This year, as Jews in Mexico celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the rest of the country will be celebrating too. Sept. 16 is Mexico’s Independence Day, so as Mexican Jews file into shuls, their countrymen will fill the streets.
Family columnist Jane Ulman writes about the obligation Jews have to make positive changes in ourselves and the world around us as we observe Rosh Hashanah, the birthday of the world.
The diverse group of Jews who gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to celebrate the Jewish new year last weekend did so without incident, thanks to checkpoints and guards who monitored a community accustomed to threats of terror and crime.