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Recommended Reading for Tishah B’Av

JA Staff

Get ready for an inspiring and meaningful Tishah B’Av with these book reviews from our archive.

Wondering how to occupy your time this Tishah B’Av? Explore some book recommendations from Jewish Action:

In the Narrow Places: Daily Inspiration for the Three Weeks Presented by OU Press

Mourning Under Glass: Reflections on a Son’s Murder Reviewed By Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld

Between My Father and the Old Fool: A Holocaust Memoir Reviewed By Rabbi Dr. Hillel Goldberg

Torah from the Years of Wrath: The Historical Context of the Aish Kodesh Reviewed By Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld

Advocate for the Doomed: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1932–1935 Reviewed By Shlomo Slonim

Lamentations: Faith in a Turbulent World Reviewed by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom

Strength Through Fire: A Chizuk Handbook Reviewed by Steve Lipman

Faith Amid the Flames Reviewed by Steve Lipman

The Vale of Tears Reviewed by Binyamin Ehrenkranz

Hidden in Thunder: Perspectives on Faith, Halachah and Leadership during the Holocaust Reviewed by Monty Noam Penkower

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