On the sidewalk outside Pavilion K, Cantor Henry Granek blows a kudu shofar, whose sounds are offered as a non-verbal thank-you to healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus.
April 2020Feature articles

Shofar’s notes buoy patients’ spirits and thank staff for their fight against COVID

Henry Mietkiewicz — April 27, 2020
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That sound you hear daily at 4:15 p.m. outside the JGH’s Pavilion K is Cantor Henry Granek blowing a shofar, a ram’s horn normally heard in synagogues on the Jewish New Year. Its sounds are now offered as a symbolic thank-you to staff for their fight against COVID-19.

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