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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


Heeding the call of the shofar

If each and every one of us use this year’s shofar blowing to reflect upon these lessons, then we as a collective will emerge from Rosh Hashanah as much better individuals and a much improved nation.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrim blows a shofar, near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Jewish New Year, in Uman, Ukraine, September 21, 2017.

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.

New Year's wishes from China to 'Post' readers: Shana tova u'metuka!

China Radio International's Hebrew language service released a video Monday sending New Year's greetings to The Jerusalem Post's readers worldwide.

Screenshot from Shana tova from China to The Jerusalem Post

Seeing fully in the New Year

Much work remains to be done, but much good should be recognized, too.

A young man plays the shofar during the Nashuva Spiritual Community Jewish New Year celebration

What were Israel's most popular baby names of 5778?

The annual statistics from the Population and Immigration Authority found a repeat winner.

Illustrative image of a newborn baby

The year that wasn’t: The top 10 stories of 5777 that didn’t happen

5777 was the year that wasn’t. So much could have happened, was speculated about, worried about, kvetched about, but… didn’t.

A man holds an Israeli flag during a protest

Report: 88% of Israelis were satisfied with their lives in the past year

According to the report, the Israeli population continues to increase in all sectors.

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UH to help out W. Bank and northern border residents as MDA reduces emergency services

"This situation may result in the harming of residents of these areas and may even cost lives. As a volunteer organization that is dedicated to saving lives, we cannot sit idly by."

MDA MEDICS evacuate a Palestinian attacker in Jerusalem after a stabbing in October

Fireworks dazzle from Sydney to Pyongyang as 2017 begins in the East

Iraqi displaced persons also marking a new year filled with uncertainty.

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as Australia's largest city ushers in the New Year

New Year’s Eve vs. Rosh Hashana: Can Jews celebrate both?

“The Gregorian calendar carries more of a Christian or Roman tradition and so for Jews it simply does not contain the same spiritual significance,” he added.

People walk along a street decorated with festive illumination lights, part of the New Year and Christmas holidays celebration, in central Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2015.