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President Obama’s Rosh Hashanah Message

By Gabrielle Birkner September 18, 2009

Four months after putting out a video commemorating the Persian New Year, or Norwuz, President Barack Obama is extending New Year’s wishes to the Jewish community in this video, posted on the the White House Web site Thursday:

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