Diana Cole's Rosh Hashanah Message for 2024

Over the years, Rosh Hashanah has evolved for my family. When I was a child, we would get together with my extended family over the Jewish holidays. Now that I am an adult and so far geographically from my family, I now celebrate Rosh Hashanah with my husband and children. It has also changed since my children have gotten older — two of my three children are in college, and they make it a priority to get to Hillel on the High Holidays.

Within my own community, and especially after COVID, if we do not want to attend services, that is fine, too. There is always live streaming. And I can “celebrate” Rosh Hashanah with my kids over Facetime.

In the future though there might be more changes but, in my opinion, there is nothing like being in shul with your immediate family next to you hearing the Shofar being blown.

Shanah tovah um’tukah.

Diana Cole is the Community Coordinator for the Atlanta Jewish Times.