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shofar

Two women, one wearing a tallit, blow the shofar amid the Capitol rioting, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/Lloyd Wolf)
Posted inNews

Why right-wing Christian politicians keep blowing the shofar

by Adam Kovac and Forward September 23, 2022September 23, 2022

Jews will soon hear the shofar at High Holiday services. Far-right Christians politicians have been blowing it at their rallies all year. Shofars made an appearance onstage at one recent far-right […]

Mallory Palmer's TikTok went viral last year.
Posted inRosh Hashanah

Remember that viral sea lion shofar mashup? It’s still funny.

by Jordan Palmer and St. Louis Jewish Light September 8, 2021September 8, 2021
Abi Finer-Tominaga sounds the shofar in front of his house in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. (Photo/Yuki Tominaga)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Wail of the shofar connects Bay Area Jews in uncertain time

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 15, 2020September 16, 2020
Hazon CEO Nigel Savage practices blowing his shofar. (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
Posted inNews

Jewish environmental group sounds the call: Blow the shofar on Earth Day

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA April 21, 2020
(From left) Beth Kissileff, writer of this piece; her husband, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, a survivor of the Oct. 31, 2018 shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh; and Pitssburgh Mayor Bill Peduto at Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church during a service for victims of the mass shooting. (Photo/JTA-Salwan Georges-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inRosh Hashanah

My congregation prayed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Here’s how we are coping this Rosh Hashanah.

Beth Kissileff by Beth Kissileff and JTA September 24, 2019September 26, 2019
Boris Johnson speaking at a podium
Posted inJewish Life

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries (and fails) to blow the ‘holy shofar’

by JTA September 16, 2019
Marc Benioff in 2016 (Photo/Kimberly White-Getty Images for GLAAD)
Posted inNews

Tech mogul Marc Benioff blows shofar, buys Time magazine

by JTA September 21, 2018September 21, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckberg blowing a shofar in his Palo Alto home (Screenshot/Facebook)
Posted inHigh Holidays

WATCH: Mark Zuckerberg blows the shofar

by JTA September 12, 2018

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