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When do the Jewish High Holidays start? The 10-day season begins this week with Rosh Hashana
Read full article: When do the Jewish High Holidays start? The 10-day season begins this week with Rosh HashanaRosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, starts at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and continues through the evening of Friday, Oct. 4.
Jews spitting on the ground beside Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land sparks outrage
Read full article: Jews spitting on the ground beside Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land sparks outrageA video that shows ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on the ground beside a procession of foreign Christian worshipers carrying a wooden cross in the holy city of Jerusalem has ignited intense outrage and a flurry of condemnation in the Holy Land.
“They are us. There’s no distinction”: Terror of synagogue standoff is no isolated incident to Texas Jewish leaders
Read full article: “They are us. There’s no distinction”: Terror of synagogue standoff is no isolated incident to Texas Jewish leadersNews of Congregation Beth Israel hostages' safe escape is met with intense relief, but communities feel pain and fear over the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks and incidents in Texas and beyond.
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'Person of great righteousness’: Jewish community notes the significance of Justice Ginsburg’s death on eve of Rosh Hashanah
Read full article: 'Person of great righteousness’: Jewish community notes the significance of Justice Ginsburg’s death on eve of Rosh HashanahHer death coincided with the eve of Rosh Hashanah, a High Holiday that commemorates the Jewish New Year. Among messages honoring and remembering Justice Ginsburg, the Jewish community also noted the significance of the date of her death in Judaism. See what some mourners wrote below:According to Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah, which began tonight, is a tzaddik, a person of great righteousness. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of equality, dies at 87 on Rosh Hashanah eve. Rosh Hashanah began tonight.