© D. Yael Bernhard This coming week marks Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av on the Hebrew calendar – a day of mourning for Jews all over the world. The tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people on this day throughout the ages have changed the course of history, including the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70CE. As the massive blocks of stone were felled by the Romans, the long era of centralized Judaism came to an end. The first synagogues popped up in small communities, replacing ritual and sacrifice with worship and study. Jews were scattered and exiled in a diaspora that continues to this day in the multicultural Jewish communities all over the world.
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Image of the Week: Tisha B'Av (Ninth of Av)
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© D. Yael Bernhard This coming week marks Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av on the Hebrew calendar – a day of mourning for Jews all over the world. The tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people on this day throughout the ages have changed the course of history, including the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70CE. As the massive blocks of stone were felled by the Romans, the long era of centralized Judaism came to an end. The first synagogues popped up in small communities, replacing ritual and sacrifice with worship and study. Jews were scattered and exiled in a diaspora that continues to this day in the multicultural Jewish communities all over the world.