The Two Temples with David Solomon
3 August, 2025
12:00pm-1:30pm
Delve into the history of Jerusalem’s First and Second Temples and their enduring impact on Judaism and the global Jewish community this Tisha B’Av.
Listen as esteemed educator, historian and translator David Solomon charts the destruction of the two temples hundreds of years apart and leave with a new understanding of the social, political and spiritual context of these cataclysmic events in world history.
With no prior knowledge required, this lecture marks a solemn day of mourning and is open to all audiences.
Booking is essential as spaces are limited.
Image: Postcard – ‘Jerusalem, the Wail-Wall’, Circa 1920s, Jewish Museum of Australia Collection 2056
Cost
Member: Free
Non-Member: $18.00
Bio:
David Solomon is an internationally acclaimed, globally-roaming scholar, teacher, writer, and translator. His podcast ‘Collected Talks of David Solomon’ showcases two decades of lectures spanning Jewish History, Tanach, Jewish Philosophy, Hebrew, and Kabbalah. His landmark achievement is the first-ever complete English translation of the foundational kabbalistic text Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, more than a decade in development and scheduled for publication in late 2025.
