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Judgment Day approaches for the Jewish world, but also for Israel's Supreme Court, as it hears the case of the planned judicial overhaul, the first phase of that. We will be speaking about the year

just gone and the year ahead as we mark the new year with a very cherished guest. It's unholy.

I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London. And I'm Unlevy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv.

Thank you. Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv. Unholy, two Jews on the News from Keshet podcasts.

The high holidays are upon us.

Rosh Hashanah is first, and to think of that, you know, really mixed up,

intertwined with, as you described, a judgment day here on earth, just a mere few days after this

historic day in the Supreme Court. Really is an interesting point in time, I think.

I often do think there is a kind of divine

scriptwriter watching over things. You just make sure the timing is always there. So we're

entering, you know, the days of awe, the days of penitence, it begins at the new year. Rushana

culminates the 10 days of penitence culminates in. Yeah, Judgment Day itself, Yom Kippur,

the Day of Atonement,

so that's a week and a half away. And so there's always this sort of mood swing, because New Year is

a celebration and very positive. I always say to people who are not of our tradition, it doesn't

work like the regular New Year. There's no countdown 10, 9, 8. there isn't, you know, a dropping of a ball in time square.

You don't have the hangover from the Manashev, it's wine thing going on.

You don't really.

There are days in the Jewish calendar where one is commanded to drink to excess, but this is not one of those.

So it's not New Year like that.

Rather, it follows the usual pattern of a Jewish festival.

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