170. Tisha B'Av and Self Flagellation
Talking Tachlis Podcast
English - August 03, 2022 13:11 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsReligion & Spirituality jewish israel judaism antisemitism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On this coming Sunday, we’ll be commemorating Tisha B’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. Uri and Rivky ask, why isn't Tisha B'Av widely recognized in the Jewish world? And what would have to happen to turn the day of mourning into a day of joy?
New York Times on Tisha B'av - https://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/holy-ambivalence/ Reform Judaism - https://www.reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/tishah-bav Reconstructionist - https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/pondering-meaning-tisha-bav/ If Not Now - https://www.972mag.com/as-u-s-jews-we-need-to-figure-out-what-leverage-we-have-in-ending-the-occupation/ Russia calls out "US Hypocrisy" - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/world/europe/russia-reaction-floyd-protests.html North Korea calls US country of "extreme racists" - https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-calls-us-country-extreme-racists-after-george-floyd-protests-1508704 China uses US racial reckoning as propoganda opportunity - https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/868566978/in-george-floyd-protests-china-sees-a-powerful-propaganda-opportunity