Tablet Logo.
#Tisha B’Av 20146
  • African asylum seekers, who entered Israel illegally in the past years, hold a prayer after they spent the night in an outdoor camp near Nitzana border crossing with Egypt in the Negev Desert on June 28, 2014. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
    African asylum seekers, who entered Israel illegally in the past years, hold a prayer after they spent the night in an outdoor camp near Nitzana border crossing with Egypt in the Negev Desert on June 28, 2014. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
    News section icon
    Mourning in the Language of Tisha B’Av

    A makeshift ritual to grieve for Sudanese and Eritrean refugees in Israel

    byAshley Makar
  • (Shutterstock)
    (Shutterstock)
    News section icon
    The Perfect Tisha B’Av Playlist

    There’s only one song on it

    bySara Ivry
  • Glass bridge above the Hall of Witness at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum(USHMM)
    Glass bridge above the Hall of Witness at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum(USHMM)
    News section icon
    My Very Own Tisha B’Av

    How the saddest day of the Jewish calendar helped make me a happier Jew

    byMarla Brown Fogelman
  • Belief section icon
    By the Arch of Titus: Spending Tisha B’Av in Rome

    Tisha B’Av was the first Jewish holiday I learned about growing up in Soviet Ukraine, and I’ve come to observe it in unexpected ways

    byJake Marmer
  • Belief section icon
    People Who Secretly Love Feeling Miserable on Tisha B’Av

    The holiday gives us permission to mourn for many things, personal and communal, that we avoid discussing the rest of the year

    byAlter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman
  • Smoke billows from a building hit by an Israeli air strike in the town of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 14, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
    Smoke billows from a building hit by an Israeli air strike in the town of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 14, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
    News section icon
    Jewish Fast Day Magnified by Conflict in Israel

    The 17th of Tammuz, which falls on Tuesday, has additional meaning this year

    bySaul Austerlitz
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
Subscribe to our newsletter
Donate to Tablet
Follow us:
Twitter Logo.
Facebook Logo.
Instagram Logo.