| 单词 | Torah |
| 例句 | In his arms, he carries a very old Torah scroll, the simple fabric of its cover threadbare and torn. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She knew that his voice got very soft when he spoke to the goats, but she couldn’t remember what he sounded like when he read the Torah to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z All three had been in the pack Babulya had fled Sarkel with, along with the Torah scroll: two different copies of the Talmud, and a geography book. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The Torah scrolls were taken out and unrolled so I could read from them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z One of them held a set of Torah scrolls in a burlap sack, saved, perhaps, from one of the ghetto’s synagogues before it burned to the ground. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z If we were caught down here, together, with the Torah in hand, I would never become a man. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Then came the worst news yet: In Germany and Austria, on the night of November 9—10, 1938, synagogues and Torah scrolls were burned and Jewish property destroyed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She hadn’t been through the Torah as much as Babulya had. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z We all stood—I reached up to press down my yarmulka—and he carried the Torah back to the reading desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The Morning Service began at seven-thirty—early enough to enable Danny and me to attend and not come late to school—and Levi was called to recite the blessing over the Torah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The people of Israel must study His Torah!” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z During the Torah Service, which followed the Silent Devotion, I was one of the eight men called up to the podium to recite the blessing over the Torah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Number two is the Holocaust Torah that Mr. Friedrich drove down from Canada. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then he walked with the rabbi and cantor back to the altar and took out the Torah. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z At the front of the hall loomed the wooden ark containing the Torah, its velvet curtain adorned with ornate goldwork. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Torah is mayim, water; the great and holy rabbis always compare Torah to water. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It is not known whether Bobby, on or near his thirteenth birthday of March 9, 1956, participated in the formal Jewish ritual of Bar Mitzvah, reading Hebrew from the Torah at a synagogue. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Anya rolled the Torah open, using the end of the pointer to find her spot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Nava asked, and then she said, “Have you ever seen a Torah?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I finished an article about a Torah dedication and began another about a play at the Maxwell Street theater. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z All throughout the world, shuls were reciting the same passage from the Torah. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z From this we learn that the righteous man who removes himself from Torah also removes himself from the world-to-come!” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z If one man studies Torah, the Presence is with him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s about Jacob and Esau, whose story my Torah reading covers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Anya slid the Torah off the high shelf and carried it to the table. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It enraged him as he listened to the thundering feet of his retreating children and heard Mary Anne scream, “Torah! Torah! Torah!” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z May Torah be a fountain of waters to all who drink from it, and may it bring to us the Messiah speedily and in our day. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Do not let Fayge’s father hear you say that. He insists only studying the Torah will do.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “We see that without Torah there is only half a life. We see that without Torah we are dust. We see that without Torah we are abominations.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Babulya clutched the Torah, wrapped in its mantle, in her arms. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Its aims were clear: no Jewish homeland without the Torah at its center; therefore, no Jewish homeland until the coming of the Messiah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I’d like to tell Mrs. Gruver that both our names are from the Torah and she doesn’t need to prove a point by using Israeli pronunciation. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Religions bring the sacred into our lives with Gothic churches, Muslim mosques, Hindu ashrams, Torah scrolls, Tibetan prayer wheels, priestly cassocks, candles, incense, Christmas trees, matzah balls, tombstones and icons. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought on what Babulya had said when they had read the Torah together, about destroying one life and destroying the entire world. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And then he reached into his back pocket and took out his speech, his Dvar Torah. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I’m amazed at how many community members are there to greet Mr. Friedrich and his wife when the mountain passes are finally open and he brings the Torah to Chokecherry. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z How could I teach my son the way I was taught by my father and not drive him away from Torah? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Then, just before Shavuot, the celebration of receiving the Torah, her sideways life flipped completely when Håkon, the last dragon in Kievan Rus’, appeared in her village and saved her life. