I send my best wishes to the Jewish-Australian community as you join the Jewish community around the world in celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and prepare for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
In honour of Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year to be celebrated on Tuesday and Wednesday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog has released a special greeting for Diaspora Jewry, wishing everyone “a year of health and of coming together.”
Sydney's North Shore Temple Emanuel (NSTE) High Holy Day services are to be conducted communally despite members being unable to leave their homes due to lockdown.
CommunityConnect is a project devised by the Rabbinical Council of NSW to reproduced the spirit of Rosh Hashananhormally experienced in shul within COVID-bound Jewish homes.
Jeremy Rosen: The occasion that we now call Rosh Hashana, is referred to in the Bible only as Zihron Teruah – the Day of Remembering with Sound. One is bound to ask: “remembering what? And what does the sound of the Shofar have to do with it?”
Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition & Tony Burke, Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Australia for Rosh Hashanah have sent a Rosh Hashanah message to the Jewish community.
The Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott has taken time out from his election campaign to send Rosh Hashanah greetings to the Australian Jewish community.
