"And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for Joseph had solemnly sworn the people of Israel, saying, 'God will visit you; then you must carry my bones with you from here'" (Exodus 13:19). This ...

This year’s Tisha B’Av will be different from past years. Our mourning usually begins slowly with the Three Weeks and culminates with Tisha B’Av. This year, it began with full intensity ten months ago ...

When I was younger, I often struggled with understanding the purpose of the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av. Why, thousands of years later, do we still fast and mourn the destruction of Judaism’s two ...