The shofar is probably the most recognizable symbol of Rosh Hashanah. We blow it in shul, children make shofar projects in ...

In 'The Angels Among Us,' I share a remarkable story about how the blowing of shofar is used by one of God’s angels to bring miraculous healing to journalist Nikki Goldstein.

The first time that a shofar appears in the Bible, it isn’t blown. It isn’t even mentioned by name. It’s just described: And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, ...

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At its core, the shofar is the sound of self-sacrifice. It echoes Abraham’s willingness to sublimate his own wishes to those of God, prompting all of us to submit to a greater good. Fun fact: Nowhere ...

Merrick Fagan is a bass player and bartender, not a rabbi, but during the High Holy Days, he is entrusted with a sacred, God-ordained task. At Rosh Hashanah morning services, he blows a hollowed-out ...

Praying with hundreds of fellow worshippers on Judaism’s holiest site was a “liberated prayer experience,” said Hebron spokesman Yishai Fleisher.

The blowing sound of a shofar was heard throughout Brooklyn Sunday night as the borough's Jewish community marked the end of the Jewish new year, or Rosh Hashanah. The new year isn't actually called ...

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 ...

Unusual religious services in synagogues throughout England, including the prayer of Neilah and the blowing of the Shofar usually reserved for the High Holidays, will mark Jewish participation in the ...