Shofar
The return of the lost Jews - and the ‘great shofar’
'On that day, a great shofar shall be sounded, and those lost in the land of Assyria and those who were cast off in the land of Egypt shall come, and they shall bow to the Lord in Jerusalem.'
Yom Kippur prayer: May this evil/tyrannical government be removed from the Earth - opinion
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Rosh Hashanah 2025: Your guide to the Jewish new year holiday - explainer
Sea lion-shofar TikTok mashup a spot-on way to kick off the High Holy Days
The mashup has gone semi-viral, with nearly 72,000 views five days after Palmer posted it.
Memories of the shofar
Listen for it as Elul arrives.
‘Teki’ah!’ - The ins and outs of the shofar
No other mitzvah entails such high drama as the blowing of the shofar.
Ex-Obama health official gives a Rosh Hashanah pep talk on coronavirus
Andy Slavitt, a former Obama administration official who ran Medicare and Medicaid from 2015 to 2017, wants to encourage his fellow Jews to look on the bright side.
One rabbi’s efforts to ensure every Jew in Jerusalem hears the shofar
With Rosh Hashanah coming in mid-September, one Jerusalem resident is starting to think about how to help people hear the shofar blasts on the Jewish New Year.
Museum of Jewish Heritage displays shofar from Nazi concentration camps
“It’s a shofar that was blown in Auschwitz precisely because it was forbidden to blow a shofar in Auschwitz,” said Michael Berenbaum, co-curator of the exhibit. “It was an act of defiance."
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to blow shofar
Johnson was not able to get a sound out of the instrument, but managed to utter the age-old pun “Shofar so good,”
1,250 shofars stolen from Crown Heights man's garage
Over 30 boxes containing the ancient musical horns made from Kudu antelope in Africa were missing.
Is the Jewish world ready for a new holiday? Backers of a ‘Day of Justice’ think so
The tug of war between social justice and Judaism was something of an unofficial theme of the event.
Israel should claim its ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ at UNESCO
The time since Israel’s withdrawal from UNESCO has been a time of reflection, resolve, and reevaluation of Israel’s voice and place in the world.
