Quoting Yuri Bronshtein, from the post of Wed, 17 Mar:Very off topic indeed, but the date shows the point someone said about
Holocaust day shouldn't move to Tisha b'av. There's a reason for it's
date - the day the Warsaw ghetto uprising began. Tisha b'av is a
religious date, which most Israelies don't remember, or care about.
that's sad. 9 of Av marks the biggest pogrom ever. Josefus Flavius
quotes 2 million Jews killed in a two-week timeframe and rivers of blood
washing through the streets of Jerusalem, this is not just "some silly
religious day because a building was destroyed".
the randomness of setting dates - both temples were destoyed on the 8th and 10th
(not sure which one on which date), and 9 of av was set as the average.
Same reasoning can be used to move Yom Haatzmaut or any other calendar date.
--Amos
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