Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish new year, and Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, are coming up in the next few weeks. In this weekend’s West New York newspaper, we’ll have an article about an old temple and what the holidays mean.
On the corner of Palisade Avenue and 54th Street lies the Shaare Zedek Synagogue, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in West New York where half a century ago, the Jewish community in the area was much more prevalent than it is today.
“Just 50 years ago, almost the majority of the population in West New York was Jewish,” said Rabbi Menachem Baruch from the Shaare Zedek Synagogue. “When it was really full, there would be 3,000 people that would come every Saturday.”
Friday night is the commencement of the Jewish New Year Holiday of Rosh Hashanah. It ends Sunday at sundown. Next week, Monday, Sept. 28, will be the Jewish holiday of atonement, Yom Kippur. It begins Sunday, Sept. 27 at sundown and ends Monday at sundown. For those needing to fast, sundown on Sept. 27 begins around 6:45 p.m. in the Northeast, and the sun should be down by 7:12 p.m.
Together, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are known as the Jewish high holidays.
For more, check our homepage this Sunday under “West New York News.” www.hudsonreporter.com.
Jewish ‘high holidays’ around the corner
