Alan Wagner still pictures it as one of the most stirring religious experiences of his boyhood. Perched on his father’s shoulders in their synagogue in Omaha, Neb., he strained to catch an ...

In preparation for the Jewish new year, children and their families will craft their very own ram’s horn instrument, known as Shofar in Hebrew, at Chabad’s Shofar Factory. Children, with adult ...

It’s been described as the symbolic voice of God. You can hear it trumpeting across Israel and Jewish communities everywhere during the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sundown on ...

With our intentions — and especially our ears — tuned to the month of Elul, we might ask: Who turned up the shofar? For Jews, its soulful sound is not just for High Holy Days anymore, and today, a ...

Chabad of the Lehigh Valley turned the ancient art of shofar-making into child’s play Sunday, giving children an opportunity to saw, sand and shellac the horns of the High Holidays. With goggles ...

Davi Cheng had some trepidation when she went to Hillel for the first time. She tried to feel comfortable, but she couldn’t understand the language of the services and the liturgical rituals were ...

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.

(JTA) — Schmekel — a transgender Jewish punk band based in Brooklyn — opened its 2011 album with “I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur.” The song features lyrics ...

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 ...