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Happy New Year!
The BBC camera crew really outdid themselves this year. Happy 2026! 🎆 It is that time of the year when everyone wishes everyone a happy new year. I had always done so myself, until 1990, assuming it was — let’s say — universal. But did you know that Judaism once recognized four different New Years — not just one? I didn’t, when I arrived in Israel in 1990 and discovered that December 31 meant very little there. It was only my second month in the country, as a new immigrant —
Jan 22 min read
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