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, ...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - Southern California's Jewish community is set to ring in the Jewish New Year with a new twist on an ancient tradition. On Sunday, Sept. 20, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los ...
The Har Sinai Congregation, a Reform congregation, reverted to the ancient custom of sounding the Shofar, the Ram’s horn, on the morning of Rosh Hashanah. For many years the temple has used a modern ...
High Holy Days services are fast approaching, and the sounds of the shofar soon will fill sanctuaries throughout Los Angeles. But who are the brave souls standing in front of hundreds of congregants ...
The curling kudu horn is almost as tall as Andrew Epstein. The 8-year-old hefts the burnished horn to his lips and blows. His initial sputtering gives way suddenly to a deep, sonorous blast. Ah, the ...
Two kinds of horns mentioned in the Hebrew bible. One, a metal trumpet, is described in great detail. The description of the other, the shofar, is, shall we say, limited? Guess which one has survived ...
(THE CONVERSATION) It’s the Jewish High Holiday season, and Jews the world over are preparing to visit their local synagogues – for community, for prayer, and to hear the arresting, soulful sounds of ...