Torah scroll

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.

By Marcy Oster February 17, 2020 4:14 pm

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.

October 23, 2019 7:24 am

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

Ukraine synagogue where Menachem Begin was married gets Torah scroll

In Drohobych, one of the region’s most impressive Jewish houses of worship was a furniture warehouse during communism.

July 5, 2019 8:22 am

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

By Marcy Oster May 23, 2019 3:27 pm

Man arrested for stealing Torah scroll from Louisville hospital

October 17, 2018 11:35 am

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

October 8, 2018 6:35 am

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

September 28, 2018 8:15 am

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

By Marcus M. Gilban September 4, 2018 12:11 pm

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