The Jerusalem Post Blogs21d
Parashat Shemot: Women as leaders
This is a classic account of the genesis of a hero. But this is only the surface tale. The Torah is a deep and subtle book, and it does not always deliver its message on the surface. Just beneath ...
The Times of Israel25d
It’s a mitzvah: LA fires activate Jewish law of saving Torah scrolls from calamity
After ensuring that the students were sent home safely, the next priority was the protection of the center’s two Torah scrolls, one of which had been brought over from Europe by a family after ...
The Forward26d
They converted to Judaism in Colombia. Why won’t Israel let them make aliyah?
Isska in a photo for Paster’s Washington Post article. Photo by Heidi Paster This sparked the creation of Torah Tropical, a documentary that follows a family of Colombian converts to Orthodox ...
The Forward29d
What a remarkable Torah rescued from Iran — then LA’s fire — can teach about community amid devastation
Its destruction revealed a mural — covered by renovations and completely forgotten— that seems to illustrate Jews wandering the desert with their Torah. Photo by Patrick Wright It’s true ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3y
Torah scroll the Nazis stole for their post-Holocaust ‘Jewish museum’ returns to service in Prague
(JTA) — A Torah scroll that the Nazis stole from for their planned museum on Judaism in Prague will return to use there on Simchat Torah, a holiday that falls later this month and celebrates the ...