Torah scroll

Torah scroll that women helped write to be unveiled in Madrid

Women touched the scribe's arm to participate in what is being called Spain's first egalitarian Torah scroll.

Yeshiva worker nearly crushed by 2,500-pound steel Torah safe

The worker at the Rabbinical College Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas in Borough Park had just finished installing and cleaning the safe when it toppled over; the worker curled himself up to the size of the safe's opening, to avoid being crushed.

Women of the Wall smuggle in Torah scroll for monthly Kotel service

The women prayed enclosed in metal security barriers at the side and back of the women's section manned by police and Western Wall security.

United States

Torah scroll stolen from New Jersey Jewish school

Israel

Women hold Western Wall prayer service with Torah scroll

Global

Torah scroll stolen from republic of Georgia synagogue found destroyed

United States

4 stolen Torahs mysteriously returned to Brooklyn synagogue

Culture

6 new kids’ books for the Jewish New Year

Global

Portuguese city unveils 16th-century Torah used by crypto-Jews

Israel

Women of the Wall hold prayer service without Torah scroll

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