“It brought me back to the real world.” That was the comment of a patient who heard the shofar (ram’s horn) sounded at the health care facility where he is receiving care. Thanks to Rabbi Yaakov ...

(JTA) — Rabbi Janise Poticha had been blowing the shofar on her terrace every evening at 7 for five months when the daily ritual began to take on a new meaning. Her sister contracted COVID in August ...

This year the sounds of the shofar are already landing differently for me. Unlike in years past, when the shofar’s blasts roused my soul as an atavistic war trumpet, I am now hearing this annual ...

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, ...

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – An unusual sound rang out from the Prosser Village Chapel Annex recently – the sound of a shofar being blown. In preparation for Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Benzion Shemtov introduced ...

When we comment on the physical rituals of our tradition, it’s usually to discuss what they symbolize. Whether it’s a mezuzah, tallit, succah, Kiddush cup, Hannukah candle or an elaborate Seder table, ...

Davi Cheng had some trepidation when she went to Hillel for the first time. She tried to feel comfortable, but she couldn’t understand the language of the services and the liturgical rituals were ...

For Janise Poticha, unable to be near her sister ill with COVID, the ritual became a symbol of life with biblical meaning. And she’s not sure when it will end. (JTA) — Rabbi Janise Poticha had been ...

“People needed symbols of hope,” said Janise Poticha. And then her sister got sick. When New Yorkers took to their balconies to celebrate health care workers during the first wave of the pandemic, ...