Rosh Hashanah

 

Courtesy of Occupy Judaism

"Occupy Rosh Hashanah," 

September 16, 2012, in or near Liberty Square

S17 coincides with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, which is the second most important day on the Jewish calendar (the first is Yom Kippur, falling on Wednesday, next week).
  
Daily Kos reports thousands at Liberty Square the evening of S16, with Daniel Sieradski giving a Rosh Hashanah sermon followed by a non-denominational pot luck dinner.  Occupy Judaism carries the full text here, also writing, 

Remember Yom Kippur last year? Remember the power of 1,000 voices crying out in unison for social and economic justice in the language of the Hebrew prophets, from the midst of Wall Street? That definitive moment in progressive Jewish action was an expression of desire for a just world that continues to call out from within our hearts and souls. Let’s show the world that, with or without a park to occupy, we have not given up the struggle, and that we will not give up, until we have achieved the redemption of the world.

Since a shofar is played on Rosh Hashanah, in honor of the Jewish New Year, here is an excerpt from Alvin Curran's composition and world premiere of Shofar III at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - and composed for shofar, keyboard, electronics, bullroarer, corrugated tube, and percussion.  It is performed by Curran and William Winan.

 


L’shanah tovah u’metukah!  "Wishing you a sweet and happy New Year!"  "May you be inscribed in the Book of Life!"

Update:

From gvloanguy, video coverage of Rosh Hashanah celebrations at Liberty Square.