Sounding the Shofar after 2,000 Years

Petition to blow shofar on Temple Mount could set the stage for fulfilled prophecy

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently considering a petition that would allow a Jewish leader to blow the shofar on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Rosh Hashanah. If accepted, it will mark the first time since the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. that a Jew has been permitted to perform this act in this place.

It would represent…