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


For the sin which we have committed before You by baseless hatred of Jew against Jew

The Jerusalem Post

Shofar blowing ceremonies to be staged in city parks

Shofar in the Park will bring the traditional shofar-blowing ceremony of Rosh Hashana to people who do not attend synagogue but are interested in the holiday’s customs and rituals.

Shofar

Grapevine: Right on the Mark

People from across the political spectrum are hailing the decision of Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appoint Mark Regev as the next ambassador to the Court of St James.

Mark Regev

Grapevine: Toasting the New Year

Employers all over Israel will mark the coming of the Jewish New Year with toasts and gifts for workers.

Rami Levy

Happily Eva After: Ushering in 2015 the Eva way

Painting by Pepe Fainberg

IN PICTURES: Revelers ring in New Year around the world

In Israel, MDA paramedics treated 137 people injured during celebrations.

Confetti flies around the New Year's Eve Ball Drop, after midnight ,during New Year's eve celebrations in Times Square, New York January 1, 2015.

Israel Begins a New Year

The Jerusalem Post

The top 10 stories of 5774

The past year saw former PM Olmert convicted, the murder of a Jerusalem teen that sparked unrest in Jerusalem and the snowstorm of the century.

Ehud Olmert