In mid-August 1973, I and a handful of other Washington University students began our Junior Year abroad program at Hebrew University in Jerusalem with two months of language classes (Ulpan). This preceded the regular academic year, set to start in mid-October after the Jewish holidays. Still, my Hebrew remained fairly rudimentary.
The West Bank and Gaza Strip crossings will be closed for the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, the Israeli army has announced. The Rosh Hashanah closure will begin.
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