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Daniel Fogel has a BA in Jewish Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an MA in Government from IDC, Herzliya… [More]

July 31, 2012
5:04 pm

Missing the point of Tisha B’Av

Over Shabbat, I came across two very distressing sets of comments. The first was published in Haaretz’s Opinion & Comment section (B4, July 27, 2012). In the piece, titled “...