Shofar
The shofar call that turned a curious Arizona student toward Judaism, marriage and aliyah
A chance encounter with a Chabad rabbi and the sound of the shofar awakened Yosef Turtora's Jewish identity, setting him on a journey from Arizona back to his birthplace in Israel.
Before Rosh Hashanah, Elul asks us to practice, persevere, and rise a little each day
The return of the lost Jews - and the ‘great shofar’
Yom Kippur prayer: May this evil/tyrannical government be removed from the Earth - opinion
Israelis around the country to blast shofar together simultaneously
"The most important thing in this initiative is what we lack most as a society, and that is unity."
Ahead of High Holy Days, Chabad offers free online shofar-blowing courses
Due to their communal nature, many of the rituals and obligations of the High Holy Days will be difficult if not impossible to keep when forced to stay at home.
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.
