As the U.S. prepared for and reacted to the first debate of 2016 between candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, a state visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led to meetings with both presidential hopefuls to ensure strong U.S.–Israel relations.
Rosh Hashanah – or the Feast of Trumpets – rings in the Jewish New Year with 100 blasts of the shofar. It begins the High Holy Days and is a time for celebration as well as reflection.
This New Year our thoughts turn to the many ways we can make the coming year better than the previous one – ways to improve ourselves, our relationships, and, as Believers, our experience of God.
Today, Rosh Hashanah and the Feast of Trumpets are celebrated as the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah, like the Gregorian New Year, is a time to reflect on the previous year as well as the one ahead.
Every year on the first Sunday in October, hundreds of millions of people from well over 100 nations around the world follow the mandate of Psalm 122:3 to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
OCTOBER'S TV LINEUP A Month of Faith-Building October on “Jewish Voice with Jonathan Bernis” is packed with inspiration, insights, and important information just for you.