The video above, a promo for MTV’s Video Music Awards, clearly shows Macklemore using a Shofar to summon people. Is this a nod to the upcoming Jewish High Holidays? A subtle homage to Sumner...
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Days of Awesome: A Divine High Holiday Experience in LA
For the fifth year in a row we are co-sponsoring the most user-friendly, explanatory and inspiring services for young adults in Los Angeles, and maybe he world. Come as you are. Some Highlights...
Shofar, It’s That Time of the Year
In shul this morning we began the custom of blowing the Shofar, after morning prayers. This ancient custom coincides with the new Jewish month of Elul. (However you will not see this moon-related...
A Shofar Story
Something to think about… Next time you’re at the Kotel or when you hear the shofar blowing think about these guys: Under a British law in Palestine passed in 1930, Jews were forbidden to...
Arrrhhh… Shiver Me Shofar
As I sat in a synagogue on Rosh HaShanah, I was disappointed that there would be no Avinu Malkenu and no Shofar. But in there was a lesson. Sometimes you don’t get what you expect, not on the...