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Tisha b’Av isn’t about mourning the past

Tisha b’Av isn’t about mourning the past

Why it is time to leave behind the exilic conception of the fast day and towards a national day of political action

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Ariel Beery
Aug 09, 2024
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Israelis call for the release of the hostages, who have been held in Gaza for 300 days, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, August 1, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

(First published on the Times of Israel)

For thousands of years – since the Babylonians destroyed the first Temple in Judea – the Jewish People have marked the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, …

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