Tisha B’Av is Hebrew for the Ninth of Av, meaning the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av. Tisha B’Av is mentioned as “the fast of the fifth month” in Zechariah 7:3,5 and 8:19. Today, Tisha B’Av is a day of fasting and mourning for Jewish people throughout the world.
A Bay City Junior High language arts teacher took a trip of a lifetime this summer as a participant in the Holocaust studies program sponsored by the Jewish Labor Committee.…
Although my words may initially serve to educate others, report on an event, or even explain my position on a given subject, those words also reveal much about the state of my own heart and mind. In fact, my words are truth-tellers regarding my attitudes and opinions
KINGWOOD -- It seemed an odd location for a Houston Holocaust March. In the very furthest outskirts of the boundaries of the City of Houston, the Kingwood community does not have a large Jewish population. What it does have is strong bonds in the faith community, both between pastors of varying denominations as well as with the leadership of the local Jewish temple, Temple Beth Torah. It was those bonds that jump started the inaugural Holocaust March of Remembrance Houston in 2012. The momentum from the 2012 has gained steam, occurring not only in Kingwood once again in 2013, but across Houston as well.