JTA — A group of Jewish leaders are fed up with right-wing efforts to combat antisemitism. So they created their own strategy. The Shofar Report, released this week by the liberal-leaning Jewish group ...
Rosh Hashanah is called Yom Teruah, the day of the sounding of the horn. But what instrument fulfills this mitzvah? The Torah itself does not specify, entrusting the Oral Torah (Torah she’ba‘al peh) ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — In Jewish congregations around the world, Rosh Hashana will be celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 23. This year, at Congregation Agudas Achim, the annual High Holy Day new year’s ...
My son came home from school one afternoon and asked if he could bring his shofar (the ram’s horn blown on Rosh Hashanah) to class. I was moved by the request and grateful that his teacher graciously ...
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Rosh Hashanah is almost here…but it's not the "Jewish" New Year! It's Adam's birthday, and the most significant day of the year, "New Years Day" for the whole world...the time of judgment for all his ...
Throw just about any musical challenge at Cindy Leland and she’ll handle it like a pro. That includes blowing the shofar, a skill she picked up four years ago. Leland works at Wexner Heritage Village ...
(The Conversation) — The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High Holidays: Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. (The Conversation ...
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Nicky Silver blows into her shofar. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. Nicky Silver is known around Berkeley and Oakland ...
At sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, Jews around the world will gather to mark Rosh Hashanah — the birthday of creation, the day on which we acknowledge our past and pray for our future. This year, as we ...