From The Congregational Library – Call number FIC YA Ros
Article by Bob Locke, Librarian
In The Tenth of Av you’ll journey back through time to the city of Jerusalem in the year 70 of the Common Era. The Romans have already besieged the city and converted the Second Temple into a place of worship of the pagan Roman gods. Flames leap from the walls and buildings. Do you remain in the city to fight the Romans or do you secretly escape, as one of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai’s pallbearers, to establish a new center of learning in Yavneh? This is only one of the many choices with which you’ll be faced in this Do-It-Yourself Jewish Adventure as you watch the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Romans and witness the dispersion of Jews to the far-off lands of the Diaspora.
This is more than an adventure story; The Tenth of Av is an educational tool that introduces early-teen readers to important Jewish values, events, and historical figures. It is one of the Do-It-Yourself Adventure series, published by the UAHC Press (now the URJ Press).