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Why a 2,500-year-old Hebrew poem still matters

  • Written by David W. Stowe, Professor of English and Religious Studies, Michigan State University
imageGebhard Fugel, 'An den Wassern Babylons.'Gebhard Fugel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

At sundown on July 31, Jews around the world will observe Tisha B’av, the most somber of Jewish holidays. It commemorates the destruction of the two temples in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians and then, almost seven centuries later, in A.D. 70, by...

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