Merrick Fagan is a bass player and bartender, not a rabbi, but during the High Holy Days, he is entrusted with a sacred, God-ordained task. At Rosh Hashanah morning services, he blows a hollowed-out ...

LONDON (AP) — The cacophonous wail of the shofar was loud, mournful and lasted nearly two minutes as dozens of Jews blew on rams' horns Sunday to wake up others to the plight of the estimated 100 ...

WYTHEVILLE, Va. — Every morning, Jeff Collins pulls his truck into the Dollar Tree parking lot, steps outside, presses his lips against his shofar horn and lets loose. The horn, from an African ...

The blowing of the ram’s horn, a core practice associated with the upcoming Jewish new year, is considered a risk for spreading the coronavirus. AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The shofar should only be blown ...