Tisha B'Av

One people cannot survive under two laws: What pushed Israel's deputy FM to resign - opinion

What I taught my daughter on Tisha B’Av – and why I resigned from the government.

|BySHARREN HASKEL
Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation as deputy foreign minister, at the Knesset, on July 14, 2026.
The western wall male side on Tisha B'av, 2018

Tisha B'Av calls on Israel to restore its culture of responsibility - opinion

A healthy society should possess a moral fragrance. Its values should be detectable not only in its speeches and symbols, but in its streets, offices, schools, hospitals, and homes. 

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outline the progress made on his core campaign promises since taking office, in Queens, New York City, US, April 12, 2026.

Criticism cannot become erasure: A letter to Mamdani on his condemnation of Netanyahu - opinion

On Tisha B’Av, I am asking you not to erase Israeli humanity or Jewish pain.

|ByDOV BLEICH
Jews pray at the Western Wall on Tisha B'Av, July 22, 2026.

Today in photos: Thousands gather at Western Wall for Tisha B'Av lamentations

Tisha B'Av is first and foremost a fast day, during which Jews abstain from all food and water for approximately 25 hours, from sunset until nightfall the next day.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Tisha Be'av: Orthodox Union to discuss COVID-19 impact on Jewish community

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb's Torah study (shiur) titled “Reflections on Recovery, Resilience, and Redemption” - meant to be heard after mincha - will be available all day across all US time zones.

JULY 20, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Jewish worshipper prays in front of an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, on Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, in Jerusalem's Old City August 1, 2017.

A song of support in the time of coronavirus and the 'three weeks'

"I think that's very relevant to the current situation. In times like this we all need to remember that we can rely on those around us for a helping hand."

JULY 17, 2020ByCELIA JEAN
Members of the Israeli a capella group Rabotai.

Eicha - the question that reverberates throughout history

This year will undoubtedly be known as the Year of Corona. But it should also be called the Year of the Protest.

JULY 15, 2020BySTEWART WEISS
READING MEGILLAT Eicha in Jerusalem’s Independence Park on a previous Tisha Be’Av eve

God is on our side

There is no get-out-of-jail-free card. Be aware of your behaviors

AUGUST 28, 2019ByTZIPPI SHA-KED, PAM PELED, DANIT SHEMESH
There is no get-out-of-jail-free card. Be aware of your behaviors

Tisha Be'av in the PA's Hebron

The Tomb of Otniel Ben Knaz, located just over the border that divides Hebron with the Palestinian Authority, was the site of Jewish prayers on the fast day.

AUGUST 21, 2019ByBEN BRESKY
IDF SOLDIERS and visitors pray with Hebron’s shopping malls in the distance.

Why Tisha Be’av is more relevant than ever

Modern Jews sitting in the stunning city of Jerusalem sometimes struggle to mourn the destruction of the city and its Temple.

AUGUST 21, 2019ByGIDEON D. SYLVESTER
‘AUTO-DA-FE ON Plaza Mayor, Madrid,’ by Francisco Rizi, 1680, illustrates the Spanish Inquisition-era ritual of public penance of condemned heretics.

Israeli watchdog accuses PA of plotting Temple Mount violence

Tisha Be’Av this year coincided with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice.

AUGUST 15, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Muslim worshippers on Temple Mount as police barred Jewish entrance on Tisha Be'av

Give baseless love a chance

To this day, the state’s religious establishment continues to exert control over its citizens’ most intimate moments.

AUGUST 14, 2019ByNOGA BRENNER-SAMIA
Thousands of visitors gather at the entrance to Temple Mount in attempt to pressure the police in to lifting the prohibition on Tisha Be'Av

Standing with AMIA on the Fast of Av

The destruction of the Temple brought with it exile not only from our land and centralized place of worship, but from one another. We have done little to rectify this situation.

AUGUST 12, 2019ByMIKEY STEIN
MEMBERS OF THE Argentinean Jewish community in Buenos Aires hold up pictures of the victims of the AMIA Jewish center bombing, during a ceremony in 2015 to mark the 21th anniversary of the 1994 attack

Thousands visit Western Wall, march through Jerusalem - watch

According to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, some 150,000 people visited the Western Wall between Friday night and sundown on Sunday.

AUGUST 12, 2019ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Tisha Be'Av March 2019