Tisha B’Av

August 13, 2019

BBC WS radio news confuses audiences with politicised terminology

The BBC’s employment of politicised terminology suggests Jews worshiping in a mosque. ...

August 12, 2016

Tisha B’Av Essay: Israel and the moral necessity of Jewish power

Throughout their pre-state history, Jews inhabited a precarious position, ever exposed to the whims ...

August 9, 2015

BBC amendments to Tisha B’Av Temple Mount rioting report

h/t: S Readers may recall that a BBC News website article from July 26th about rioting on Temple Mou...

July 30, 2015

More misleading BBC reporting on Tisha B’Av Temple Mount rioting

In addition to the written report (since slightly, but not significantly, amended) about the rioting...

July 26, 2015

BBC News twists Tisha B’Av Temple Mount incident with ‘last-first’ reporting

On the morning of July 26th – the day of the fast of Tisha B’Av – Israeli security forces ...

July 26, 2015

Tisha B’Av and the moral necessity of Jewish power

(I first wrote this essay in 2011 and have revised it each year. This latest version takes on specia...

July 16, 2013

Tisha B’Av and the virtue of Jewish Statehood

(Here are a few paragraphs from an essay I had published today at PJ Media, which represents a rewri...

August 7, 2012

Human rights NGOs condemn Israel for arresting Jews who ate on Tisha B’Av fast day!*

(Editor’s note: I had to make a few ‘minor’ revisions to my original story.) Isr...

July 29, 2012

The end of Israel?

Cross posted by Yaacov Lozowick (It’s Tisha b’Av, the fast day of mourning for the destr...

July 28, 2012

On Tisha B’Av: Israel’s mission as Guardian of the Jews

The following is a revised version of an essay I wrote which was published in the journal of the Sou...