At a time when some American Jewish congregations are avoiding the Israel subject as divisive, the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York has doubled down on its support for the “Jewish state,” and that support was rewarded two days ago in the middle of its Rosh Hashanah service with a video speech from Israel’s Foreign […]
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We interrupt this Rosh Hashanah service for a speech by the Israeli Foreign Minister
Ukraine to let in vaccinated Israeli pilgrims to Uman for Rosh Hashanah
Ukraine will let in vaccinated pilgrims from Israel for Rosh Hashanah amid negotiations on Israeli deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine, that country’s interior ministry said. Arsen Avakov made the statement Friday following a telephone conversation with his Israeli counterpart Aryeh Deri. Last year, thousands of pilgrims in Israel protested being prevented from visiting the […]
What happens when Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of school?
An unusually early Rosh Hashanah is causing cities across the United States to rethink the timing of the first day of school this fall, sometimes under intense pressure from families. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins in 2021 on the evening of Sept. 6 — it’s also Labor Day, in many places the traditional […]
Israel’s enters 2nd sweeping lockdown as Rosh Hashanah starts; defiance expected
Israel’s new national coronavirus lockdown, the country’s second this year, entered into effect Friday at 2 p.m., marking the first time in the world an advanced country has imposed a repeat closure to curb the pandemic. The three-week shutdown, requiring the closure of many businesses and setting strict limits on movement and public gatherings, starts […]
For a sweet Rosh Hashanah: Rum-soaked date, fig and date-honey cake
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Kiryas Joel Satmar rabbi to skip Rosh Hashanah in Brooklyn because of rising COVID cases in his town
(JTA) – Among the countless traditions upended by the coronavirus pandemic: the annual Rosh Hashanah trek to Brooklyn by the top Satmar rabbi in Kiryas Joel, the upstate New York Orthodox enclave. Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum will remain in Kiryas Joel for Rosh Hashanah because of new cases of COVID-19 in his upstate town, according to […]
On Rosh Hashanah call, Trump tells American Jews ‘We love your country’ and asks for their vote
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump spent much of his 20-minute call with American Jewish leaders making the case for more American Jews to vote for him. He closed by repeating a line that has raised their eyebrows before. “We really appreciate you,” Trump said as he signed off the call, an annual pre-Rosh Hashanah […]
Rosh Hashanah seder blessings (Yehi Ratzon)
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The history of Rosh Hashanah which wasn’t always the ‘new year’
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Republican congressman asks Trump to pressure Ukraine to allow Rosh Hashanah pilgrims
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Republican congressman asks Trump to pressure Ukraine to allow Rosh Hashanah pilgrims
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Ukraine bans annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman over coronavirus pandemic
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VIDEO: Putin Congratulates Russian Jews on Rosh Hashanah
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar and Head of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia Alexander Boroda in Moscow, Wednesday. During the meeting, the Russian leader congratulated Russian Jews on the Rosh Hashanah holiday, a New Year on the Judaic calendar. Along with perpetuating […]
Elisha Wiesel’s Rosh Hashanah remembrance
This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. I never pursued Elie Wiesel like some other Jews who felt that his memory of the Holocaust deflected, even buried, the complicity of Israel and the Jewish establishment in America in the […]
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year): Will God forgive?
Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks, London Chief Rabbi, do you really believe that God will forgive the Jews if they don’t say sorry to the Palestinians and then play their necessary part in righting the wrong done? By Alan Hart At the start of the Jewish New Year I have some questions for Britain’s […]