At a suburban synagogue, the turmoil of the past year has the rabbi struggling with what to tell his congregation.

"We eat bread and apples dipped in honey to symbolize our desire to have a sweet year," Rabbi Mendel Greisman of Chabad of Northwest Arkansas said. "We eat a head of fish to symbolize our interest in being a leader and not a follower."

Wednesday at sundown marks the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. Members of the Jewish community said the holiday is typically filled with happiness, but this year, they say every prayer and tradition will be filled with a touch of sadness because of the war and loss experienced in