Religion Roundup
Jews Celebrate New Year Starting at Sundown Monday
Associated Press
September 29, 2008
JERUSALEM - Jews in Israel and around the world celebrate the beginning of the year 5769 on the Jewish calendar starting at sundown this evening.
Rosh Hashana, the two-day Jewish New Year celebration, also marks the beginning of Judaism's High Holy Days.
The ten-day period of repentance culminates in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
The Israeli military says it's imposing a closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip to coincide with the Jewish New Year holiday. Palestinians are banned from entering Israel until the closure is lifted.
Such closures during Jewish holidays are explained as necessary to prevent Palestinian attacks.
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