<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/september/09-22-rosh-hashanah.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>09/22/2025 10:03:40 AM</pubDate><title>Celebrating Rosh Hashanah</title><sub-title/><description>As the sun sets this evening, Jewish communities will gather to welcome Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and one of the High Holy Days in the Hebrew calendar. It is a time to reflect on the past year, renew our hopes, and look forward with resolve to the year ahead.</description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/september/_images/rosh-hoshana.jpg" alt="Rosh Hashanah"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2025/september/09-22-rosh-hashanah.xml</loc><tags><tag>Commemorative Months</tag><tag>Events</tag><tag>Holidays</tag></tags><categories/></item>