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Howard Epstein – LETTER FROM ISRAEL – “The Day of Our Fatal Divisiveness”: REFLECTIONS ON TISHA B’AV

Howard Epstein – LETTER FROM ISRAEL – “The Day of Our Fatal Divisiveness”: REFLECTIONS ON TISHA B’AV On Tisha b’Av, that might justifiably be subtitled: “The Day of Our Fatal Divisiveness”, we in Israel are all too aware of the

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Victor Rosenthal - Tisha b'Av, in Judea

Victor Rosenthal – Tisha b’Av, in Judea Today Jews are observing the fast of the 9th of Av, commemorating the destruction of the Jewish Temples in 586 BCE and 70 CE. They are abstaining from food, sex, or anything pleasant that might distract the