One of the most pinnacle points of the Jewish high holidays is the blowing of the Shofar, which happens no less than one hundred times during Rosh Hashana alone. So we went to the Golan Heights to one of only three Shofar factories in the world to discover how a kosher shofar is created.
And if you want to purchase a kosher Shofar for the high holidays you’ll have to shell out anywhere between sixty to six-hundred dollars.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and as so has many traditions that Jews have followed over the centuries. We questioned our experts to enlighten us about what we need to know about the holiday.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and as so has many traditions that Jews have followed over the centuries. I talked to a few distinguished experts to enlighten us about what we should to know about the holiday.
We are here at the lowest place on the face of the earth, the Dead Sea, once, one of the greatest natural resources in Israel, and a UNESCO World Heritage preservation site. But, the Dead Sea is drying up in an alarming rate because the water that has flown from the Jordan River is not reaching it, as it is drawn by: Syria, Jordan and Israel along the way. A special committee headed by Israeli and Jordanian officials is trying now to find a solution, hopefully before the Dead Sea will be a place you will only be able to see in photos from the past.
As the Israelis and the Palestinians continue to negotiate for the framework of the beginning of the peace talks, a group of right wing scholars called the professors for a strong Israel has come together to discuss a fresh view for the two state solution: two states for two peoples on two banks of the Jordan River, can this be a feasible alternative?