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Several Jewish holidays – some of which are full legal holidays in Israel – will take place this year between 16 September and 8 October. The Government Press Office would like to provide the following brief summary.
Preparations for the Jewish New Year

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning (Monday, 10 September 2012), received from Chief Statistician Prof. Shlomo Yitzhaki, the 2012 Statistical Abstract of Israel.

A large crowd of diplomats, captains of industry and commerce, cultural icons and other invited guests gathered in the grand ballroom of Tel Aviv’s Hilton Hotel on the 5th September to celebrate Uzbekistan’s 21st Independence Day. The lavish reception was hosted by His Excellency Oybek A. Eshonov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Israel, and his gracious wife Mohira Eshonova.

The Cabinet, today (Sunday, 9 September 2012), approved changing the status of the Ariel University Center into a university.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "It is important that there be an additional university in Israel; it is important that there be a university in Ariel.

"It is time to correct an historic justice and deal with the Jews who were forced out of Arab countries."

Many Jews who had lived for generations in Arab countries were driven from their homes as a result of antisemitism and anti-Jewish riots arter the declaration of the Jewish state. Between 1948 and 1952, 856,000 Jews from Arab countries became refugees.