Carleton College is set to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with services to be held Monday, September 29, at 6:15 p.m. in the Severance Great Hall, and dinner following the service at 7:45 p.m. Observances will continue in the same location the following day at 9:30 a.m., followed by lunch at noon. The event is free and the public is invited to participate.

Rosh Hashanah is one of the most important holidays in Judaism, and is the start of the new year of the Jewish calendar. This year’s Rosh Hashanah will mark the beginning of the Jewish year 5769. Like the secular New Year, Rosh Hashanah is seen as an opportunity to reflect upon the past year and to make resolutions for improvement in the year to come. The holiday is traditionally observed through attendance at services at which the shofar, an instrument made from a ram’s horn, is sounded.

Carleton’s Rosh Hashanah services will be led by associate chaplain Rabbi Shosh Dworsky and are intended to be open and welcoming to everyone, including Jews of all denominations, as well as to non-Jews.

The event is being sponsored by the Carleton College Chaplain’s Office. For more information or disability accommodations, call (507) 222-4003.