly attack on Jews in U.S. history is getting ready to rebuild. In early May, ...

(JTA) — Fasting and praying for 25 hours — many of them sweltering — isn’t anyone’s idea of summer vacation. But that’s not the only reason Tisha B’Av (the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av, which ...

The collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside is on South Florida congregations’ minds as they prepare to observe the holy day of Tisha B’Av. Tisha B’Av, which begins this year at sundown on ...

Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, is undoubtedly the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. It is a big secret of Jewish history that every major tragic event that ever happened to the Jewish ...

(RNS) — The Israeli action violates the 1994 peace treaty between Jordan and Israel, the Jordanian foreign ministry said. AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) — Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa complex, the third holiest mosque in ...

Nearly three weeks ago, I wrote of the saddest period in the annual Jewish calendar. This Saturday night and Sunday will mark the apex of tragedy. It is the Ninth Day of the Hebrew month of Av — ...

The section of the wall that was exposed. In the days leading up to Tisha B’Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar that commemorates the destruction of the two Temples, there have been a number of ...

On the night of the 9th of Av, thousands of years ago, the Jewish people cried for no reason. The spies had returned from the Land of Israel with a slanderous report. Rather than trust in God and see ...

Tisha B’Av, which begins July 17 and ends the following evening, is a day of mourning and fasting. This week’s clergy discuss the historic and contemporary significance of what is known as the saddest ...

Letting go of a dark past is not just a modern idea. (JTA) — Fasting and praying for 25 hours — many of them sweltering — isn’t anyone’s idea of summer vacation. But that’s not the only reason Tisha B ...