The shofar — from the Hebrew word for a ram’s horn, which is sounded at services on the Jewish High Holy Days, this year in October — is an alarm clock for the soul, awakening anyone who really ...

The shofar’s blast is more than a call; it’s a symbol of Israel’s resilience, unity, and hope, echoing through times of grief and awakening hearts for the future. The month of Elul has arrived. Each ...

We are God’s stake in human history, and we could not make a greater mistake than to believe that we could ever be a nation like other nations. To believe that is to commit spiritual suicide. When ...

Whether they are Orthodox, Conservative, Reconstructionist or Reform, whether they gather on a California beach or in a New York City synagogue, Jews share at least one common element at their Rosh ...

Rabbi Ariel Stone stood at the protest with a gas mask hanging around her neck, a megaphone in one hand and a shofar in the other. Gathering with the Portland Clergy Interfaith Resistance on Sunday, ...

When your alarm clock goes off in the morning, does it beep at you? Play your favorite music or nature sounds? When it calls to you, do you hit the snooze button? The Faith & Values column appears ...

You just put your lips together and blow. That’s how you whistle, as Lauren Bacall once told Humphrey Bogart. It’s also how you make a shofar blast come out of your smartphone or tablet. Making the ...

The shofar, also known as the ram’s horn, holds great significance in the Jewish community. Not only does the shofar serve as a reminder of the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, but it also ...

The Mishnah, in the third chapter of Masechet Rosh Hashanah, presents the following scenario: It’s Rosh Hashanah, and, shofar in hand, you’re out for a walk. You come across some fellow Jews who are ...