Tuesday marks the fast of the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, a day commemorating several tragedies in Jewish history and the start of a mourning period known as the Three Weeks when many Jews ...

The Jewish people marks today, Thursday, the fast of Tammuz, the date on which, according to the words of our sages, five of the most difficult events in the history of the Jewish people took place.

The months of Tammuz and Av are stained by our deeds of the past and their consequences. We mourn what we have lost year after year, as we dedicate three weeks and two fasts to this loss. But do we ...

The contradiction in that sentence is the crux of the next holiday – the 17th of Tammuz (Shivah Asar b’Tammuz)– which marks the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the Temple’s final destruction ...

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Tammuz is the fourth of the 12 months of the Jewish calendar. The month of Tammuz begins the “season” of the summer. The three months of this season are Tammuz, Av and Elul. The 17th day of Tammuz –a ...

We are in the middle of summer, and I was wondering what I should write about. No major Jewish holidays happen in July, so there was no obvious topic. Then I looked at the Jewish calendar, noticed ...

Sunday marks the fast of the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, a day commemorating a number of tragedies in Jewish history and the start of a mourning period known as the Three Weeks, when many Jews ...