Israel – Defense Ministry Favors Shofars Made in China $8 Per Shofar Today 11:05 AM Israel – The Defense Ministry has no problem purchasing foreign goods: The socks, uniform and even symbols worn by the IDF soldiers are all made abroad. Now it turns out that even the shofar (ram’s horn) blown on the High Holidays is being imported from China and Morocco – all in order to save NIS 4,500 (about $1,215). Ahead of the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, the Defense Ministry issued a tender for the purchase of 150 ram’s horns…
readmore on The AVE about events that happened on last Rosh Hashana.