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Call of the Shofar

Call of the Shofar
Motto Jewish Wisdom as a Framework for Personal Growth
Founder Steven Simcha Frischling
Headquarters Baltimore, MD, US
Website www.calloftheshofar.org

Call of the Shofar is an organization based in Baltimore, US, focusing on personal and relational transformation. Call of the Shofar offers workshops assisting individuals to enhance their personal relationships. The organization's director is Steven (Simcha) Frischling.

Some have termed Call of the Shofar programs as "cultlike" and have compared them to LGAT groups such as Landmark Forum, and the Mankind Project. Call of the Shofar members have voiced their contention to these designations.

Call of the Shofar leads experiential workshops, follow-up groups, teleconferences and private coaching.

The "Seasons of Transformation" workshop is a 3-day residential events, usually held over a weekend starting Friday morning until Sunday evening including Shabbos.

Call of the Shofar frequently weekend workshops in Baltimore, Maryland, Morristown, New Jersey and Israel. Other previous locations include Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Los Angeles, California.

Follow-up groups are regularly held in Baltimore, Maryland, Silver Spring, Maryland, area in Brooklyn, New York, Monsey, New York, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Los Angeles, California and Jerusalem, Israel.

Though the organization had been in operation for several years, Call of the Shofar had received little media attention up until December 2013. Following the publication of an interview with Frischling, the program received extensive coverage on news blogs and social media. Reviews of the program were mixed. The Call of the Shofar director publicly responded to the allegation posed by many rabbis and professional therapists that his program was a cult.


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