New York’s oldest synagogue reopened to the sound of shofars yesterday, more than three years after it was gutted by a devastating fire. “For me, it’s a microcosm of the destiny of the Jewish people,” ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - Southern California's Jewish community is set to ring in the Jewish New Year with a new twist on an ancient tradition. On Sunday, Sept. 20, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los ...

Trumpet player Bruce Shapiro is the ideal person to perform the Rosh Hashana ritual of blowing the shofar – an ancient musical instrument that marks the beginning of the new year. “The whole idea of ...

Mark Lipof blows a shofar during the lead-up to Yom Kippur at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Mass., in 2010. Michael Fein/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images It’s the Jewish High ...

Answer: Well, I don’t want to toot the shofar’s horn too much, James, but it really is pretty special. Allow me to explain. In your question you asked about why we don’t use a real trumpet, and I ...

Merrick Fagan is a bass player and bartender, not a rabbi, but during the High Holy Days, he is entrusted with a sacred, God-ordained task. At Rosh Hashanah morning services, he blows a hollowed-out ...

In front of Ahavas Chesed Synagogue in west Mobile, there is a 16-foot-long sculpture of a shofar — the ram’s horn blown in Biblical times like to herald the new moon or a jubilee year, among other ...

The Har Sinai Congregation, a Reform congregation, reverted to the ancient custom of sounding the Shofar, the Ram’s horn, on the morning of Rosh Hashanah. For many years the temple has used a modern ...

Blowing shofar at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley daily for the month of Elul and for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Cooper is used to the feeling of clenching his shoulders and neck muscles, having ...

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