Talking Tachlis Podcast

170. Tisha B'Av and Self Flagellation

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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