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Tisha B’Av in South Tel Aviv

on August 6, 2012

Recent Tikkun Olam in Tel Aviv-Jaffa alum Tyler Fishbone was quoted extensively in this piece from the Times of Israel, which tells about an event with Jews and African aslyum-seekers in south Tel Aviv for Tisha B’av.

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Reform Jews embrace Tisha B’Av

Reform Jews embrace Tisha B’Av

on August 15, 2011

Many Jews around the world filed into synagogues Monday evening and Tuesday to observe the holy day of Tisha B’Av. They sat on floors or low benches. They read from the mournful Book of Lamentations.
And from sun down to sun down, they fasted.
Many Jews, that is, but certainly not all.

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