Torah scroll

In Holland, a Torah scroll returns to Jewish hands 80 years after it was hidden from the Nazis

The artifact was thought to have been lost along with the community that had used it.

Iceland welcomes its first permanent Torah scroll

Its inscription was finished at the home of the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, Jeffrey Ross Gunter, who is Jewish.

Local Christian groups gift Torah scroll to central German Jewish community of Thuringia

The groups joined with the Jewish community to propose a yearlong celebration of Thuringia’s 900-year Jewish heritage, which will begin in October 2020.

Yaakov Dov Bleich carrying a Torah scroll into the synagogue of Drohobycz, Ukraine on July 3, 2019. (Rephael Isaak Vilenskiy)

Global

Ukraine synagogue where Menachem Begin was married gets Torah scroll

United States

Chabad of Poway dedicates new Torah scroll to honor shooting victim Lori Gilbert-Kaye

United States

Man arrested for stealing Torah scroll from Louisville hospital

Global

Restored fragment of prewar Torah scroll goes on display at site of Kielce pogrom in Poland

Israel

Samaritans view part of ancient Torah scroll stolen from them in 1995

Global

Ancient Torah scroll is safe after fire engulfs an iconic museum in Brazil

United States

US aircraft carrier gets a Torah scroll

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