COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Whether it was playing the keys, the strings or picking up a horn, a lot of us have tried our hand at playing a musical instrument at one time or another. In Nashville, a ...

Father-son shofar duo Mitch and Max Dorf perform at the reopening of Wilshire Boulevard Temple. Photo courtesy of Mitch Dorf More than a few times, Mitch and Max Dorf have been out and about together ...

Of all the commandments in the Torah, the blowing of the shofar on the Jewish New Year is one of the most important. The ancient sound — signaling the beginning of the days of repentance — is heard on ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

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COOPER CITY, FLA. (WSVN) - A rabbi is getting ready to celebrate the Jewish New Year with a victory under his belt after his homeowner’s association said his celebrations can move forward. Rabbi ...

In front of Ahavas Chesed Synagogue in west Mobile, there is a 16-foot-long sculpture of a shofar — the ram’s horn blown in Biblical times like to herald the new moon or a jubilee year, among other ...

Growing up in White Meadow Lake during the 1960's, Eric Freedman had an unspectacular career at Hebrew school. He recalls daydreaming about basketball during classes and making the occasional ...

James “Jim” Evans had a way of getting people’s attention. Whether it was his compassion as a medical professional and volunteer or his concern for the spiritual health of those he encountered, Evans ...

The New Year marks the start of a new job for Rabbi Greg Wall. A saxophonist better known as the “jazz rabbi,” he is the new spiritual leader of Beit Chaverim Synagogue of Westport and Norwalk, a ...

High Holy Days services are fast approaching, and the sounds of the shofar soon will fill sanctuaries throughout Los Angeles. But who are the brave souls standing in front of hundreds of congregants ...

Since I was a boy, my musical heroes have been jazz musicians — Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, John Coltrane. My own trumpet playing was good enough to get me the solo chair in the school ...