It sounds very dramatic to say that a rabbi was arrested for blowing shofar. And all the more dramatic when you add that this happened not in Paris or London or Chicago, but in Jerusalem, only a few ...

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In recent days, a special tutorial has gone public to teach in a short time how to blow the shofar properly, even for those who have never held a real shofar in their hand. The amazing video created ...

Answer: Well, I don’t want to toot the shofar’s horn too much, James, but it really is pretty special. Allow me to explain. In your question you asked about why we don’t use a real trumpet, and I ...

Shimon Keinan has had a lifelong passion for shofars. And somewhere in his factory in Israel's Golan Heights, there's the perfect one for you. GIVAT YOAV, Golan Heights (JTA) – Shimon Keinan has a ...

(JTA) GIVAT YOAV, Golan Heights (JTA) – Shimon Keinan has a business to run. He doesn’t have time to teach you how to blow the shofar. But if you come all the way to his Kol Shofar factory here, ...

"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 ...

Shimon Keinan is one of only a handful of people in Israel still making traditional shofars, and his factory receives over 14,000 visitors a year. Every year on the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom ...

Years ago, on a Temple Akiba Israel trip, I purchased a funky shofar from a vendor in the mystical town of Tzvat. To this day, I believe that it must have come from a unicorn—it certainly doesn’t ...

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, ...

Some of the thousands of horns lying around the Kol Shofar factory in the Golan Heights on Sept. 6. Photo by Andrew Tobin Shimon Keinan has a business to run. He doesn’t have time to teach you how to ...

Shimon Keinan has a business to run. He doesn't have time to teach you how to blow the shofar. But if you come all the way to his Kol Shofar factory here, Keinan is going to make sure you walk away ...