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The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 24, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Al-Aqsa is a misdirect
Critics of Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount negate the real causes of this war.
Avi Abelow
Aug. 15, 2024
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, Feb. 15, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
US ‘strongly opposes’ Ben-Gvir’s visit to Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av
The Israeli national security minister’s decision “demonstrated blatant disregard for the historic status quo with respect to the holy sites in Jerusalem,” the U.S. secretary of state said.
Aug. 13, 2024
A scene from the film “Legend of Destruction.” Credit: Art by David Polonsky and Michael Faust.
‘Unity depends on us,’ says director of animated Second Temple film ‘Legend of Destruction’
“If we are not able to work together, to compromise, we’re going to a bad place,” Gidi Dar told JNS.
Dave Gordon
Aug. 13, 2024
Members of the Israel Defense Forces walking next to destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel, Nov. 21, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
This Tisha B’Av is a day of sorrow, pain … and optimism
We have seen the worst that can be done to the Jewish people but also the greatness that can only be defined as biblical in proportion.
Aryeh Lightstone
Aug. 13, 2024
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) during a previous visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Source: Itamar Ben-Gvir/X.
Ben-Gvir atop Temple Mount: My policy is to allow Jewish prayer
The government and prime minister set policy on the Temple Mount, not ministers, says the PMO in response.
Aug. 13, 2024
Israeli President Isaac Herzog participates in a reading of the Book of Lamentations at the Ohel Nechama Synagogue in Jerusalem. The book recounts the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and is traditionally recited sitting on the floor as a sign of mourning, July 13, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.
Herzog on Tisha B’Av: ‘Bring them home’
"We mourn together, embrace together, and cry out together for the immediate release of our brothers and sisters from the darkness of captivity," said the Israeli president.
Aug. 13, 2024
Jewish men pray during Tisha B'Av at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 27, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Everything you need to know about Tisha B’Av
One of the most difficult days in the Jewish calendar, it includes five afflictions intended to stir the heart and inspire repentance.
Miri Weissman
Aug. 13, 2024
Community. Credit: geralt/Pixabay.
How to create an atmosphere of love and acceptance this Tisha B’Av
Today, try to do something kind for someone else, especially if they hold different views from you.
Rabbi Mendy Cohen
Aug. 12, 2024
"Ninth of Av" (2012) by Mark Podwal. Acrylic and colored pencil on paper. Credit: Mark Podwal.
‘Tisha B’Av’
The fast day commemorates the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem and memorializes other major tragedies that befell the Jewish people throughout its history.
Mark Podwal
Aug. 12, 2024