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 ...

When contemplating the meaning of Rosh Hashanah, I think of my four grandchildren now serving in our army. Two of them, the boys, are in tanks, while the girls are in intelligence units. Whenever I ...

This weekend, don’t be alarmed if you hear trumpeting in the streets. You could be witnessing the sound of a horn steeped in thousands of years of Jewish tradition. The shofar is coming outside for ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The piercing sound of the Shofar (a ram’s horn) will be heard in synagogues around the world this ...

More than 300 individuals and 45 organizations, including non-Jewish and multi-faith groups, have signed on at Hazon’s #SoundTheCall. That’s the message from the Jewish environmental group Hazon for ...

“And [Nehemia] said to them, ‘Go, eat delicious foods, drink sweet beverages, and send portions to whoever has nothing prepared, for [Rosh HaShanah] is holy to our Lord. And do not be sad, for the joy ...

Jews will soon hear the shofar at High Holiday services. Far-right Christians politicians have been blowing it at their rallies all year. Shofars made an appearance onstage at one recent far-right ...

One of the most beloved parts of the Jewish High Holy Days, which begin at sundown on Wednesday, is the traditional blowing of the shofar, usually a ram's horn, which dates back to the time of the Ten ...