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A righteous man, a tzaddik, studies Torah, for it is written, ‘For his delight is in the Torah of God, and over His Torah doth he meditate day and night.’ The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Maybe a Chicago sewer grate where there should have been a window, or a ship’s steam stack in place of the carved Torah ark. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I could mangle every single word of my Torah portion and I wouldn’t let down anybody’s expectations. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z A bar mitzvah is the ceremony in which a Jewish boy becomes a man—the first time he reads aloud from the Torah. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He turned only when the Torah was taken from the Ark and read. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z If one man studies Torah, the Master of the Universe is already in the world. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They called such discussions bitul Torah, time taken away from the study of Torah, and looked upon all the disputants with icy disgust. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He took the handles of the Torah in his own hands. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I remembered reading about him while studying the Torah with my father, long before the war. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “The part I learned from the Torah—that’s only good for today. If we postpone till next Saturday, that means I spent all this time studying the wrong thing!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then Danny took a deep breath and began to read from the Torah. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I heard once about a girl who disguised herself as a boy and went into a yeshivah to study Torah. I do not believe it.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Elsewhere in the city, rioters looted a synagogue and burned the Torah scrolls. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Then Bull charged into the room shouting, “Torah, Torah, Torah.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Its Ark was a gutted mass of charred wood, its four Torah scrolls were seared black, its holy books were piles of gray ash blown about by the wind. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “It’s remembering when we received the Torah,” Anya said, and after a pause, “and when we eat cheese.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z According to rabinnical law, Torah scrolls must be written without such marks to be fit for ritual use in the synagogue. Oldest Nearly Complete Hebrew Bible Heads to Auction 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z On Sundays at 2:30 p.m. through June 16, children can also participate in “Torah Unwrapped,” a workshop in which they can explore how Torahs are written. Spare Times for Children for June 7-13 2013-06-06T22:33:23Z Torah finials and hanging brass oil lamps will be buffed, Torah covers repaired, windows and curtains revitalized. Reviving the Renaissance Temples of Venice’s Jewish Ghetto 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z According to the Torah, Passover must be celebrated during the spring—yet, surprisingly, seasonal spring ingredients rarely play a role in the seder menu. These Are the Best Desserts for Passover 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z My friends and I would gather for weekly rewatchings of "Darko" and discuss its possible meanings the way intense rabbinical students would parse the Torah. 10 year time capsule: The puzzle movie hits made possible by DVD 2011-03-22T16:37:00Z The Koran is written for him by another man, who promises to weave together travesties of the Torah and New Testament “into false verses.” The Anti-Mohammed Video: Ridiculous, and Now Deadly Serious 2012-09-12T17:09:42Z First you need to learn to read Hebrew, then how to read from the Torah, which is harder — like learning English, then cracking Shakespeare — and then learn a reading from the Book of Prophets. Bar and bat mitzvah dates have been locked in for years. When the pandemic changed everything, families got creative. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z The dispute began when leaders of the nearly 250-year-old Touro Synagogue agreed to sell a set of Torah finial bells from Colonial times for $7.4 million to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Judge: Don't speak with media on synagogue case 2013-01-11T17:53:23Z You know, it was ‘Have Torah, will travel.’ Backstage: For director, a crash course in religion Though the characters are unequivocally Jewish — there is talk of the Torah, the townspeople are called “yidelekh” — “The Sorceress” is secular in its themes. Review: ‘The Sorceress’ Casts a Charming Spell in Yiddish 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Unlike creating a Torah, for which there are hundreds of rules, there are few rules about building an ark. This synagogue needed two arks for the High Holidays. So it turned to a Quaker. 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Unlike a traditional Torah, it features extensive illustrations: three full-page paintings, 56 large illuminated text panels, 72 small illuminated text panels and hundreds of marginal images. Getty Museum Acquires a Rare, 700-Year-Old Torah 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z So every act — blessing the teenager, addressing them, calling them up to the Torah — requires a gender specification. Bar or Bat Mitzvah? Hey, What About a Both Mitzvah? 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z In the basement of the shul – so much like the basement of the church where I grew up – there is a miniature ark stuffed with toy Torahs. Auschwitz, memory and truth: how trauma passes down the generations 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z For a Torah, you need parchment made from the skin of a kosher animal, a devout scribe, a special ink and a special quill, and all the letters must be a specific style. This synagogue needed two arks for the High Holidays. So it turned to a Quaker. 