Book of Lamentations
A new memoir examines how to reclaim faith after a bipolar diagnosis
By Yonat Shimron — March 8, 2024
(RNS) — In her new book, 'Devout: A Memoir of Doubt,' Gazmarian lays bare how inadequately the church and church-approved therapists treated her condition and how she struggled to find another way.
Mourning temples’ demise on Tisha B’Av, some Jews see parallels to Israel’s democracy
By Yonat Shimron — July 25, 2023
(RNS) — Many American Jews are in mourning not only for the temples, but, they say, for Israeli democracy, which has been badly tarnished.
This Tisha B’Av, American Jews use the day of lament to cry out to God for Black lives
By Yonat Shimron — July 29, 2020
(RNS) — A group of Jews has been gathering daily at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza to lament injustices against Black Americans. It will culminate Thursday (July 30), on Tisha B’Av, the Jewish day of mourning for the Jerusalem Temple.
Pop quiz: Taylor Swift, or Book of Lamentations?
By Jana Riess — August 8, 2014
"She cries herself to sleep at night, tears soaking on her pillow." Is this a quote from Taylor Swift, or the biblical Book of Lamentations?
Tisha B’Av: An unloved Jewish holiday gets a makeover
By Lauren Markoe — July 12, 2013
(RNS) Tisha B’Av, many rabbis say, can be a hard holiday to sell, with its commemoration of the most depressing events of Jewish history. But many of those same rabbis are trying to revive interest in Tisha B'Av, with new rituals and practices to which modern, nontraditional Jews can better relate.
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