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Beyond Belief: Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah

BBC Radio 4 - Beyond Belief, Rosh Hashanah

Ernie Rea takes a look at Rosh Hashanah and discusses how different it will be this year.

Ernie Rea takes a look at Rosh Hashanah and discusses how different it will be in this Covid-19 year.

Later this week, from Friday to Sunday, Jews around the world will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It is a time for reflection and repentance and for coming together to share delicious food as well as special services at the synagogue. But it will be a different Rosh Hashanah in this Covid-19 year. How will the essence of the Festival be maintained? And, as this is a period of reflection, what specific issues have given British Jews cause for concern since the last Rosh Hashanah? To discuss these questions and to take a look at the festival itself, Ernie Rea is joined by Robyn Ashworth-Steen, Community Rabbi at the Manchester Reform Synagogue; Alby Chait, Orthodox Rabbi at the United Hebrew Congregation in Leeds; and by journalist Justin Cohen who is News Editor of the Jewish News.

Producer: Helen Lee

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