What is Rosh Hashanah?
Rosh Hashanah (literally, head of the year) is the Jewish New Year. It is one of the Days of Awe, during which Jews go to synagogue to reflect on the past year and think about how they would like to improve themselves the next year. Part of this process is apologizing to the people you have wronged last year–this is the origin of Stephen Colbert’s OOPS-JEW hotline!