(Courtesy of Yeshiva University) As the Jewish calendar passes through the summer months, Tisha B’Av looms before us, the culmination of the period known as “The Three Weeks,” during which we mourn the destruction of the two Temples and other Jewish tragedies. Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF) provides many resources appropriate to this time.

On YUTorah.org, hundreds of shiurim on topics related to mourning for the Temple from renowned educators around the world are available. The downloadable Benjamin and Rose Berger Tisha B’Av To-Go features more than 30 pages of divrei Torah on Tisha B’Av-related topics from YU faculty, staff and students.

On the day of Tisha B’Av, Jews from around the world can join YU for a special webcast featuring Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and senior scholar at the CJF, and Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb, co-founder of Ganei Ha’ela and rebbe at Yeshivat Har Etzion, for an all-day analysis of the kinot [lamentations] said on Tisha B’Av and a deeper look into the nature of the day. Rabbi Schacter’s remarks will focus on The Power of Jewish Memory and Jewish Experience: Reflections on Tisha B’Av 2018, to be followed by a recitation and discussion of kinot.

The webcast can be viewed at yutorah.org/tishabav, or members of the community are welcome to join Rabbi Schacter for the live program in Teaneck, at Congregation Keter Torah at 600 Roemer Avenue, or Rabbi Gottlieb on YU’s Israel campus at 40 Duvdevani, Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem. The program in Teaneck is sponsored in appreciation of Rabbi Schacter and Yeshiva University and in commemoration of the 40th Yahrzeit for Helen Friedman Kuflik, Hodel Ruchama bat Avraham Shlomo v’Etta Malka, by Dr. Alan and Shuli Rockoff of Boston. The Israel program is sponsored by Rebecca and Saul Lubetski and Noa and Jay Zwiebel.