A happy, wholesome and sweet New Year! Stars celebrated Rosh Hashanah with vacation needs for their fellow A-listers — and all in their lovers.
“Shana Tova to all who rejoice! Wishing you a happy and healthy new year,” second gentleman Doug Emhoff, who's the first-ever Jewish spouse of a president or vice president, shared in a joyful address to the country on Monday, September 26. Vice President Kamala Harris, who tied the knot with Emhoff in 2014, shared her personal message to the public at some point prior.
“Shana Tova! @SecondGentleman and I send our warmest wishes for a happy, healthy, and sweet New Year to all those celebrating Rosh Hashanah,” she tweeted on Sunday, September 24, along an image of a honey pot and apples. (Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish New Year — is in most cases celebrated through dipping apples and challah, one of those bread, in honey for a “sweet” New Year. The common greeting, as stars have shared this holiday, is “shana tova,” which interprets to “a happy new yr” in Hebrew.)
Comedian Sarah Silverman, for her section, had a decidedly other — and hilarious — message for her fans.
“I used to be at a coffee shop and spilled a little bit by accident, resulting in an under-my-breath ‘oy,'” the comedian wrote by way of Twitter on Tuesday, September 26. “A guy near me said ‘did you simply say ‘oy?’ and I mentioned yeah and he mentioned, ‘Happy New Year.’ Life is nice.”
In a follow-up tweet, she quipped: “…and that’s when I learned it used to be rosh Hashanah. #badjew #ShanaTova.”
Barry megastar Henry Winkler tweeted well needs to all of his fans on Monday. “A HAPPY and SWEET New Year to you all !!” the Happy Days alum, 76, wrote.
“Shana Tova my buddy!!!” replied Frozen star Josh Gad.
“Sweet Happy New Year to you and yours Henry🍎🕊🙏🏻,” Broadway icon and Cheers alum Bebe Neuwirth wrote in reaction.
Winkler opened up about his Jewish identity previous this year when visiting Israel for the first time.
“I like being a Jew,” the actor advised The Jerusalem Post in April, later telling i24 News that he used to be “so satisfied” to be in Israel for the first time. (The Scream superstar is starring in the U.S.-Israeli show, Chanshi.)
Emhoff, for his phase, informed Politico that very same month that he wasn’t first of all anticipating to talk about his Judaism such a lot when he turned into second gentleman in January 2021.
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“I went in anticipating: ‘Who goes to care that I’m Jewish?’” he informed the outlet. “I didn’t expect to really feel the means I felt about being in this role.”
Now, however, the attorney has luckily embraced his historic role. “When you see a host of children cheering for someone they see in this place who is Jewish … I used to be reflecting, 40-something years in the past, if I used to be in this meeting and you informed me there was going to be a Jew married to the vp, I might have stated, ‘There’s no manner. There is solely no approach,’” he added.
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