Sefer Torah

How a Connecticut Torah scroll traveled 50 years, and thousands of miles, to make aliyah - opinion

A closing Connecticut synagogue, a chance Facebook connection, and a retired rabbi helped a Torah scroll dedicated to a young boy complete its journey to Jerusalem.

The sefer torah.
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Twelve Torah scrolls stolen in targeted antisemitic break-in at synagogue near Paris

Rare medieval Sefardi Torah scroll from the late 13th or early 14th century on display at ANU, Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

Rare medieval Sefardi Torah scroll goes on display at ANU - Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv

TEXT MESSAGES between the arson suspect Stephen Spencer Pittman and his father during the attack on Jan. 10, 2025.

Man charged with setting fire to Mississippi synagogue targeted it due to its ‘Jewish ties’


15 women blaze trail in Halacha education

The Religious Services Ministry has recognized 15 women for their participation in Jewish leadership roles

 Standing and on the floor are the women who took the exam. In the middle row, heads of Ohr Torah Stone and Matan Sharon

Simhat Torah: Why Jews should look in the mirror now

This analysis of a midrashic text is obviously not intended as a comment on or opinion about the recent United States Supreme Court decision.

 ‘THE FEAST of the Rejoicing of the Law at the Synagogue in Leghorn, Italy’ (1850) by Solomon Alexander Hart.

The ancient Jewish practice of Hakhel gets a 21st-century revival

There will be a Hakhel event at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem on the second day of Sukkot, where three new Torah scrolls will be dedicated.

 JEWS PRAY at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day. The Kotel is the most visited site in Israel, according to the Tourism Ministry.

New AI technology hopes to change everything we know about Jewish texts

Prof. Moshe Koppel finds a new way to read Ancient Hebrew text through a groundbreaking AI technology that will be launched this week.


300-year-old rare Yemenite Torah restored, dedicated to Colorado congregation

The Torah is written on deerskin – as compared to the traditional calf or cow skin – and is written in a rare Maimonides Script: a Sephardi script typical of Spanish and African Jews. 

 Rare Yemenite Torah presented at Top of the Mountain in Vail, Colorado.

Four rarely-seen Torahs to be featured in National Library of Israel

The featured items include fragments from a 1,000 year-old Yemenite Torah scroll, as well as one of the world's smallest legible Torah scrolls, measuring just 6 centimeters in height.

 World's smallest Torah

Ukraine war in Torah portion, rabbis say: 'Nothing is coincidence'

Rabbis Jeremy Gimpel and Ari Abramowitz share Torah lessons with non-Jews.

JEREMY GIMPEL and Ari Abramowitz

Gonzaga University gets its first Torah scroll and Jewish space

Gonzaga University recently celebrated the arrival of its first-ever Torah scroll and the dedication of an area the university has deemed its “Jewish Sacred Space."

 THE YEMENITE Torah scroll.

Bible scrolls from around the world - in pictures

A photo essay captures the stories of six Torah scrolls from around the world - Yemen, Siberia, France, Germany - which all ended up in Israel.

 THE WIESLOCH Torah scroll.

Rabbi who had trouble with his vision created a Braille Sefer Torah

Torahs are supposed to be read and not memorized, which a Braille Torah makes possible for blind and visually impaired Jews.

Braille (Illustrative)