On the Liturgy of Tisha B'Av

Here's a link to the essay on the liturgy of Tisha B'Av that I wrote for the Rabbinical Assembly's Tisha B'Av and Kinot volu...

"A blessing for the Czar?" -- in honor of July 4

My synagogue owns a set of huge ma h zorim – prayerbooks for Jewish holidays – that was printed in Lithuania in 1914. I like to look at thes...