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Under lockdown, Israel faces bitter start of Jewish New Year

by Associated Press
| September 16, 2020 11:27 PM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Eating apples dipped in honey on Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish tradition to symbolize a sweet start of the New Year. But in Israel, bitterness prevails on the eve of the holiday as the country faces a second nationwide lockdown to stem a raging coronavirus outbreak.

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