May the New Year bring to all our friends and family health, joy, prosperity and everything good in life. Rosh Hashanah 2013 577 Rosh Hashanah Holiday Dilemma With an early Rosh Hashanah, will college students come home? Leslie Spector J N Intern S DOREEN & IRVING LICHTMAN May the New Year bring to all our friends and family health, joy, prosperity and everything good in life. Rosh Hashanah 2013 577 Karen & Jeffrey Kraft Aimee & Matt Spatzner Elissa & Chet Evans & Rachel May the New Year bring to all our friends and family health, joy, prosperity and everything good in life. Rosh Hashan 2013 57 Marcia & Stan Freedman and Family Log on to JNonline.us giveaways • forums • calendars VISIT JNonline.us 80 August 29 • 2013 pending the Jewish holidays away from home and family is something college students have learned to adapt to during their years away from home. While Rosh Hashanah is still meaningful wherever you are, there is nothing like being with your family during the holidays. "I truly enjoy being at home with my family as well as with my shul family at B'nai Moshe for the Jewish holidays:' said Sammi Fine of West Bloomfield. "Sadly, I am nor- Sammi Fine mally at school for Rosh Hashanah, but the Hillel organi- zation at Grand Valley offers services and a dinner for both nights that I attend. Although our Hillel is small, we always make a point to have events/ dinners for holidays, which I personally appreciate" For Sara Nathanson, spending Rosh Hashanah at home is preferable, but being a student Sarah at the University of Nathanson Michigan makes that Israel Warns About High Holidays Travel JERUSALEM (JTA) —The Israeli government has advised Israelis and all Jews to avoid travel to sev- eral countries, including Egypt and Turkey, during the High Holidays, a popular time for leisure travel. An advisory from the Prime Minister Office's counterterrorism bureau warned that terrorists and terror groups such as Al Qaida might try to attack Jewish and Israeli tar- gets during the holidays and also on Sept. 11, the anniversary of the Al Qaida attack on New York's World Trade Center. The warning stressed that Iran is still planning to avenge the death of Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a car bombing attack in Damascus in 2008 as well as the deaths of several of its difficult. "My preference is to spend the holi- day with my family, but as I get older and as my school schedule becomes more demanding, it has become less of a realistic thing for me," said Nathanson of Farmington Hills, who also belongs to B'nai Moshe. "I wasn't able to take time off last year; I had to spend the holiday in class. This year, I'm expecting the same thing:' Michigan State University senior Corey Rosen spends the High Holidays at home, regardless of his class schedule. "I like to be with my family during the holidays and observ- Corey Rosen ing the holidays is generally easier in the Detroit Jewish community versus the East Lansing Jewish community:' said Rosen of Farmington Hills. Rosen plans to take time and reflect on the past year and think about how he can make the coming year different and better than this year. He also plans on walking to shul both days of the holiday. ❑ Students can check with their campus Hillel about High Holiday services and meals. nuclear scientists. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in these incidents. The bureau called on Israelis and Jews to avoid travel to Egypt and Jordan, and called on any Israelis now in the Sinai Peninsula to leave immediately. Israelis also were told to avoid travel to Turkey, as well as Azerbaijan, Nigeria and Kenya. Tens of thousands of Israelis have visited Turkey during August, despite the threat, according to reports. The bureau also advises Israelis and Jews to leave Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso and Djibouti, Indonesia, the Ivory Coast, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Togo and Tunisia, and not to travel to Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and the UAE. The travel warnings are not bind- ing.