Tashlikh 2018
In preparation for Yom Kippur, in celebration of the Jewish New Year and the opening of the UN General Assembly’s 73rd session
Tashlikh Ceremony to mark the Jewish New Year was the second time that the Forum for Cultural Diplomacy and the Israeli Permanent Mission to the UN have together co-hosted a Tashlikh event at the UN. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, together with UN ambassadors and senior UN officials, took part in the Jewish ceremony which included the tossing of bread into the East River, symbolizing the casting away of sins of the past year in order to start the new year on a clean slate. By hosting the event, the organizers also wanted to highlight the significant contributions of Jewish culture to the international community.