President Bidens Extends Wishes for a Sweet, Healthy, and Happy New Year

     “May the year 5782 be a year of health, healing, and progress, and may we all be inscribed in the Book of Life,” President Joe Biden just said in a statement.

     In the president’s new year greetings to US Jewish communities, he said that the message and gift of the Jewish New Year is “a reminder of our infinite capacity to transform our lives and begin anew.

     “To partner with the Divine and human beings in the ongoing work of creation.”

      As Biden spoke about our “ability to bridge the gap between the world we see and the world we seek,” he provided a list of his priorities.

     He said that he wanted to us to protect ourselves and each other against COVID, rebuild the economy, give hate no safe harbor, and speak out against anti-Semitism.

     Biden also reaffirmed the “ironclad bond” between the US and Israel.

     “Jill and I extend our warmest wishes to all those celebrating Rosh Hashana in the United States, Israel, and around the world,” President Biden wrote. “Shana Tova U’metukah.

     “May it be a sweet, happy, and healthy new year.”

 (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)