Art, man and God
Jewish Journal
September 3, 2015
I wonder what our prayers sound like to God during these Days of Awe.
Category
shofar
The shofar saves a rabbi’s life: a case study
Norman Lavin, M.D, PhD., UCLA Medical School
September 23, 2014
My patient, an esteemed rabbi, underwent major abdominal surgery lasting several hours. Within one day postoperatively, he was instructed to blow into a mechanical device to help prevent respiratory complications.
The deep wellspring of the Shofar
Jewish Journal
September 18, 2014
Venerated Chassidic master Rabbi Hillel of Paritch (in his magnum opus Pelach haRimon) likens the Shofar’s simple but powerful “cry” to a mighty wellspring bursting forth from the depths of the earth.
Hipster guide to the High Holy Days
Avishay Artsy
September 18, 2014
High Holy Day meals, local honey, meeting singles, where to do tashlich, where to break the fast and much more
Women of the Wall, shielded by police, raises Torah scroll and blows shofar
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2013
Women of the Wall blew a shofar at the back of the Western Wall Plaza and raised a Torah scroll at the plaza’s gate under a heavy police barricade.
Shofars blasting, Bend the Arc urges yes on Prop. 30
Jonah Lowenfeld
October 17, 2012
Bend the Arc is urging Jewish voters in California to rally behind Proposition 30.
Politics, poverty and prosperity
Jewish Journal
September 27, 2012
“With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated; and those that survive commonly exhibit a vigorous state of health. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination; we build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick; we institute laws for the indigent, and our medical men exert their utmost skill to save the life of everyone to the last moment. … No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will ever doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man.”
At joint iftar celebration, Muslim-Jewish High School Council launched
Jonah Lowenfeld
August 15, 2012
A recent break-fast meal, held in the courtyard of the Westside Jewish Community Center, began with the blowing of a shofar. The sun hadn’t yet set, so the baskets of pita and dried dates placed on every table remained untouched.
Finding Torah in the American wilderness
Jewish Journal
May 29, 2012
When the sun set on Saturday, Zelig Golden blew his shofar, calling more than a 100 people of all ages and backgrounds to assemble in a giant circle in Bort Meadow, a campground in Chabot Anthony Regional Park.
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