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Category: Reflections on Tisha B’av
Acknowledging Jewish Trauma: A Tishah B’Av Chronicle
Ongoing memory and grief help us heal. In acknowledging Jewish trauma, and learning the Tishah B'Av chronicle, we can learn to do just that.
Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks
August 9, 2024
Holidays
Reflections on Tisha B'av
Medieval Musings on the Emotional Content of a Fast
Can we do work and labor on Tisha B'av? What role do our emotions play in that? The Medieval posek Terumat HaDeshen has an answer.
Rabbi Aaron Alexander
July 31, 2024
Fasting on Tisha B'av
Halakhah
Why Does Tisha B’Av Get So Much Play at Camp?
Tisha B'Av at camp is unlike anywhere else in the Jewish world. So why does Tisha B'Av get so much play at camp?
Sara Beth Berman (she/her)
July 26, 2024
Holidays
Observing Tisha B'av
Tisha Be-Av In Rome, Under the Arch of Titus (1949)
Rabbi Abramowitz z''l: "...Tish'a be-Av amid the ruins of the Roman Empire [was] fraught with inner meaning and significance...in 1948"
Rabbi Meyer Abramowitz z''l
June 30, 2024
CJ Journal - 1945-1959
Conservative Judaism Journal
Temple Envy
This an exploration of my "temple envy" through the emotions of grief, wonder, and desire for Jewish unity during a recent vacation to Nikko.
Rabbi Alex Hamilton
May 22, 2024
Every Day
Holidays
Mourning: A Rabbi’s Own Perspective
A rabbi, familiar with leading others through the process of mourning, goes through the same. Rabbi David Baum remembers his mother.
Rabbi David Baum
August 25, 2023
Death and Dying
Holidays
The Book of Lamentations: Ten Responses to Tragedy & Grief
Explore these ten responses that the Book of Lamentations presents to deal with tragedy and grief. View Tishah B'av through these responses.
Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks
July 25, 2023
Holidays
Reflections on Tisha B'av
Tisha B’Av and Our Present-Day Fight Against Hate
Why is this time, surrounding Tisha B'Av, so important to the modern-day fight against antisemitism, and other forms of hatred and bigotry?
Meredith R. Weisel, ADL Washington, D.C. Regional Director
July 14, 2022
Holidays
Reflections on Tisha B'av