(RNS) — A few years ago, the Conservative congregation of 900 families overlooking Lake Michigan took on a challenge. This past year 210 laypeople stepped up. HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (RNS) — Growing up in ...

of Jews who still the universe amaze. This poem was inspired on 10/27/24, a day after we celebrated the festival of Simhat Torah 5785, when we follow our annual conclusion of reading all the parshiot, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 25—TRAVERSE CITY — Something remarkable, even "miraculous," happened in the shadow of World War II that eventually reached ...

The rare medieval scroll is a unique example of Jewish history, displaying distinctive letter forms and decorative markings that were not merely aesthetic but also reflected ancient traditions. Rare ...

The Memorial Scrolls Trust celebrated a 60th anniversary on Sunday. It has lent some 1,400 scrolls, once confiscated by the Nazis in Europe, to communities in 25 countries. By Milton Esterow Since the ...

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 ...

A Tucson congregation’s 250-year-old Torah scroll was visited by a Jewish scribe this week for restoration. The congregation received Sefer Torah #531 from the Memorial Scrolls Trust of London, ...

A complete, 13th century (circa 1270) Ashkenazi Torah scroll, one of the oldest in the world, was discovered in the US about six months ago and sold at auction by Sotheby's in New York on December 22, ...

Hundreds of families and congregants from Etz Chaim Synagogue took part in a procession through the streets of Mandarin, celebrating the completion of the handwritten Torah scroll -- a painstaking ...

Lost for decades, a Torah saved from Nazi Germany is dedicated in Nahal Oz, symbolizing resilience, memory, and hope.

It’s affection, of course. And pride. And support for the young man’s dreams and aspirations. So, when that son is taken from father and family by war, what remains? Bottomless grief. Memories. And ...