Residents mark New Year ‘Rosh Hashana’ with traditional zeal
06 Sep 2021
Some 15.2 million Jews worldwide with 27,000 residing in the 21-country Arab World and 1,000 across the six Gulf states shall be celebrating their New Year known as “Rosh Hashana” which began evening of Sept. 6 (Monday) until evening of Sept. 8 (Wednesday), and referred to biblically as the ancient “Yom Teruah” holiday or “Day of Shouting or Day of Blasting.”