FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – An unusual sound rang out from the Prosser Village Chapel Annex recently – the sound of a shofar being blown. In preparation for Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Benzion Shemtov introduced ...

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Evanston’s Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation hosted its annual Erev Rosh Hashanah Shofar Walk Wednesday, bringing around 200 people together to celebrate the holiday. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new ...

For people of the Jewish faith, the holiday known as Rosh Hashanah is happening now. Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year, which is different than the one that is celebrated on Jan. 1 every ...

Rosh Hashanah is one of Judaism's holiest days and begins at sunset on Wednesday. The two-day celebration marks the start of the Jewish New Year and is filled with traditions, like eating a round ...

Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year, and marks the start of Judaism’s High Holy Days. The holiday honors what the Jewish religion teaches to be the birthday of the universe and the day God ...

The blowing sound of a shofar was heard throughout Brooklyn Sunday night as the borough's Jewish community marked the end of the Jewish new year, or Rosh Hashanah. The new year isn't actually called ...

Jewish people observe the High Holy Days in the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, starting this year on the evening of September 22. These holidays commemorate concepts such as renewal, ...