Tisha B’Av: Moving beyond tears
Despite the call by some to revoke the fast of Tisha B'Av since the re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty, it certainly still has meaning for us today.
1 commentsRabbi Marc D. Angel is Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (jewishideas.org), Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City and author and editor of 30 books, most recently Maimonides: Essential Teachings in Jewish Faith and Ethics (Skylight Illuminations, 2012). A former President of the Rabbinical Council of America, he is co-founder, with Rabbi Avi Weiss, of the International Rabbinic Fellowship, an association of Modern Orthodox Rabbis.
