Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take part in prayers marking Tisha B'Av in Jerusalem
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take part in prayers marking Tisha B'Av in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood August 8, 2011. Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, is traditionally the date in the Jewish calendar on which the First and Second Temples were destroyed, respectively in the sixth century B.C. by the Babylonians and the first century A.D. by the Romans. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)