important for the believers day is becoming mainstream.
Soon there will be fines imposed on businesses opened on the day.
All in the name of our Jewish tradition& unity and all that assorted crap, that Organized Religion wants to achieve.
Power Baby, it's all about Power!

There's less traffic on the road for those of us who work. I can never understand this ridiculous day - temples were destroyed thousands of years ago and the religious cry and fast. What about fasting for the 6 million Jews who were slaughtered in the camps.

The Jewish identity cannot be exclusively defined by the Jewish Religion. Nevertheless the Knowledge of the Jewish Religion and of the Tanakh Talmud and Kabbalah are fundamental elements of Jewish culture. The history of the tragedies which stroke Jews are also a crucial element of Jewish identity. Jewish Culture is not only turned towards the Past but towards each day of our life and towards the Future. Thus remembering the necessity of ethical introspection on the day of Tisha B'Av. Even secular Jews who are not narrowminded should take this opportunity to think about the stupid Law about Nationality recently adopted by the Knesset. The Judaism is based on the transmission of an ethical code from the Prophets till this day and forever. Yeshayahou hanabi, Yrmyahou, Yehezkel ....etc are still valid nowadays even if for jews devoid of any faith in god