As the fast day approaches, some protesters of the recent law weakening the judiciary fear that it could lead to another catastrophe. (JTA) — The image started circulating almost as soon as the ...

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 — ...

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 ...

Certain dates tend to lurk in our awareness more than others. I don’t know how many grade-school kids could tell you what happened on Dec. 7, 1941, but from very early childhood, I knew. That was the ...

President Isaac Herzog on Friday issued a stark warning to the government not to inflame national tensions and reiterated his opposition to its efforts to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

At Tisha B’Av this year, think of fasting as a tzedakah stimulus plan. By observing this day of mourning, by not eating, our hunger can stimulate us to look beyond our own tables. Coming in the middle ...

This week a friend confessed to me his problem with fasting on Tisha B’av. My friend is Orthodox and Israeli — an alumnus of one of the elite hesder yeshivas — and he felt that it would be wrong for ...

Relating to the despair over a 2,000-year-old catastrophe is an exercise in empathy, writes a scholar of ancient Judaism. This story originally appeared on My Jewish Learning. (JTA) — Next Thursday is ...

The image started circulating almost as soon as the Israeli government finished voting to approve a divisive piece of legislation this week. “Shisha B’Av,” it said in white Hebrew letters against a ...