Jerusalem: Remembering the Destruction

Jerusalem Diaries ^ | July 21, 2010 | Judy Lash Balint

[jerusalemjudy]

I've never been in Tel Aviv or Haifa for Tisha B'Av, but my guess is that it probably doesn't feel too much different than Tisha B'Av in Seattle--a few hardy souls sitting on the floor of their synagogues in the evening and then spending the day itself struggling to keep awake through some talks and appropriate films, while the rest of the city goes about its usual business oblivious to the significance of the day.

That's not how Tisha B'Av is observed in Jerusalem--the focal point of much of the mourning. Here,as restaurants and places of entertainment close down, thousands take to the streets leading to the Old City and the remnants of the Temple. New traditions mingle with the ancient as Israelis commemorate the tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people on and around the 9th of Av.

[SunkenCiv]

· join list or digest · view topics · view or post blog · bookmark · post a topic · subscribe ·
	Gods Graves Glyphs	9th of Av. Thanks jerusalemjudy. Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
·Dogpile · Archaeologica · Mirabilis.ca · LiveScience · Biblical Archaeology Society · · Discover · Bronze Age Forum · Science Daily · Science News · Eurekalert · PhysOrg · · Nat Geographic · Texas AM Anthro News · Yahoo Anthro & Archaeo · Google · · Archaeology · The Archaeology Channel · Excerpt, or Link only? · cgk's list of ping lists · · History topic · history keyword · archaeology keyword · paleontology keyword · · Science topic · science keyword · Books/Literature topic · pages keyword · ·

[dervish]

Thank you.

Prayers for Gilad Shalit.

[RJR_fan]

Thanks for including me on this list. I wish my Jewish friends the best for this life and the life to come, and reflected on your post in my blog here.