Tisha B'av You are here Kent Jewish Studies Program News & Events Jewish Holidays Tisha B'av Tisha B'av is the 9th of the month of Av. It is a day of mourning, marking the destruction of the first and second temples. Jewish Holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Simchat Torah Chanukah Tu B'shvat Purim Pesach Shavuot Tisha B'av Tu B'av Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Yom HaZikaron Yom Haatsmaut (Israel Independence Day) Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)