Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky In a normal year, congregants at Chabad Jewish Center, 400 families in all, would fill ...

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A plastic orange juice bottle, an empty paper towel roll and a tiny clay pot were meticulously glued together. To make it sparkle, splashes of purple, green, blue and gold paint were added. Then, like ...

(RNS) — When is the shofar service? What time are they blowing the shofar? These are the burning questions at most synagogues this time of year as Rosh Hashana approaches. The answers lead temple ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Due to the challenges of joining a traditional synagogue service due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Chabad of the North Shore will hold an outdoor shofar service next ...

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 ...

NEW YORK - The ancient sound is a little different every time you hear it, but the blast of the shofar is one that has resonated in the Jewish community for millennia. "It's our alarm clock. It's to ...

James “Jim” Evans had a way of getting people’s attention. Whether it was his compassion as a medical professional and volunteer or his concern for the spiritual health of those he encountered, Evans ...