Tisha B'Av

Tisha B'Av with MJE: Eicha readings, Kinot with our Rabbis, hear from a survivor of October 7th and more!
About this Event

Once a year, the Jewish calendar asks us to stop and sit with grief. Tisha B'Av — the saddest day on the Jewish calendar — commemorates the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem and centuries of Jewish exile, loss, and displacement that followed. It's a day built for feeling something real: fasting, sitting low to the ground, reading Eicha (the Book of Lamentations) by candlelight, and asking hard questions about what it means to lose a spiritual home and what it takes to rebuild one.
Join MJE for a full communal experience of this powerful day — because Tisha B'Av isn't meant to be observed alone.
Why come? Tisha B'Av is one of the most emotionally resonant days in Jewish life — a rare, communal pause to grieve, to ask big questions about loss and rebuilding, and to connect that ancient story to what's happening in the world right now. MJE makes this heavy, meaningful day accessible and human: no judgment, no assumptions, just an open door to learn, feel, and be part of something bigger.

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Agenda

🕑: 08:00 PM
Meaningful and Explanatory reading of the Book of Lamentations (Eicha)
🕑: 08:25 PM
FAST BEGINS
🕑: 09:00 PM
Tisha B’av songs and a moving multimedia presentation with MJE Edu
🕑: 10:00 AM
Morning service with MJE on the 10th floor
🕑: 10:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Kinot (Melancholy Poetry) readings and discussion on themes of Tisha B’av
Host: Rabbi Mark Wildes
🕑: 01:40 PM
Early afternoon service
🕑: 02:15 PM
Tisha B’av MOVIE screenings AT THE JC
🕑: 02:15 PM
Among Neighbors (1h 40 M)
🕑: 04:00 PM
The Song of Names (1h 53m)
🕑: 07:00 PM
Special Tisha Bav class “Baseless Hatred: The Kamtza Story Revisited with Mode
Host: Rabbi Mark Wildes
Afternoon service with Jewish Center
🕑: 08:58 PM
Fast ends