Barack Obama and Tisha b'Av

In my post explaining Tisha b'Av (the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av) on Monday, I listed several tragedies that befell the Jewish people on that day. I missed one. Yid With Lid fills it in. In 2004, Barack Obama Gave the Keynote speech at the Democratic Convention on Tisha B'av and was crowned the heir apparent of the Democratic Party. He has proven to be the most anti-Israel

Jews assaulted on Temple Mount by Wakf on 9th of Av

A group of Jews who ascended the Temple Mount on Tisha b'Av (the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av) were assaulted by members of the Wakf, the Muslim religious guard that controls day-to-day affairs on the Mount. Jewish Leadership’ Likud faction leader Moshe Feiglin led a group onto the Temple Mount for their monthly ascent today, the 9th of Av. They were berated by a Moslem woman, who was joined

Tisha b'Av 5771

Monday night and Tuesday are Tisha b'Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar.

Five tragedies befell the Jewish people on Tisha b'Av in ancient times, the two most important of which were the destruction of the two Holy Temples:

- It was decreed that the generation which left Egypt would remain in the desert for 40 years and not enter the land of