Posts Tagged: Rosh Hashanah Israel
Rosh Hashanah Prayers During Lockdown: A Guide for Perplexed Israelis
JNS.org - Synagogues across Israel were busy on Wednesday making preparations for Rosh Hashanah prayer services under the shadow of coronavirus and public-health restrictions. The Health...
Central Bureau of Statistics Releases Israeli Demographics Prior to Jewish New Year
JNS.org - Since last Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s population has grown by 162,000 people, to 8.907 million citizens, according to data published by the Central Bureau of...
Ahead of 5779, Netanyahu Offers a Hopeful Message, Despite Threats Against Israel
JNS.org - In advance of Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu provided a message of hope despite the threats his...
Trouble in Paradise and the Unlikely Place Where I Found Hope
JNS.org - In the first days of the New Year, I received a notification from the U.S. government to avoid certain places in the capital of...
Watchdog Accuses New York Times of Acting as ‘Apologist’ for Palestinian Rock-Throwing
Media watchdog HonestReporting accused The New York Times on Wednesday of showing sympathy to stone-throwing Palestinians, after the publication reported on an incident in which an...
Obama, Netanyahu, Cameron Release Rosh Hashanah Video Greetings
Israeli and world leaders issued Rosh Hashanah greetings in advance of the holiday. "Chag Sameach [happy holiday] everyone," Obama said in a video-taped greeting broadcast on YouTube. Read...
Unprecedented Sandstorm Could Blanket Israel Through Rosh Hashanah (VIDEO)
JNS.org - After meteorological reports on Tuesday confirmed that Israel is in the grips of a sandstorm of unprecedented scale, new forecasts on Wednesday show that...
Israel’s Population Reaches 8.4 Million on Eve of Rosh Hashanah
JNS.org - In advance of Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s population has reached 8,412,000 people. According to data released by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel’s population...
Rosh Hashanah 5775 Sees Record Number of Births in Israel
Rosh Hashanah 5775 and the new year ushered in a record number of new babies. Maayanei Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak reported that 140 women gave birth...
IDF Beefs Up Security in the South Ahead of High Holidays
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces placed soldiers and Iron Dome missile defense battery teams along the Israel-Gaza border on high alert Thursday ahead...
