{"id":7739,"date":"2011-09-26T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=7739"},"modified":"2011-09-30T13:36:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T17:36:28","slug":"washington-post-have-a-rockin-rosh-hashanah-and-watch-rick-perry-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/09\/washington-post-have-a-rockin-rosh-hashanah-and-watch-rick-perry-dance","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post: Have a rockin&#8217; Rosh Hashanah! (And watch Rick Perry dance!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year,\u00a0begins this week at sundown Wednesday, notes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/under-god\/post\/rosh-hashanah-rock-anthem-riffs-on-popular-song-video\/2011\/09\/26\/gIQADUJKzK_blog.html\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Tenety in the <em>Washington Post<\/em>&#8216;s On Faith section.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the one-day\u00a0holiday, Jews will welcome\u00a0in\u00a0the year 5772 &#8212; and kick off more than a week of traditional observances, concluding with Yom Kippur, their somber \u201cDay of Atonement,\u201d which begins at sundown on October 8 this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not quite in the Rosh Hashanah mood yet?&#8221; asks Tenety.\u00a0&#8220;Your friends at Aish.com are here to help. Their \u2018Rosh Hashanah Rock Anthem,\u2019 has gone viral.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A rockin&#8217; Rosh Hashanah? See for yourself:<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Rosh Hashanah Rock Anthem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T_M5-qthA8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>And just in case you&#8217;re not so sure that&#8217;s how to celebrate such a solemn holiday, check out this video with presidential hopeful Rick Perry getting into the spirit with a bunch of rabbis last\u00a0December at Hannukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. If you want to see the governor of Texas dancing with the rebbes, it happens right around the five-minute mark.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Gov. 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