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...trial will resume on Monday with opening statements as the courts closed yesterday and today for the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah...
...defense and the prosecution are prepared to make their opening statements next Monday, as the court is closed Thursday and Friday for the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah...
University and College administrators welcomed the Class of 2006 to Harvard under starry skies last night, at opening exercises pushed back to accommodate students celebrating Rosh Hashanah...
Putting a menorah next to a Christmas tree is not a significant way of giving Jewish concerns parity with Christian ones. Canceling classes on Rosh Hashannah would be a reasonable way to balance the public celebration of Christmas with Jewish concerns. While that might not necessarily be the best policy to adopt (all holidays of all religions couldn’t be similarly honored), such an action makes more sense from within a Jewish context than putting menorahs next to Christmas trees. Hanukkah and Christmas are juxtaposed by the calendar most years, yet they stand at opposite poles of importance...
...holiday, which began Wednesday at sundown, is the traditional day of atonement for Jews, coming ten days after the New Year ceremony of Rosh Hashana...