This past Thursday and Friday were the Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, and one of the most important of all the Jewish Holidays. Here at the Island School we recognized this important day by having a small “service” of our own. With much work and dedication from Justin Wedes, we were able to get apples bread and honey, a symbolic treat especially for the new year. The sweetness of the honey is to represent the sweetness we hope to bring to our new year, and the round shape of both the apples and the challah (bread) is to represent a new start and the beginning of the new year. In addition to this traditional treat we also incorporated the beauty of our surroundings here on Eleuthera, Bahamas by adding a sugar apple to menu. Our small recognition of Rosh Hashanah was not only attended by those of our community who are jewish, but many others who were just simply interested. Continue reading →