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Tisha B’Av Book Talk With Survivor Sylvia Ruth Gutmann

Jul 22, 1:00 pm

Barnes & Noble, Framingham

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Tisha B’Av

Jul 21, 9:00 pm

Temple Sinai, Marblehead

“The Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD” (Louis Haghe)

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(Photo: John Kirk/iStock)

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An Interfaith Experience of Mourning

7/31/2017, 7:00 pm

Open Spirit, Framingham

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Tisha B’Av Service Sunday Morning

8/14/2016, 9:00 am

Temple Beth Israel, Waltham

(Photo: Juan R. Cuadra)

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Tisha B’Av: From Despair to Repair

8/13/2016, 9:00 pm

Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, Boston

Saturday August 13th, 9:00 pm In subdued light we will begin Ma’ariv, the evening service, and move from there into the shared chanting of Eicha/Lamentations, with its...

Free

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Tisha B’Av Service and Film Screening

8/13/2016, 8:45 pm

Chai Center, Brookline

Blessed is the Match

Free

Tisha B’Av Service

8/13/2016, 8:30 pm

Havurat Shalom, Somerville

“The Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD” (Louis Haghe)

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Tisha B’Av Services

8/13/2016, 8:30 pm

Temple Beth Israel, Waltham

Destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem by Nicolas Poussin

Free

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Tisha B’Av at the Boston Synagogue

8/13/2016, 7:00 pm

Boston Synagogue, Boston

The destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (1867, Francesco Hayez)

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Tisha B’Av Gathering

8/13/2016, 6:00 pm

Temple Israel, Boston

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7/23/2018 Top Pick

U.S. Jews Rally for Immigrants to Mark Tisha B’Av

In a dozen cities, Jews lament the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, demand their cancellation, and are sorrowful at this new “national tragedy.”

By The Times of Israel

(Photo: Lee Jaffe/Flickr)

7/19/2018 Top Pick

Tisha B’Av, Entrepreneurism and the Call of the Wall

The idea of the pivot is not strange in the field of entrepreneurship; however, it’s not usually what comes to mind when thinking about Tisha B’Av.

By Rabbi Baruch HaLevi

(Photo: Lili Popper/Unsplash)

7/17/2018

The Ninth of Av: From Darkness to Light

As we are approaching the ninth of Av, and in light of the rising worldwide anti-Semitism, the mind keeps drifting toward that perennial question of the persecution of the...

By Dr. Michael LaitmanFor Bnei Baruch Education Center

(Photo: Artem Sapegin/Unsplash)

7/27/2017

Tisha B’Av Through an Interfaith Lens

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

Roman triumphal procession with spoils from the Second Temple, depicted on the inside wall of the Arch of Titus in Rome

7/25/2017

Lifting Each Other Up

Preparing for Tisha B’av with joy as well as sorrow.

By Cantor Ken RichmondFor Hebrew College

Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by Francesco Hayez (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

8/11/2016

We Mourn the Ruin of the Temple, But We Extol Its Cause

Each year come Tisha B'Av, we mourn the ruin of the Temple due to our baseless hatred. And yet, each year we make our mutual hatred more entrenched. So...

By Dr. Michael LaitmanFor Bnei Baruch Education Center

Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by Francesco Hayez (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

8/1/2016

What is Tisha B’Av?

Tisha B'Av this year is observed from the evening of August 13 until sunset on August 14. For some Jews, it comes and goes without notice. What is this...

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