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Idiot 'Freedom Convoy' Truckers Insult Jews By Blowing Shofars

[quote] A video circulating on social media on Saturday shows a group of truckers from the "Freedom Convoy" blowing curved horns, or what Jews call "shofars." These ancient musical horn are typically made of a ram's horn and are used for Jewish religious purposes. Chabad.org explains the meaning and purpose of a shofar as: "a trumpet made from the horn of a kosher animal with the marrow removed." It is blown during the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year, which consists of 2 days of religious services) during the month of Elul, and at the end of Yom Kippur to mark the end of the day of fasting.

I have a feeling the trolls on this board will ignore this insult to Jews in favor of posting on the "Israel โ€˜shouldnโ€™t exist as a Jewish state,โ€™ Amnesty USA director tells Democratic group" thread.

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by Anonymousreply 17March 14, 2022 11:35 AM

[quote]These ancient musical horn are typically made of a ram's horn and are used for Jewish religious purposes.

When they are used by non-Jews for something other than a Jewish religious purpose, then they are by definition just a musical horn made of a ram's horn, and not a shofar. It's exactly the same as wine being communion wine when it's used for communion, and when it's not, it's just wine. So faux outrage.

by Anonymousreply 1March 13, 2022 8:44 AM

This dog won't hunt. The horn has also left the temples.

Since 1988 Rome-based American composer Alvin Curran's project Shofar features the shofar as a virtuoso solo instrument and in combination with sets of natural and electronic sounds. ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’๐’๐’‚ used a shofar played by Yitzhak Sinwani on the Confessions Tour and the album Confessions on a Dance Floor for the song "Isaac", based on Im Nin'alu. In 2003, The ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’ Show featured a contest called "Blow the Shofar", which asked callers to correctly identify popular songs played on the shofar. Additionally, Stern Show writer Benjy Bronk has repeatedly used a shofar in his antics.[37] The shofar is sometimes used in Western classical music. Edward Elgar's oratorio The Apostles includes the sound of a shofar, although other instruments, such as the flugelhorn, are usually used instead.

The shofar has been used in a number of films, both as a sound effect and as part of musical underscores. Elmer Bernstein incorporated the shofar into several cues for his score for Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments; one of the shofar calls recorded by Bernstein was later reused by the sound editors for Return of the Jedi for the Ewoks' horn calls.[citation needed] Jerry Goldsmith's scores to the films Alien and ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’‘๐’†s also incorporate the shofar in their orchestration.

by Anonymousreply 2March 13, 2022 9:00 AM

Yeah this is dumb.

by Anonymousreply 3March 13, 2022 10:15 AM

It was stupid but with no antisemitic intent. Or at least I suspect having done no research but just knowing that these guys are primarily just stupid.

by Anonymousreply 4March 13, 2022 10:32 AM

They probably watch 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'

by Anonymousreply 5March 13, 2022 11:25 AM

Would anyone need to say it when it seems to be amnesty's argument?

by Anonymousreply 6March 13, 2022 11:41 AM

My guess is that they didnโ€™t know the Jewish connection and just thought it was macho to blow on ramsโ€™ horns

Idiots

by Anonymousreply 7March 13, 2022 11:48 AM

Lord of the Rigs

by Anonymousreply 8March 13, 2022 11:53 AM

I always thought this was a viking thing. Would never associate it with Jews. Also, I think there are around 20 or 25 total Jewish people in Canada, kind of like how we only have around 20 or 25 black people so it's something we wouldn't ever think about.

by Anonymousreply 9March 13, 2022 1:01 PM

I would also like to add that the "freedom" (pussy) convoy" is retard central.

by Anonymousreply 10March 13, 2022 1:02 PM

Oh, no! Youโ€™re telling me that the โ€œFreedom Convoyโ€ truckers are ignorant, racist, and xenophobic? Who knew?

by Anonymousreply 11March 13, 2022 1:05 PM

These are people who think the vaccine turns you into a robot.

Iโ€™ll just leave it at that.

by Anonymousreply 12March 13, 2022 1:06 PM

[quote] Also, I think there are around 20 or 25 total Jewish people in Canada, kind of like how we only have around 20 or 25 black people so it's something we wouldn't ever think about.

There are sizable Jewish communities in Toronto (165K) and Montreal (100K)

by Anonymousreply 13March 13, 2022 1:08 PM

Oh, give the Jews a break. Every group is offended by something. Let them have their moment.

by Anonymousreply 14March 13, 2022 1:12 PM

Whatever happened to a good old-fashioned vuvuzela?

by Anonymousreply 15March 13, 2022 1:14 PM

Do you really think these Douchebros have any concept of what a "Shofar" is? It looks manly and makes noise louder than a fart

by Anonymousreply 16March 13, 2022 1:19 PM

[quote] Oh, give the Jews a break. Every group is offended by something. Let them have their moment.

This is too dumb though. I would like my community to have higher standards as to what to be offended about.

by Anonymousreply 17March 14, 2022 11:35 AM
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