Even now, in the busy weeks ahead of the Jewish New Year, Keinan spends much of his day helping customers pick a shofar — and how to make it sound just right. It may not help his financial ...

The first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas this year. Here's how the Jewish holiday originated and how it's celebrated.

Jewish people all over the world are celebrating ... A special instrument made from the horn of a kosher animal - known as a ...

Rosh Hashanah is the new year festival usually held on the first day of Tishri which is the seventh month in the Jewish calendar. It is marked at the start by the blowing of the shofar (a ram’s ...

A 2003 episode of the show “The O.C.” popularized a term for the combining of the holidays: Chrismukkah. Trying to find a way to bridge his parents’ interfaith celebrations, Seth Cohen (Adam Brody) ...

The “giant shofar,” as many have come to call it ... voted to rebirth the Jewish state. The last Jewish state had been destroyed by the Romans 2,000 years earlier. The Romans changed the ...

marks the beginning of the Jewish calendar year and initiates the Ten Days of Repentance. This period encourages introspection and spiritual renewal. Traditions include blowing the shofar and eating ...

CHARLIE: The blowing of the shofar starts a ten-day period. This ends with Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year. Many Jewish people like my dad fast for 25 hours and spend most of the day praying.