Tis'a b'Av

Tonight begins Tis'a b'Av = the 9th day of the month of Av. It commemeorates the destruction of the 1st Temple by the Babilonians in the 6th century BC and the 2nd Temple in 70 AD. It is a day of mourning and fasting.

And security was super tight in the Old City. There were literally hundreds of soldiers and police with dogs frpm Damascus Gate down to Lions' Gate and all the street up our monastery. The Jews will be ascending to the Wailing Wall to - wail of course - over the two destructions.

But here's an article that offers a different perspective to the victimhood of Israel. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1103438.html