The wailing cry of the shofar was heard over the DUMBO shoreline Wednesday afternoon as a group affiliated with the Jewish organization IKAR filmed the Brooklyn installment of “Street Shofar” in time ...

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As the sun sets on Oct. 2, Jews around the world will begin the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This significant holiday, which primarily unfolds in synagogues through prayer ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the start period of repentance culminating in Yom Kippur. The holiday is celebrated with special prayers, festive meals, and the blowing of a shofar, or ram's ...

Once the sun sets on Wednesday, the two-day observance of Rosh Hashanah is set to begin. Along with being the start of the Jewish new year, a period of atonement and the anniversary of human creation, ...

The two-day holiday known as Rosh Hashanah kicks off the beginning of the Jewish "High Holidays," a ten-day period of repentance and reflection that culminates with Yom Kippur, also known as the Day ...