Jews Mark New Year as Rosh Hashanah Begins
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STAGING AREA USED BY THE
MILITANTS TO MOVE EQUIPMENT
ACROSS THE BORDER INTO IRAQ.
THE TWO-DAY CELEBRATION OF
THE JEWISH NEW YEAR'S
CELEBRATION STARTS THIS EVENING.
ROSH HASHANAH COMES AT A TIME
WHEN NEWS AROUND THE WORLD ARE
WORRIED ABOUT ISRAEL AND THE
MIDDLE EAST.
LOWELL MELSER HAS THE STORY.
RABBI RON SHULEMAN IN
PIKESVILLE PRACTICES THE BLOWING
OF THE SOUND AND SYMBOL FAMILIAR
TO ALL JEWS REPRESENTING ROSH
HASHANAH CALLING IN THE JEWISH
NEW YEAR.
WE CELEBRATE THE CREATION OF
THE WORLD, THE GIFT OF OUR LIVES
AND FOR JEWISH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD IT'S A TIME TO
RECONNECT AND TO COME HOME AND
RE-ESTABLISH OUR TRADITION.
ROSH HASHANAH IS THE
BEGINNING OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR
YEAR 5774 AND A TIME TO START
OVER IN A SENSE.
ROSH HASHANAH IS ALSO A TIME OF
GREAT REFLECTION AND HOPE FOR
JEWISH PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
THAT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THIS
YEAR, GIVEN THE RECENT TURMOIL
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE
EAST IS ON EVERYONE'S MINDS AND
IT'S PARTICULARLY FELT IN JEWISH
COMMUNITY.
ALONG WITH THE ISRAEL-HAMAS
CONFLICT JEWS AROUND THE WORLD
ARE CLOSELY WATCHING THE RISE OF
ISIS WHICH HAS MADE ITS
ANTI-SEMITIC VIEWS CLEAR.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
FALL IS THAT THERE'S A
CONSCIOUSNESS THAT WE ALL COME
TO AS WE COME THROUGH THE
SUMMER.
AND EVENTS SEEM TO COME
TOGETHER.
WHETHER IT'S IN THE MIDDLE EAST
OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD
BECAUSE WE'RE FOCUSED, BECAUSE
WE'RE BEING REFLECTIVE, BECAUSE
WE TAKE THIS AS A SACRED SERIOUS
SEASON WE AMPLE FY WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND IT
IMPACTS US.
HE SAID IT PUTS THINGS INTO
PERSPECTIVE, NOT JUST FOR JEWS,
BUT FOR OTHERS IN THE WORLD AS
WELL.
IT'S REASON FOR ALL OF
HUMANITY TO CONSIDER.
