Houston Police told KPRC 2 on Tuesday that security is being added to local synagogues and mosques after Iran launched a missile attack on Israel.

Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown on Friday, Sept. 15

Her death coincided with the eve of Rosh Hashanah, a High Holiday that commemorates the Jewish New Year. Among messages honoring and remembering Justice Ginsburg, the Jewish community also noted the significance of the date of her death in Judaism. See what some mourners wrote below:According to Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah, which began tonight, is a tzaddik, a person of great righteousness. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of equality, dies at 87 on Rosh Hashanah eve. Rosh Hashanah began tonight.

(Jack Guez/Pool via AP, File)JERUSALEM – Israel will reinstate a strict new countrywide lockdown this week amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases. Israel has seen a spike in cases over recent weeks that more tempered measures failed to bring down. It has since been criticized for opening businesses and schools too quickly and allowing the virus to spread once again. It has since been criticized for opening businesses and schools too quickly and allowing the virus to spread once again. Israel has had more than 150,000 confirmed cases of virus and more than 1,100 deaths.