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.

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

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

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


Temple Mount - What the rabbis say

Rabbi Goren told Moshe Dayan: "This, God forbid, could lead to the destruction of the Third Temple, for the key to our sovereignty over Judea, Samaria and Gaza is the Temple Mount."

Jewish visitors in Temple Mount

Right-wing politicians call on PM to reverse Temple Mount ban on Jews

Chief Rabbi Yosef: Jewish visitation to Temple Mount is forbidden, ban should be in force year round.

Muslim worshippers on Temple Mount as police barred Jewish entrance on Tisha Be'av

Christian delegation to commemorate Tisha B’Av with Jews in Israel

Bob O’Dell: ‘It is the center of the storm and will eventually be the center of great joy’.

The ruins of the Second Temple that sit next to a part of the Western Wall

Tisha Be'Av: Rebuilding Jerusalem

Tisha Be'av at the Western Wall, 2019.

7 tragedies that befell the Jewish people on Tisha Be’Av

The Jerusalem Post looked at some of the most significant events in Jewish history that fell on the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av, a day of mourning.

ewish worshipper prays next to a pillar that Israeli archeaologists say formed part of the Second Temple, next to the Western Wall on Tisha Be'Av.

Police to decide on whether to let Jews on Temple Mount Sunday

The police said they will determine whether to allow Jews on the Mount Sunday after determining if the situation is calm and risk of violence and confrontation is low.

Palestinians pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2019.

Senior Rabbis rule: It's forbidden to go up to the Temple Mount

The rabbis felt it was necessary to issue their rulings in advance of the fast of Tisha Be'av this coming Sunday when some Jews have the custom to attempt an ascent to the Temple Mount.

JEWS WILL have to keep on looking at the Temple Mount from a distance.

Know Comment: This Tisha Be'Av, Let Zion lament

But then recommit to renewed Zionist and Jewish purpose.

MARCHING AROUND the Old City walls as part of the annual Tisha Be’Av Walk.

Tisha Be'Av: What is worth mourning about?

Most of the Jewish population in Israel – to a lesser or greater degree among various groups – as well as most non-Jewish groups, has suffered losses during Israel’s wars and in terrorist attacks.

Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett sits on the floor to read the Book of Lamentations at an event commemorating Tisha Be’av in Shoham on Saturday night.

Grapevine: The value of visual history

JERUSALEM POST editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz thought he was going to a regular Thursday afternoon editorial meeting this week.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN greets UK Ambassador Neil Wigan and his family at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem this week