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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Tisha B'Av

Jewish men pray during Tisha B'Av, at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, August 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 13, 2024, 1:42 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 13: Day 312 – On Tisha B’Av, a lamentable need to be on ‘peak alert’
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on Hamas claims of murdering a hostage; reporter Canaan Lidor on inner-Jewish struggles over public prayer, a new liturgy of mourning
By ToI Staff
Families and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip gather to mark the Tisha B'Av fast day at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, August 12, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 13, 2024, 10:47 am
Divided and facing outside attack, some Jews see echoes of Tisha B’Av everywhere
As threat of Iranian attack looms over Israel and with internal discord bubbling back to the surface, there are those who fear the nation faces fresh tragedy
By Ben Sales
Jewish men pray as they gather for the ritual of Tisha B'Av at the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, on August 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 13, 2024, 10:09 am
Marking poignant Tisha B’Av, Israelis draw parallels to October 7 attacks
Crowds attend prayers at Western Wall, while thousands more gather at Hostages Square to call for captives’ release
By ToI Staff
Adam Hajaj speaks during a rally for hostages in Gaza in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2024. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
August 12, 2024, 3:54 pm
October 7 trauma reconnects Israelis with a 2,000-year-old Jewish day of mourning
Thousands of synagogues prepare to feature lamentations about the Hamas atrocities, on Tisha B’Av, a fast day that commemorates historical – and now contemporary – tragedies
By Canaan Lidor
Israeli tanks stand near the Israel-Gaza border as seen from southern Israel, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 12, 2024, 2:18 pm
Army broadens closed zone around Gaza ahead of prayer event by pro-settlement activists
Security sources tell media move is a precaution against possible attack on gathering, intended to mark Tisha B’av fast and raise awareness of desire to rebuild Gaza settlements
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
From 'Legend of Destruction,' Gidi Dar's 2021 film about the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 70 CE. (Courtesy: David Polonsky and Michael Faust)
August 11, 2024, 4:25 pm
2021 film about the destruction of the Second Temple finds new resonance after Oct. 7
Gidi Dar’s ‘Legend of Destruction’ was acclaimed in Israel because it reflected social and political divides in 21st-century Jerusalem; now an English version speaks to US Jews
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Co-host Jamie Geller interviews Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Noam Tibon for the documentary 'October 7th: Voices of Pain, Hope and Heroism.' (Courtesy: Aish)
August 9, 2024, 1:27 am
New documentary highlights the tragedy and resilience of families affected by Oct. 7
‘October 7th: Voices of Pain, Hope and Heroism’ contains never-before-seen footage of the massacre; will be released by Aish on Tisha B’Av, the Jewish day of mourning, next week
By Ethan Freedman
PROMOTED CONTENT
August 8, 2024, 11:25 pm
Original Tisha B’Av documentary: Heroism and Faith amid the Tragedy of October 7th
In this original documentary film, experience the loss, courage, hope, and strength of the Jewish spirit through personal stories of 5 families whose lives changed forever on October 7
The Piyyut Ensemble in an undated photo. (Screen grab via YouTube)
July 25, 2024, 10:46 am
Piyyut Ensemble performs elegies that aim to mourn and heal
Musical group plans Jerusalem performance ahead of solemn Tisha B’Av fast day, focusing on pain of those bereaved in ongoing war
By Jessica Steinberg
Jews pray at the entrance to the flashpoint Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, during Tisha B'Av, on July 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 28, 2023, 8:53 pm
Bahrain postpones plans to host Israeli FM, hours after Ben Gvir tours Temple Mount
Official justification given by Manama is scheduling conflict, but official says far-right minister’s visit to flashpoint site was actual reason
By Jacob Magid
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tours the Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av, July 27, 2023. (Temple Mount Administration)
July 27, 2023, 11:29 am
Ben Gvir visits Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, drawing rebuke from US, Jordan, Saudis
Minister, other lawmakers ascend to flashpoint site without incident; 16 Jewish visitors, 2 Arabs arrested over disturbances; record numbers said to tour site on fast day
By Michael Horovitz
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem, by David Roberts, 1850. (Wikipedia/ Creative Commons)
July 27, 2023, 1:40 am
Judicial overhaul opponents see parallel to Tisha B’Av, saddest day in Hebrew year
Image reading ‘Shisha B’Av’ circulates online to mark Hebrew date Knesset passed overhaul bill, drawing link to destruction of Temples
By PHILISSA CRAMER
President Isaac Herzog hosts delegations from Likud, Yesh Atid and National Unity for judicial overhaul negotiations at his residence in Jerusalem, March 28, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 26, 2023, 8:35 pm
Herzog: Those in power are chiefly responsible for mending rift caused by overhaul
President says he’s ‘deeply disappointed’ by failure to reach compromise but will press efforts to bridge gaps; coalition whip calls his comments ‘unfortunate’
By ToI Staff
Staff prepare food at the Shila restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2019. (Courtesy of Shila)
July 26, 2023, 2:08 pm
Dozens of restaurants to stay open illegally on Tisha B’Av, some to protest overhaul
Many cite a desire to fight what they see as increasing religious coercion, whereas others are flouting the law to mitigate decreasing profit margins amid inflation
By Canaan Lidor
Pro- and anti-overhaul demonstrators hold prayers at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2023. (Charlie Summers/The Times of Israel)
July 23, 2023, 1:20 pm
Activists on both sides of overhaul debate hold mass Western Wall prayer for unity
Ahead of Tisha B’Av, organizers of gathering and subsequent march in Jerusalem plead with sparring parties to think of the destruction brought on by discord
By Canaan Lidor and Charlie Summers
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