Editing Shofar (section)

== Non-religious usage ==
=== National liberation ===
[[File:Six Day War. Army chief chaplain rabbi Shlomo Goren, who is surrounded by IDF soldiers, blows the shofar in front of the western wall in Jerusalem. June 1967. D327-043.jpg|thumb|[[Shlomo Goren]] blowing the shofar in front of the Western Wall, June 1967.]]
During the [[Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem|Ottoman]] and the [[Mandatory Palestine|British rule]] of [[Jerusalem]], Jews were not allowed to sound the shofar at the [[Western Wall]]. After the [[Six-Day War]], Rabbi [[Shlomo Goren]] famously approached the Wall and sounded the shofar. This fact inspired [[Naomi Shemer]] to add an additional line to her song "[[Jerusalem of Gold]]", saying, "a shofar calls out from the Temple Mount in the Old City."<ref>[http://www.jerusalemofgold.co.il/ Jerusalem of Gold] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991129052748/http://www.jerusalemofgold.co.il/ |date=29 November 1999}} accessed 9 December 2008</ref>

The Shofar has been sounded as a sign of victory and celebration. Jewish elders were photographed blowing multiple shofars after hearing that the Nazis surrendered on 8 May 1945. The shofar has played a major role in the pro-Israel movement and often played in the [[Salute to Israel Parade]] and other pro-Israel demonstrations.

In the inauguration ceremony of the [[President of Israel]], a shofar is blown once the President has been sworn in, followed by a call of "Long live the President".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/isaac-herzog-officially-sworn-in-as-israels-eleventh-president/|title=Isaac Herzog sworn in as Israel's eleventh president|website=The Times of Israel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.walla.co.il/item/3446564|title = הרצוג הושבע לנשיא ה-11 של ישראל: "הפצעים שנפערו בחברה שותתי דם. עלינו להתחיל לתקן" - וואלה! חדשות|date = 7 July 2021}}</ref>

=== American political use ===
An American group called Shofar Army, described by outsiders as [[Christian nationalism#United States|Christian nationalists]], have adopted the use of the shofar into their activities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clarkson |first1=Frederick |title=He's on a mission from God: Pennsylvania GOP candidate Doug Mastriano's war with the world |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/07/04/hes-on-a-mission-from-god-pennsylvania-candidate-doug-mastrianos-with-the-world/ |website=Salon |access-date=6 July 2022 |date=4 July 2022}}</ref>

=== Non-religious musical usage ===
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 4104 Shlomo Bar.JPG|thumb|A musician blows the shofar during a performance by [[Shlomo Bar]], 2009.]]

In pop music, the shofar is used by the Israeli [[Oriental metal]] band [[Salem (Israeli band)|Salem]] in their adaptation of "''Al Taster''" ([[Psalm 27]]). The late trumpeter [[Lester Bowie]] played a shofar with the [[Art Ensemble of Chicago]]. In the film version of the musical ''[[Godspell (film)|Godspell]]'', the first act opens with cast member [[David Haskell]] blowing the shofar. In his performances, Israeli composer and singer [[Shlomo Gronich]] uses the shofar to produce a wide range of notes.<ref>[http://www.abrahamfund.org/main/siteNew/index.php?page=129&action=sidLink&stId=1131 The Abraham Fund Initiatives: Press Clips – Crossing the Middle Eastern Tightrope<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609190823/http://www.abrahamfund.org/main/siteNew/index.php?page=129&action=sidLink&stId=1131 |date=9 June 2011 }}</ref> 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. [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] 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 [[Howard Stern Show]] featured a contest called "Blow the Shofar", which asked callers to correctly identify popular songs played on the shofar. Additionally, Stern Show writer [[List of The Howard Stern Show staff#Benjy Bronk|Benjy Bronk]] has repeatedly used a shofar in his antics.<ref>[https://forward.com/culture/music/431948/from-the-planet-of-the-apes-to-the-music-of-madonna-7-surprising-ways/ From ‘Star Wars’ To Madonna: 7 Times Shofars Showed Up Outside Shul]</ref> The shofar is sometimes used in [[European classical music|Western classical music]]. [[Edward Elgar]]'s [[oratorio]] ''[[The Apostles (Elgar)|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 (1956 film)|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|date=November 2021}} [[Jerry Goldsmith]]'s scores to the films ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' and ''Planet of the Apes'' also incorporate the shofar in their orchestration.