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 ...

Growing up in White Meadow Lake during the 1960's, Eric Freedman had an unspectacular career at Hebrew school. He recalls daydreaming about basketball during classes and making the occasional ...

This weekend marks the culmination of the Days of Awe, a time of intense soul-searching that began with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. Jewish communities gather to listen to the trumpet-like ...

Georgians are used to plenty of hot air from the denizens of the Gold Dome. But Rabbi Larry Sernovitz gave a new meaning to tooting his own horn during his visit this week to the Georgia Legislature.

The curling kudu horn is almost as tall as Andrew Epstein. The 8-year-old hefts the burnished horn to his lips and blows. His initial sputtering gives way suddenly to a deep, sonorous blast. Ah, the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Santa Barbara’s Jewish community is kicking off its High Holiday Days with a twist on tradition. Despite the coronavirus pandemic moving many events online, members of ...

To Isaac Weiner, the long, single blast of the shofar at the end of Yom Kippur signals both a beginning and an end. "The sound of the blast marks both an end to the very intense introspection and a ...