The Absent Tragedy
Hosted By: London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS)
The London School of Jewish Studies presents a special Tisha B’Av session examining the devastating legacy of the Bar Kochba Revolt and its lasting impact on Jewish life and memory. The lecture explores the historical background, the figure of Shimon Bar Kochba, and the reasons so many Jews followed him, while asking why this catastrophe remains largely absent from communal commemoration. It concludes by considering how the revolt reshaped messianic hope, rabbinic Judaism, and Jewish identity, and what its lessons mean for survival and resilience today.
The event listed here is hosted by a third party. My Jewish Learning/70 Faces Media is not responsible for its content or for errors in the listing.
