Rosh Hashanah

Given the complicated and divided national reality we are currently experiencing, there are few options for appropriate holiday greetings.

Jews and others account for roughly 7.76 million residents, or 78.5% of the total population, while Arabs number approximately 2.13 million, representing 21.5%.

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Rosh Hashanah kicks off the Jewish calendar year and starts the High Holy Days and the Days of Repentance. Here is everything you need to know about it.

As the hostages now approach their third Simchat Torah in Gaza, she said, the feeling that time has frozen only grows stronger.

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As steeped as we are in our traditional ways of yore, we can adapt and change and incorporate new historical events into our lives.

Ghassan Duhine, the deputy of an anti-Hamas resistance group in the Gaza Strip issued a Rosh Hashanah statement on social media.

As always, our children know best: Israeli honey moves us on Rosh Hashanah.

Jewish tradition is keenly aware of suffering, exile, persecution, and uncertainty, while it also reflects Jewish resilience and hope. It carries both the sober memory of hardship and hope.