Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and the opening of its High Holidays, heralds a time for reflection and renewal. But it ushers the season in with the most jolting introduction it can get: The ...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- Sunday marked the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish holiday more commonly known as the Jewish New Year. The two-day holiday is also the start of the Jewish High Holy Days, ...

The Sephardic Rabbi David Abudraham links the shofar to Rosh Hashanah as the anniversary of creation, and the blasts resemble a royal ceremony when we celebrate God’s sovereignty over the universe.

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holidays, a period for reflection and repentance. The holiday is celebrated with festive meals, prayers, and the blowing of a ...

(JTA) — KYIV, Ukraine — 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 ...

Why right wing Christian politicians are blowing the shofar: The tekiah you’re used to hearing on Rosh Hashanah was recently blasted at a far-right rally in a Virginia megachurch. A Christian ...

Meanwhile, thousands of Hasidic men made their annual pilgrimage to Uman to celebrate the Jewish new year. KYIV, Ukraine — For the first time since Ukraine was plunged into war in 2022, soldiers on ...