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Reuben Greenberg; Charleston, South Carolina by Bill Aron in 'Shalom Y'all: Images of Jewish Life in the American South'

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Torah shield with dedicatory inscription adorned with vegetal motifs

Silversmith: Andreas Meiting (active 1679–1712)

1685

Silver, repoussé, punched, engraved, and partly gilt

The later Hebrew inscription mentions that the shield was donated by Hirsh, son of the late Yakov Moshe, and his wife Yitale, daughter of the late Borech at the Hebrew year 5546.

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A large four-compartment tzedakah box

in Dutch style, with four compartments, shaped arched backplate embossed with the Tablets, chased with inscriptions in Hebrew, For oil lamps in the Talmud Torah For maintaining tombs in Tiberias, Miron, and Rachel’s Tomb, the top inscribed Consecrated to the [Talmudic] School Gemilut Hasadim.

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Kurdish Jewish girl, Persia, Urmia, 1905

Photographed by Petrov A.N.

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666🎗️

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Orthodox Jewish men pray during the mourning ritual of Tisha B’Av at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, Aug. 13, 2024. The Jewish holy day of Tisha B’Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of the biblical temples, is marked Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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If you're looking for a kinah that also talks about Gaza, I found this one to be rather moving:

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What Happened on the Ninth of Av?

On Tisha B’Av, five national calamities occurred:

During the time of Moses, Jews in the desert accepted the slanderous report of the 10 Spies, and the decree was issued forbidding them from entering the Land of Israel.

The First Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians, led by Nebuchadnezzar. 100,000 Jews were slaughtered and millions more exiled.

The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans, led by Titus. Some two million Jews died, and another one million were exiled.

The Bar Kochba revolt was crushed by Roman Emperor Hadrian. The city of Betar – the Jews’ last stand against the Romans – was captured and liquidated. Over 100,000 Jews were slaughtered.

The Temple area and its surroundings were plowed under by the Roman general Turnus Rufus. Jerusalem was rebuilt as a pagan city – renamed Aelia Capitolina – and access was forbidden to Jews.

Other grave misfortunes throughout Jewish history occurred on the Ninth of Av, including:

The Spanish Inquisition culminated with the expulsion of Jews from Spain on Tisha B’Av in 1492.

World War One broke out on the eve of Tisha B’Av in 1914 when Germany declared war on Russia. German resentment from the war set the stage for the Holocaust.

On the eve of Tisha B’Av 1942, the mass deportation began of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, en route to Treblinka.

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by @woz_art on ig

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Evyatar David by Ilan Block (ig)

Bring Evyatar Home Now! 🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️

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kys Nazi

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🎗️BRING ROM BRASLAVSKI HOME NOW🎗️

by @ortworks.jpeg on ig

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Shana Shel Tikvah / שנה של תקווה - to "A Year of Hope", Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) post card from October 2024 for the still current Hebrew Year 5785, by Talie Gleitzer (טלי גליצר) for Radical.

Greetings from Radical

With the end of a painful and turbulent year, we are still optimistic. We have already seen hope and recovery, and we know that more than ever there is a thirst for a different reality. Wishing us all a spirit of change, hope and peace - to create a better year together than expected.

"The only radical solution is - peace"

From "Drishat Shalom" 1994, Yitzchak Rabin

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Kalah Teimanit כַּלָּה תֵּימָנִית / a Yemenite Jewish bride in traditional attire during her henna ceremony a week before her wedding. Israel, before 2006. x

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🫒 Rachel's Tomb (קבר רחל Qever Raḥel) is a sacred Jewish site located at the northern entrance of Bethlehem (בֵּית לֶחֶם, later بَيْت لَحَم), just south of Jerusalem, and is traditionally believed to be the burial place of the Jewish matriarch Rachel, wife of Ya'akov and mother of Yosef and Binyamin. The tomb has been a site of Jewish pilgrimage for over 2,000 years, with its earliest mention in the Torah (Genesis 35:19), making it one of the oldest continuously venerated Jewish sites.

וַתָּמָת רָחֵל וַתִּקָּבֵר בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָתָה הִוא בֵּית לֶחֶם:

Thus Rachel died. She was buried on the road to Ephrath - now Bethlehem.

Access to Jews has varied throughout history due to political and territorial changes during the periods of Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Crusader, Ottoman, and modern rule.

Bethlehem, originally called Beit Lechem in Hebrew, meaning "House of Bread," became a significant Israelite town during the Iron Age (11th–10th century BCE), as part of the tribal territory of Judah and gained particular importance as the birthplace of King David during the United Monarchy period of ancient Israel. In Judaism, Rachel is revered as a symbol of maternal care and intercession; she is often invoked in prayer for the return of exiles and the protection of children, reflecting her legacy as a weeping mother for her people - Jeremiah 31:15

כֹּה | אָמַר ה׳ קְוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים רָחֵל מְבַכֶּה עַל־בְּנֵיהָ מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל־בָּנֶיהָ כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ: {ס}

Thus said G-D:

A cry is heard in Ramah-

Wailing, bitter weeping-

Rachel weeping for her children.

She refuses to be comforted

For her children, who are gone.

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Jewish bride wearing a shawl in Kokand, Uzbekistan. 1988. Photograph by Gueorgui Pinkhassov.