Israel new year

Jerusalem Jane: Deep emotions, excitement of entering into a new year - opinion

My prayer is that this new year will be one of peace, health, healing, happiness, prosperity, and success for the brave people of Israel who have endured unimaginable suffering and trauma.

 Jane Kiel.
A man blows a shofar outside the Jerusalem Central Bus Station.

Your Investments: Turning Rosh Hashanah reflection into financial action

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.

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

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


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

Israel is expected to attack Iran relatively soon and with a power that it has never done before following Tehran’s October 1 direct assault on the Jewish state.

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

Facing 2024, together - editorial

Israel, a nation of innovation and resilience, faces formidable challenges in the year ahead, but has much to look forward to as well.

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

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.

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.