Never before has Israel had such a high need for those schooled in the rarefied art of shofar blowing. The wail of the biblical shofar — made from the horn of a ram or a certain antelope species — is ...

The month of Elul has arrived. Each morning across Israel, the cry of the shofar echoes – raw, ancient, and unmelodic, preparing us for the drama of the High Holy Days. Unlike any other instrument, it ...