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...During Rosh Hashana this week, Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) Officers are standing by at the Business School, Hillel and Memorial Church, where services are being held to celebrate the new year...
...strange symmetry is still intact: Harvard College is entirely yours for your very first week here (Freshman Week), and then not again until your very last week (Commencement Week). Admittedly, the Jewish calendar dealt the Class of 2005 a bit of a bad hand, as the timing of Rosh Hashanah forced administrators to let all students move in at the same time as the first-years—but effectively the campus belongs to the frosh until Sept. 11, when returning students have to be on campus to register...
According to Gregory E. Atkinson, the department administrator of the FAS registrar’s office, the change to the start of the academic year was made so that Rosh Hashanah would not occur during the first several days of the term. This year the holiday starts at sundown on Sept. 17 and ends at sundown on Sept...
Many observant Jewish students do not attend classes during at least the first day of Rosh Hashanah...
...noted that there have been conflicts in past years between Rosh Hashanah and the University’s academic calendar, particularly in 1999 when the holiday fell on the same weekend as first-year move...