shofar
Why America needs the shofar
By Brad Hirschfield — September 21, 2022
(RNS) — How the shofar teaches us to listen, and learn.
Attending Michael Flynn’s call for ‘one religion,’ a who’s who of the new Christian right
By Bob Smietana — November 15, 2021
(RNS) — A Texas megachurch was host to the latest Pentecostal God and country 'Stop the steal' and anti-vaccine rally — on a series of events drawing crowds around the country.
Where do sounds go when they die?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 5, 2021
(RNS) — A visit to the Cemetery of Sounds. With the solid conviction — the sound of the shofar will not wind up there.
How the shofar emerged as a weapon of spiritual warfare for some evangelicals
By Yonat Shimron — January 6, 2021
(RNS) — Shofar blowing, as in today's Jericho March, has become commonplace in many political demonstrations far removed from any Jewish or Israel-related themes.
Shofar popups and drive-in singalongs: Adapting Jewish ‘Days of Awe’ for COVID-19
By Adelle M. Banks, Alejandra Molina, and Emily McFarlan Miller — September 25, 2020
(RNS) — Since the novel coronavirus put an end to in-person gatherings, synagogues around the country are finding innovative ways to celebrate the High Holy Days and create a sense of community.
Shofar lessons are becoming a pre-holiday necessity in the age of coronavirus
By Yonat Shimron — September 3, 2020
(RNS) — Jewish law requires that the shofar be heard in person. But with synagogues shuttered because of the coronavirus, many Jews are dusting off old ritual objects and taking online lessons so they can produce that clarion wail.
This Tisha B’Av, American Jews use the day of lament to cry out to God for Black lives
By Yonat Shimron — July 29, 2020
(RNS) — A group of Jews has been gathering daily at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza to lament injustices against Black Americans. It will culminate Thursday (July 30), on Tisha B’Av, the Jewish day of mourning for the Jerusalem Temple.
#MeToo is an American Yom Kippur
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 14, 2018
Women just want someone to listen. And not just women.
‘Dig’ unearths a possible messiah complex
By Kimberly Winston — April 2, 2015
(RNS) "He is coming." With those words, "Dig," the action-thriller fueled by biblical prophesy, dives deeper into Judaism in its fifth episode.
On the Jewish New Year, look who’s blowing the Shofar
By Lauren Markoe — September 13, 2012
(RNS) The blowing of the shofar, the ram's horn that rouses the soul on the Jewish New Year, has traditionally been assigned to an august member of a synagogue. But the art of shofar blowing is now for anyone who can manage to get a sound out of the instrument. By Lauren Markoe.
Rosh Hashanah 101: What you should know about the Jewish New Year
By Lauren Markoe — September 13, 2012
(RNS) The basics of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. By Lauren Markoe.
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