LOS ANGELES —   When the moon hits your eye like a knish in the sky, that’s Tu B’Av.
A big, round August moon hung in the sky August 5, as Jews celebrated the little-known and ancient Jewish holiday of love.

Tu B’Av — the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av, six days after the fast of Tisha B’Av — dates back to the Temple times when Jewish maidens would put on white garments and go out into the fields in search of husbands. It was kind of an ancient Jewish Sadie Hawkins Day.

These days it’s a modern holiday observed by both those looking for — or already in — love. But it should also be a day when the community collectively wakes up the morning after, steps in front of the bedroom mirror, gazes critically and asks: How are Jewish couples doing?

Dr. Ruth stands ready to advise Jewish couples on foreplay and orgasms. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach counsels them with the possibilities of “Kosher Sex” and the “Kosher Sutra.”

Newer generations of Jewish couples are seeking role models, struggling with issues of parenting and identity, and asking how do we make this work? How do we put Jewish values in our work and family lives?

The web is gushing with sites dedicated to lists and bios of famous Jewish actors, ballplayers, artists, engineers — even Jewish criminals — yet there is an absence of sites for famous Jewish couples. Some couples must be successful in juggling family and work. Who are they?

When we say the Amidah, we honor the patriarchs, and in many synagogues the matriarchs as well. Where is the kavod, or honor, for couples and the Jewish synergy they create?

In honor of Tu B’Av, I propose the creation of my own personal museum — a Jewish Couples Hall of Fame. My inductees for the inaugural year include:

• Blu and Irving “Yitz” Greenberg: The Greenbergs, great supporters of each other’s work, were married in 1957. Blu is a writer and activist focused on Modern Orthodox life and a woman’s role in it. Yitz is an Orthodox rabbi and communal leader, former pulpit rabbi, and in 1974 one of the founders of CLAL, an influential center that “helps individuals imagine new Jewish possibilities.”
• Harriet and Fred Rochlin: Harriet a writer and lecturer from Los Angeles, and Fred, an architect from Nogales, Ariz., were married for 55 years before his death in 2002. Together they created the landmark social history “Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West.”

Feel free to nominate your own couples. Better yet, create your own Hall of Fame.

Edmon J. Rodman is a writer and designer in Los Angeles.