Sefaria is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the cultivation of Jewish learning. It has assembled a far-reaching library of Jewish texts and their interconnections, in Hebrew and in translation, ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Writing Torah is normally reserved for Orthodox Jewish men, but a woman is changing that tradition in a modern twist on ancient Hebrew text. With the start of the Jewish New ...
Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld carefully inks letters on parchment for a Torah that he is writing by hand at Ohev Sholom synagogue in Washington. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly ...
Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley marked the start of its Torah, Ruach, Limmud Campaign with a Torah writing celebration weekend from April 3 to 6. The events included Torah writing sessions ...
While women have been teaching Torah for decades, few have been writing about it — and a new book writing project aims to rectify that. (JTA) — Sefaria, the app that contains a digital collection of ...
Much like a muscle, faith weakens faster when it isn’t used – a concept that extends to the physical scripture itself, members of Chisuk Emuna were told Sunday. The Jewish congregation, located in ...
The worldwide pandemic has threatened many of the businesses you rely on every day, but don’t let it take away your source for local news. Now more than ever, we need your help to ensure nothing but ...
“Boomers [people born between 1946 and 1964] are the first generation in human history … to reasonably anticipate living well and wholesomely into their 80s and 90s, if not beyond,” sociologist Steven ...
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 ...
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