Tag: Rosh Hashanah
Tashlich is more than a spiritual, Marie Kondo purge, experts say
Earlier this month, Royal Auction House in Toms River, N.J., sold an 1806 illustrated, handwritten Tashlich guide for $5,000. Last month, Appel Auction in New York offered but didn’t sell a 19th-century painting depicting the rite. Years prior,...
White House releases Rosh Hashanah message
The White House released the following message today from U.S. President Joe Biden ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
Tonight at sundown, Jewish communities in the United States and around the world will celebrate Rosh Hashanah—the Day...
‘I have your back,’ Biden tells US Jews in pre-High Holidays call
In a High Holidays call with rabbis and other clergy, U.S. President Joe Biden discussed his commitment to the security of American Jews and his relationship with Israel, as well as made the highly...
On eve of Rosh Hashanah, Jewish population rises to 15.7 million worldwide
On the eve of the Jewish New Year, the number of Jews worldwide stands at approximately 15.7 million compared to 15.6 million in the previous year, according to newly released statistics from the Jewish...
‘There is no king without a people’: The mystic secret of Rosh Hashanah
Nowhere in the Five Books of Moses is the holiday of Rosh Hashanah referred to with this name by which it is commonly known today. The term “Rosh Hashanah” originated in the Talmudic period,...
The Abraham Accords and a three-year harmony
The Jewish people gather for apples and honey every autumn to celebrate another year of an unconquered national soul. Despite millennia of exile from the Land of Israel and various waves of persecution in...
22,000 pilgrims arrive in Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah
More than 20,000 Jews have arrived in the central Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah amid tightened security due to the war with Russia, local authorities said on Thursday.
Tens of thousands of...
Islamic Movement inciting anti-Jewish unrest ahead of Rosh Hashanah
The Islamic Movement in Israel, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, is upping its efforts to incite anti-Jewish unrest ahead of the High Holiday season, which kicks off this weekend with Rosh Hashanah, JNS has...
Groups deliver New Year staples to thousands of Jews in Ukraine
Ahead of the Jewish New Year and more than 18 months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is providing thousands of the most impoverished Jews in...