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The siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, Rome’s destruction of the Second Temple and the fall of Judea

This episode recounts the Great Jewish Revolt against Rome and the brutal siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, when Titus and the Roman legions destroyed the Second Temple and shattered Judea. The catastrophe ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Tisha B’Av recalls a Jewish nation under siege. The war in Gaza flips the script.

The fast day is a moment to consider Jewish power as well as Jewish powerlessness, writes a rabbi and author based in Israel. In his historical account of the Roman siege of Jerusalem, Josephus ...