The 18th century Sulzbacher Torah, which survived Kristallnacht and lay unnoticed for decades in a cabinet in a synagogue, will be returned to ritual use. (JTA) — Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote the first letter, and now Israeli President Isaac Herzog has written the last letter of a Torah scroll of solidarity which is meant to symbolise peace and ...

If your Torah scroll has cracked or faded letters, who you gonna call? A sofer. This Jewish craftsperson is trained in the art of copying holy texts. Thus, Rabbi Samuel Spector of Congregation Kol Ami ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the Jewish faith, it is commanded that every congregation write a Torah. In the last 20 years since the Congregations Agudas Achim last wrote a Torah scroll it has grown from 200 ...

Life's darkest events can sometimes lead to new sources of light. Last weekend's completion, dedication and celebration of a new Torah for Beis Chabad of Passaic and Clifton is one such time. The dark ...

WARSAW, Poland – U.S. service members and prominent members of the Jewish community throughout Europe gathered for a Torah scroll dedication for ritual use by the Ukrainian Army at the historic Nozyk ...

STOCKTON. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM IN EL DORADO HILLS CELEBRATED THE COMPLETION OF A TORAH SCROLL TONIGHT. IT’S THE MOST SACRED OBJECT FOR THE JEWISH FAITH. KCRA 3’S ANDRES VALLE WAS AT TODAY’S ...

Several hundred people celebrated the completion of the writing of a Torah scroll at Downtown Jewish Center Chabad in Fort Lauderdale. The Grand Torah Celebration featured a procession and dancing ...

Neil Yerman bends close to the parchment with a quill pen in his roughened hands, chanting softly in the natural light streaming through the windows of Temple Emanuel. Yerman repairs letters on a ...

The Jewish community of Chapman University had cause for celebration Sunday when the last of the 304,805 Hebrew letters were painstakingly inked onto a parchment scroll, marking the completion of the ...