I recently posted Ma’ayan’s Summer Learning programs on JewishBoston—four weeks of study with two local rabbi-educators on central texts of Tisha b'Av (the 9th of... Read More

Today is Tisha B'Av, the day set aside on the Jewish calendar to commemorate national tragedies such as the loss of the Temples in Jerusalem... Read More

Tisha B’av, the ninth of Av, is the second most important fast day in Jewish religious life (after Yom Kippur).  Historically, it marks the destruction... Read More

Summer camp was always a joyous time in my life, but one thing about camp each summer was exactly the opposite: Tisha B’Av, the ninth... Read More

The Three Weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av (Tisha b'Av) is a time of mourning and reflection, grieving the losses... Read More