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How do you celebrate Rosh Hashanah?

While most headlines neutrally ask about Rosh Hashanah celebrations, one highlights celebrity involvement in the holiday.

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Same story. Mostly aligned wording. Outlets across the spectrum framed this event in roughly the same way today.

MOSTLY SAME

As of September 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed with festive meals, synagogue services, shofar blowing, and symbolic foods like apples, honey and challah.
The headline split The left frames it as "How shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah". The right frames it as "Gal Gadot and Jimmy Kimmel blow the shofar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah".
Match confidence High confidence. 9 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh

9 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.

Framing confidenceMild

45/99 — small wording differences, not a major framing split.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftHow shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah

NPR · Center-left · News report

CenterHow do you celebrate Rosh Hashanah?

The Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com) · Center · News report

Right / center-rightGal Gadot and Jimmy Kimmel blow the shofar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah

The Jerusalem Post · Center-right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

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The Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com)News report · Sep 11, 9:00 PM

How do you celebrate Rosh Hashanah?

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed with festive meals, synagogue services, shofar blowing, and symbolic foods like apples, honey and challah

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The Jerusalem PostNews report · Sep 12, 12:40 AM

Gal Gadot and Jimmy Kimmel blow the shofar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah

Gal GadotJimmy Kimmelblow the shofar

“Oh, good. We could use a good year,” said Kimmel as he picked up the shofar. After he played, they sat and improvised together until they burst out laughing.

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The Star-Ledger (NJ.com)News report · Sep 11, 9:00 PM

How do you celebrate Rosh Hashanah?

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed with festive meals, synagogue services, shofar blowing, and symbolic foods like apples, honey and challah

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OregonianNews report · Sep 11, 9:00 PM

How do you celebrate Rosh Hashanah?

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed with festive meals, synagogue services, shofar blowing, and symbolic foods like apples, honey and challah

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Al.com (Alabama News)News report · Sep 11, 9:00 PM

How do you celebrate Rosh Hashanah?

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed with festive meals, synagogue services, shofar blowing, and symbolic foods like apples, honey and challah

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CenterMostly Factual
The Post-Standard (Syracuse)News report · Sep 11, 9:00 PM

How do you celebrate Rosh Hashanah?

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed with festive meals, synagogue services, shofar blowing, and symbolic foods like apples, honey and challah

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The Grand Rapids Press (MLive)News report · Sep 11, 9:00 PM

How do you celebrate Rosh Hashanah?

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed with festive meals, synagogue services, shofar blowing, and symbolic foods like apples, honey and challah

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WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York)News report · Sep 11, 8:30 PM

Happy New Year! Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Shana Tova! The Jewish New Year begins at sunset Friday night and continues through Sunday night. According to the UJA-Federation of New York, Rosh Hashanah, it is a time...

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NPRNews report · Sep 11, 8:29 PM

How shofars became the spiritual soundtrack of Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset Friday. For many Jews around the world, a highlight of the holiday will be hearing the shofar: an animal's horn blown like a trumpet.

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Details45/99 Wording Gap · High confidence · 9 sources
45/99 Wording GapHigh confidence9 sources · 3 bias bucketsStable · 9 sources · all three buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Sep 11, 8:29 PM: NPR joined the source map.

Sep 11, 8:30 PM: WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) joined the source map.

Sep 11, 9:00 PM: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com) joined the source map.

Sep 11, 9:00 PM: The Star-Ledger (NJ.com) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 45/99 and story health is stable · 9 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.