July 12, 2002 • Page Image 101
…ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM AppleTree Editor T he name most associated with Tisha b'Av is Jeremiah (in Hebrew, Yirmiyahu) the prophet. By tradition, Jeremiah is the author of Eichah, or Lamentations, which we read on the night of Tisha b'Av. Jeremiah has come through the ages as a tragic figure, a lonely voice exhorting his people to return to the ways of the Torah and imploring the government to avoid war, lest they witness the down- fall of Jewish...…



































