At the centre of the shul (synagogue) is the holy ark. Over the front of the ark is a curtain. Open the curtains and there ...

or the original community re-forms and asks for their Torah back. There are several scrolls in the Sacramento area and even ...

A moving ceremony: In the presence of Israel’s Chief Rabbi, prominent rabbis, and family members, a Torah scroll was dedicated at Yeshivat Lev Chadash in Shiloh, where Binyamin studied — on ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and prominent rabbis participated in writing letters in a Torah scroll dedicated to the memory of Sergeant Segev Schwartz, who sacrificed himself to save dozens of ...

The President of Israel and prominent rabbis participated in writing letters in a Torah scroll dedicated to the memory of ...

According to her website, hasoferet.com, she presently has six Torah scrolls to her credit. She also has a master of arts degree in Jewish Studies from McGill University, for which she wrote a history ...

The Passaic teen died following a fall at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange ... noted attendee and Chabad member Craig Miller. A Torah scroll, the most sacred item in Judaism, contains 300,000 ...

SCRIBES FINISH writing a Torah scroll. (credit: DAVID COHEN/FLASH 90) “Take from among you” – not for Me, for I lack nothing. I only ask that you give from yourselves, from your hearts.

Volunteers help advocate for abused or neglected children in Minnesota. There aren’t enough to meet the need. Flames were already attacking the campus of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center when ...

Talia read the first four aliyot in Ashkenazi trope, from a standard Ashkenazi Torah scroll. For the fifth Aliyah, which would be her Bat Mitzvah Aliyah to the Torah, she switched to the Sephardic ...

A procession for the Torah - carried under a wedding canopy to Klezmer music played by a band led by violinist Prof. Daniel Kirschner (Biology) - was held in the University's Multi-Faith Worship Space ...

A Holocaust survivor, Arlette Baker, offered reflections. As in past years, the event featured a procession of Torah scrolls that were saved during the Holocaust. It was led by Rabbi Leora Frankel ...