The new Jewish year

Iranian Jew Yousef Sheibani, blows the shofar, a ram's horn, as a call for spiritual preparation for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, during a ceremony in a Synagogue in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday Sept. 13, 2007. Rosh Hashana this year started on the evening of September 12. The new Jewish calendar year is 5768. (AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian
براي تمام خاطره هاي يك قوم

An ranian Jewish man prays in front of the holy Jewish book, the Torah as they attend during a ceremony to mark Jewish New Year in a synagogue in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday Sept. 13, 2007. Rosh Hashana this year started on the evening of September 12. The new Jewish calendar year is 5768. (AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian