In 1985, a Jewish-American astronaut read from the Torah in space. Jeffrey Hoffman, the first Jewish-American man to go into space, consulted a rabbi on how to observe Judaism on his first trip ...

The Holocaust Torah is on what the Memorial Scrolls Trust calls a "permanent loan." That means it will remain at Temple Or ...

The written text is not yet accessible to them because of their reading level, and even when read aloud ... What are right and wrong ways to act with other people? What do we know about God? Given the ...

(JTA) — Simmy Cohen has hardly read from the Torah since his bar mitzvah ... “I actually think people do miss the sound of leyning,” Cohen said. “That was the joke of the caption, but ...

Very few people are scribes you know because of all ... to become a ‘Daughter of the Law’, learning to pray and to read the Torah in public. Hannukkah, the festival of lights.

The covenant is established through both aspects—the "big" revelations and the "small" laws—together leading to spiritual ...

It is kept in a safe place called an ark in the Jewish temple and when people read from the Torah, they use a special pointer stick called a yad to follow the words. Jews worship God in a synagogue.

Last week’s Torah portion described the events at Mount Sinai, where G-d gave the Jewish people the Ten Commandments, and within it the entirety of the Torah.

“Many people say that they do not ... one of a team of around ten focused on the Torah. He consulted rabbinical commentaries on spiritual nuances, read translations in English and Russian ...

The horrific massacre that took place on Simchat Torah – October 7 of last year – brought Israelis and Jewish people around the world to the brink of despair. We witnessed the slaughter ...

The Midway Jewish Center in Syosset honored the life of Omer Neutra Sunday by dedicating a Torah scroll to the fallen IDF soldier. A special ceremony was held at the temple in front of 600 people.