Beginning at sundown on Sept. 22, and concluding at nightfall, Sept. 24, our Jewish brothers and sisters celebrate Rosh Hashanah, or Jewish New Year. It's a time for introspection and atonement. In fact, the entire fall holiday season is teshuvah — a word commonly translated as “repentance,” but which more literally means “return.”  The "High Holy Days" are a time to make amends or apologize to those they have wronged in the past year and resolve to do better in the year about to begin. (You can read more about Rosh Hashanah here.)
   
May this new year be a time of blessing for the Jewish people, and may they make peace with their enemies, especially in Gaza and in Palestine.