In preparation for the Jewish new year, children and their families will craft their very own ram’s horn instrument, known as Shofar in Hebrew, at Chabad’s Shofar Factory. Children, with adult ...

The air will be filled Tuesday morning with the ancient, timeless bleating of the shofar, the twisted ram’s horn that trumpets Rosh Hashana, which starts tonight at sundown. This Jewish New Year -- ...

It’s something they can all celebrate together.” The concept of the shofar is so appealing Chabad representatives took the instrument to area hospitals to toot for Jewish patients in their rooms on ...

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 ...

In time for Rosh Hashanah, Chabad-Lubavitch of Frederick will set up a temporary shofar factory for children to construct the celebratory horns used to announce the start of the Jewish new year. “This ...

Early emerging cicadas singing their last song this September faced stiff competition from a different type of seasonal sound. Across Chicagoland, Jewish communities took to trails, parks and parking ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It wasn’t long before Salvador “Sal” Litvak realized a fact of life: You can’t just walk through security at Downtown Disney with a ram’s horn slung over ...

Davi Cheng had some trepidation when she went to Hillel for the first time. She tried to feel comfortable, but she couldn’t understand the language of the services and the liturgical rituals were ...