Israel is heading back into a nationwide lockdown for at least three weeks starting on Friday, the eve of the Jewish New Year holiday, in the clearest sign yet of the government’s failure to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Read more here.
New York Times: Israel to celebrate Jewish New Year under a second lockdown
Sun shines on Sept. 21 above the Menorah Monument dedicated to the 100,000 people -- mostly Jews -- murdered by Nazi German soldiers at the Babyn Yar ravine. More than 33,000 were murdered on Sept. 28-29, 1941, alone.
