Rabbi Herbert Brockman issues a Days of Awe reminder about the futility of war. This column will appear as the Jewish community is in the midst of its holy day period known as the “High Holidays.” It ...

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 the shofar. The ...

"The shofar’s call tears through our silence. It stands as a symbol of spiritual resistance and a means of maintaining our Jewish identity." A faded photo captures the power of the shofar sounded by a ...

(JTA) For the first time since Ukraine was plunged into war in 2022, soldiers on the front lines could hear the blast of the shofar marking the Jewish new year. The largest Jewish communal body in the ...

The shofar, the most significant symbol and vehicle for the Holy Days, represents a multiplicity of interpretations and depth of meaning in our tradition. The shape, the sound, the source, and ...

When I was just 1-year-old, my grandpa handed me a shofar and said, “Max, this is a shofar.” Although I cannot recall that exact moment, the shofar has been integral to my life ever since. It serves ...

As we read the words of Robert Herscowitz, we are reminded that the shofar is one of the most important symbols of the month Elul, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur: the shofar. My close friend and noted ...

The shofar, also known as the ram’s horn, holds great significance in the Jewish community. Not only does the shofar serve as a reminder of the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, but it also ...

Early emerging cicadas singing their last song this September faced stiff competition from a different type of seasonal sound. Across Chicagoland, Jewish communities took to trails, parks and parking ...

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 ...