“It brought me back to the real world.” That was the comment of a patient who heard the shofar (ram’s horn) sounded at the health care facility where he is receiving care. Thanks to Rabbi Yaakov ...

(JTA) — Rabbi Janise Poticha had been blowing the shofar on her terrace every evening at 7 for five months when the daily ritual began to take on a new meaning. Her sister contracted COVID in August ...

For Janise Poticha, unable to be near her sister ill with COVID, the ritual became a symbol of life with biblical meaning. And she’s not sure when it will end. (JTA) — Rabbi Janise Poticha had been ...