Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Lipof blows a shofar during the lead-up to Yom Kippur at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Mass., in 2010. Michael ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — In Jewish congregations around the world, Rosh Hashana will be celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 23. This year, at Congregation Agudas Achim, the annual High Holy Day new year’s ...

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – An unusual sound rang out from the Prosser Village Chapel Annex recently – the sound of a shofar being blown. In preparation for Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Benzion Shemtov introduced ...

The shofar, the most significant symbol and vehicle for the Holy Days, represents a multiplicity of interpretations and depth of meaning in our tradition. The shape, the sound, the source, and ...

My son came home from school one afternoon and asked if he could bring his shofar (the ram’s horn blown on Rosh Hashanah) to class. I was moved by the request and grateful that his teacher graciously ...

.FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NEW TONIGHT: A SYMBOL OF FAITH SURVIVES THE FLAMES. AN ACT OF ARSON TORCHED BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION. FOR ONE FAMILY, IT NEARLY DESTROYED A SACRED ITEM.

It’s the Jewish High Holiday season, and Jews the world over are preparing to visit their local synagogues – for community, for prayer, and to hear the arresting, soulful sounds of the shofar. An ...

(The Conversation) — The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High Holidays: Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. (The Conversation ...