This is the Forward’s coverage of the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Rosh Hashanah
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Fast Forward Biden to Jewish audience: ‘I probably went to shul more than many of you did’
Biden hosted Jewish leaders at the first White House Rosh Hashanah reception and made his traditional call to rabbis
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Fast Forward Could the High Holidays be affecting the stock market?
A respected trader and former altar boy shares some Jewish financial wisdom on CNBC
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News Puerto Rico’s synagogues prepare for Rosh Hashanah in the wake of Hurricane Fiona
It might be a bit warm during services at Temple Beth Shalom, where storm damage compromised its generator
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Opinion The teenage trauma of being forced to work on Rosh Hashanah — at a shul
Being a ticket-taker at a popular theater was a fun way to spend a summer. But then the High Holidays came. And the manager asked me to rip tickets, not caring that I was Jewish
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Opinion Just in time for Rosh Hashanah, a new reason to feel guilty
If throwing bread for tashlich is wrong, do I want to be right?
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Culture What foods are in a Rosh Hashanah Seder? Take our quiz to find out
Which fruits and vegetables symbolize what hopes and blessings for the Jewish new year?
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Culture ‘Mazel tov on assimilating:’ The strange, rich history of Rosh Hashanah advertisements
In the postwar years, as the American Jewish community underwent dramatic changes, Rosh Hashanah greetings became a surprising marketing trend
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News Defying Ukraine’s wartime warnings, thousands of Hasidic pilgrims have made it to Uman for Rosh Hashanah
Some are ignoring curfew and other local rules imposed since the Russian invasion — a war that has seen the town bombed multiple times
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