ens of thousands of Hasidic Jews travel every Jewish New Year to the central Ukrainian town of Uman to visit the tomb of Rabbi Nahman, the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The Berlin rabbi solemnly inaugurates an open-air synagogue to enable the Jewish community in Berlin to celebrate the Jewish New Year while at the same time respecting anti-Covid measures (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Hamas warns of a "major battle" if Jewish incursions into Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound continued ahead of the Jewish new year celebrations set to begin on Sunday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

1. Wide shot of news conference

2. Close up of journa
lists
3. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Noam Shalit, father of captured Israeli soldier, Gil
ad Shalit:
"It is less than two weeks before the Jewish High...

Jerusalem, 6 September 2010

1. Wide of entrance to Western wall comp
ound
2. Pan of man blowing a Shofar (a trumpet made from a r
am's horn)
3. Close
of man praying
4. Wide of...

Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Wednesday, brow-beaten from this summer's 50-day war with Gaza, alarmed about the turmoil along their borders, and apprehensive about the coming year.

"We had a tough...

Jerusalem

1. Wide of Jerusalem''''s Old City, mosque in backg
round
2. Israeli border police near
Old City
3. Close-up of police offi
cer''''s weapon
4. Wide of Israeli border police near Old City,...

Jerusalem - 2 September 2010

1. Wide of people praying at western
wall
2. Wide of worshipers during prayers of
penitence
3. Mid o
f women...

It could well be a British invasion Sunday, as top nominee "Downton Abbey" is poised to take a good share of awards at the annual American-TV honors, the Emmy awards.

The male...

Iran is home to the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel. For 3,000 years Jews have been living in Iran but tensions between...