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The shofar’s blast is meant to shake us from complacency and awaken us to truth.


The truth can sometimes be difficult to face or hard to hear, but the shofar reminds us that we must face it nonetheless.


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Shana Tova,

Alan Silberstein

Chair, Board of Directors

The Forward


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