Time to go to the gym! Grab your sneakers, your water bottle, your headphones or earbuds or air pods. And don’t forget to slip on your Tisha B’Av Jewish Rabbi Yoga Pants Gym Leggings. That bizarro ...

The ruling also insisted that people should wash their hands well and use hand sanitizer, which is usually prohibited on the day of mourning. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Those with the coronavirus should not ...

Last Sunday marked Tisha B’av, one of the most solemn in the Jewish calendar, as it is a day to mourn the destruction of the Jewish temples that happened in 586 B.C. and A.D. 70, respectively. Rabbi ...

Captain Rabbi Avrumi Levin: “In case the Temple is rebuilt, consider this [Tisha B’Av] document null and void.” The report about Captain Rabbi Avrumi Levin, the IDF’s rabbi for the Special Forces ...

New liturgies and practices are emerging for the holiday, the first that Orthodox Jews will be able to observe via livestream. (JTA) — For many observant Jews, the mourning over the destruction of the ...

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 ...

About JPPI – The Jewish People’s Podcast: The Jewish People’s Podcast (JPPI) explores the most pressing issues facing the global Jewish community. Hosted by Yaakov Katz in conversation with leading ...

A man visiting from Manhattan introduced himself after finishing a Shabbat afternoon class in Jewish ethics and told me the following story: In the early years of Lincoln Square Synagogue, when Rabbi ...

During the evening of the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, we gather in front of the courthouse downtown. All of us wear black. Many are fasting. Carolina Jews for Justice has organized a service ...

Sinai Temple’s Atid holds intimate Shabbat services and a dinner welcoming Rabbi Sam Rotenberg into its young professionals community. Rotenberg, known for his musical prayer leadership in a variety ...

“I’m fasting on Tisha B’Av for the first time this year,” a makeup artist told me last week in the TV studio. She isn’t alone. Many people fasted this year for the first time and there is no need to ...

(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 ...