Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, began at sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, and lasts for two days. It marks the beginning of a ...

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This story will be updated throughout Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. (New York Jewish Week) — Labor Day Weekend signals two things: The end of the summer and, for the Jewish community, the onset of the ...

As the summer ends, Americans get back to business, and for American Jews, there’s no bigger business than the High Holidays at your local synagogue. I have some unconventional advice for you this ...

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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, will be celebrated this year on Oct 3-4. Observed on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, this religious holiday typically falls in ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holidays, a period for reflection and repentance. The holiday is celebrated with festive meals, prayers, and the blowing of a ...