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 ...
LAS CRUCES - As Rabbi Bery Schmukler of Las Cruces unveiled a special Torah scroll on Wednesday, signs of its unusual and tragic past became evident: yellowed parchment, patched holes — and, in some ...
Yisrael Yudkin, a 22-year-old Israeli Defense Forces deputy company commander, was killed in Gaza during a rescue mission. To honor Yudkin, the Chabad of Downtown SRQ commissioned a handwritten Torah ...
With their historic scroll no longer kosher, the congregation obtained another one on a five-year loan from a synagogue in Columbia. The loan runs out early next year. In July, a scribe from the ...
When the pandemic hit, Rabbi Asher Knight used one of Temple Beth El’s sacred Torahs during the high holidays — chosen because it symbolized perseverance. The artifact was among 1,500 Czech Memorial ...
TEMECULA — Prisoners of the Yanov labor camp in occupied Polandrisked execution during World War II to smuggle in a Torah scroll,wrapping pieces of it around their bodies and sneaking it pasttheir ...
A "historic breakthrough" has been made as researchers have provided the first look inside a burnt Roman scroll in 2,000 years. Researchers have taken steps to decipher text preserved on papyrus ...