Tisha B'Av: A Jerusalem Journey

by Allison Maile Ofanansky

Hardcover, 2017

Status

Available

Collection

Children, Jewish Holidays

Genres

Nonfiction

Publication

Kar-Ben Publishing ® (2017), 32 pages

Description

"A family explores the city of Jerusalem on the eve of Tisha B'Av, which commemorates the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem. Their guides take them outside the city, underground to see buried portions of the Western Wall, and to a sifting project and teach them the history of the holiday"--Provided by publisher.

User reviews

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. In this beautiful photo journal, a family learns about ancient Jerusalem in the days of the Temple and about the modern observance of Tisha B’Av by exploring ancient sites in a hands-on way. They dig, they walk, they photograph, they touch, they ask, and they listen to knowledgeable guides.

Sites visited in Jerusalem’s Old City include the Western Wall, Robinson’s Arch, the underground tunnels where they can see buried sections of the Wall, and the Temple Mount Sifting Project where tourists have a chance to become archaeologists themselves. Readers can get a good sense of what life was like in the days of the Temple and the magnitude of its loss.

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