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Rosh Hashanah: How memory can be a double-edged sword - opinion

Memory is central to Rosh Hashanah but can be a double-edged sword.

A SUPERMARKET in Jerusalem does a brisk business last week as shoppers stock up for the New Year holiday. Rosh Hashanah is not just a time to look back; it’s a time to look forward, the writer notes.
A RALLY for the release of hostages held in Gaza takes place outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. Even the wish that all the hostages will soon be brought back home is not really an issue on which we are fully united, the writer observes.

Rosh Hashanah: Wishing for peace, better education in the new year - opinion

 Anti-missile system fires interception missiles as missiles fired from Iran, as seen in the West Bank on October 1, 2024

With a new year, comes a regional war for Israel - analysis

Israelis visit Hostage Sqaure in Tel Aviv. December 7, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90

Facing 2024, together - editorial


Jewish Federations launch Rosh Hashanah letter-writing campaign to Evan Gershkovich

Gershkovich, 31, a Wall Street Journal reporter and ​​son of Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union, has been detained since March on charges of espionage.

 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in March while on a reporting trip and accused of espionage, stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his detention, in Moscow, Russia June 22, 2023.

Happy New Year! Which country will be the first to ring in 2023?

From Christmas Island to Hawaii, which country will be the first to ring in the new year, and which will be the last?

 Early fireworks explode over Sydney Opera House during the New Year's Eve celebrations, in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2022.

As our fields lie fallow, it’s time to also give our arguments a rest

Shmita, the sabbatical year, which begins this Rosh Hashanah, invites us to pause, to take a deep breath, to rest, to reflect and to reconsider where we are going.

 SHMITA’ INVITES us to pause, to take a deep breath, to rest, to reflect and to reconsider where we are going.

Politicians wish Russian Israelis a 's novim godom' on Novy God

With around 1.2 million in the country, Russian-speakers are both an integral part of Israeli society and a major voting bloc for the upcoming election in March.

A decorated spruce tree, traditional in the Novi God (New Year) celebration, seen at a Russian-Israeli home in Jerusalem, on January 1, 2016. Novigod is a Russian tradition of celebrating together with family on New Year's Eve, and new year's day. Novigod celebrations take after Christmas festive sy

5777 – what a year that was

A look back on the year that was makes one think that it wasn't all bad news for Israel. In fact, it was a year full of uplifting developments.

A Jewish man blowing the shofar.

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WATCH: President Rivlin wishes Jews around the world a happy new year

President Reuven Rivlin sends his seasons greetings.

President Rivlin talks at influencer conference in Tel Aviv

5779: A new year of hope

The prophecy of kibbutz galuyot – the ingathering of the exiles – was realized as Jews from all corners of the world returned to their ancient homeland.

APPLES AND honey: The classic Rosh Hashanah combination.

Heeding the call of the shofar

If each and every one of us use this year’s shofar blowing to reflect upon these lessons, then we as a collective will emerge from Rosh Hashanah as much better individuals and a much improved nation.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrim blows a shofar, near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Jewish New Year, in Uman, Ukraine, September 21, 2017.

5779: A new year of hope

The prophecy of kibbutz galuyot – the ingathering of the exiles – was realized as Jews from all corners of the world returned to their ancient homeland.

APPLES AND honey: The classic Rosh Hashanah combination.

New Year's wishes from China to 'Post' readers: Shana tova u'metuka!

China Radio International's Hebrew language service released a video Monday sending New Year's greetings to The Jerusalem Post's readers worldwide.

Screenshot from Shana tova from China to The Jerusalem Post