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z In each, the rabbi cradles a Torah in one arm, its scroll handles projecting from its sacklike cover. Art Review: Hyman Bloom’s Rabbi Paintings at White Box 2013-08-29T22:07:24Z “According to a weekly synagogue newsletter, he and his wife were hosting a Torah class for children the same day as our date.” Review: Aziz Ansari’s ‘Modern Romance’ Explores Dating in the Digital Age 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z He reveals that the Torah and New Testament originally included references to Muhammad, but these were later deleted by the Jews and Christians. In these medieval Arab tales, a heavy dollop of spice 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The Ibo in the film are shown living Jewish lives, learning Hebrew, praying and reading Torah, and they are obviously sincere and committed. Movie Review: ‘Re-emerging: The Jews of Nigeria,’ a Documentary 2013-05-17T00:16:07Z The rabbis, it turned out, were as fallible as any other leaders, prone to conflicting interpretations of the Torah. One Man and His Followers Sought Salvation. Did It Exist? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Orthodox Judaism, unlike other forms of American fundamentalism, largely avoids the question of belief; steadfast, granular obedience to the 613 commandments of the Torah, and the embrace of the community, preclude the question. Losing Her Religion 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z “Wide enough for him to get his arms around the Torah,” explains Higgins. This synagogue needed two arks for the High Holidays. So it turned to a Quaker. 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z With furrowed brow, he considered dozens of Jewish relics on display: a chunk of carved third-century marble, twinkling candelabra and a carved wooden chest for keeping the Torah, the sacred scrolls of Judaism. Amar’e Stoudemire Is on a Religious Quest 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The next day she delivers a 14-page speech propped up on a Torah, “for strength,” as Rabbi Syme says, and just like that, a writer with tremendous stage presence is born. Review | Actress Alexandra Silber reflects on loss and solace in ‘White Hot Grief Parade’ 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Around a quarter felt that the Torah, Talmud and Koran should not be on school library shelves, while just 11% were against the Bible being available. Mark Twain's work should not be censored, says US poll 2011-04-13T11:29:29Z At his services, Rabbi Perlo used a Torah wrapped in a prayer shawl. This synagogue needed two arks for the High Holidays. So it turned to a Quaker. 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Zorn gave two answers: that only the tzitzit is mentioned in the Torah, and that “one makes me feel good, the other doesn’t.” Turning 60, John Zorn Sees His Eclecticism as a Musical Norm 2013-07-10T12:00:01Z Online messages accuse Ms. Freier, among other things, of challenging the Torah and playing with fire. Review: ‘93Queen’ Follows Female Jewish EMS Workers in Brooklyn 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z During the year, every Saturday in synagogue, devout Jews read a portion of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Simchat Torah holiday in Jerusalem 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z On her coffee table is a Torah study book and a fat volume by Thomas Wolfe. At 92, Irene Pollin tells her story and spares no details 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z The worst imaginable horrors occurred as Hamas massacred civilians in the morning hours of an exuberant Jewish holiday, Simchat Torah. Grieving together, and also apart: A Jewish American wrestles with identity, belonging and trauma 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The author's first book came out more than 60 years ago, but his lifestyle has remained steady - work, family and religious faith, studying the Torah daily. Roth retires but Wolfe, Wouk among authors past 80 2012-11-20T12:59:09Z Besides, it is a struggle that is itself defined by literature – whether the Bible, Torah or Qur'an. Michael Arditti: why I write fiction about faith 2013-07-26T10:47:00Z The Mishneh Torah includes six large painted panels decorated with precious pigments and gold leaf as well as 41 smaller illustrations with gold lettering on the opening words of each chapter. ArtsBeat: The Met and Israel Museum Buy Illuminated Torah Before It’s Auctioned 2013-04-29T16:59:41Z To learn the melody for his Torah portion, he practiced on a computer program called TropeTrainer. An Online Path to the Bar Mitzvah 2010-11-19T17:46:00Z On Sunday at 2:30 p.m., children can also participate in “Torah Unwrapped,” a workshop in which they can explore how Torahs are written. Spare Times for Children for June 14-20 2013-06-13T22:44:20Z Though Richard did once buy Milton Berle’s entire joke files and at the same auction I bought a copy of a Torah signed to Berle by his mother, for his bar mitzvah. Richard Prince: This Ain’t No Retrospective, It’s a Rodeo 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The average price for a portable Torah ark on the website Ahuva.com is more than $4,000. This synagogue needed two arks for the High Holidays. So it turned to a Quaker. 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The Torah was still in place, protected in a handsome wooden ark; nearby a calendar, dated 1982, dangled from a nail. In Morocco, Exploring Remnants of Jewish History 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z “A Fence Around the Torah,” which opens this week and runs through March 29, features an ancient Pentateuch — a text of the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Museum of the Bible expands programming to attract more repeat visitors 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Sassoon and his children bought and also commissioned Jewish ceremonial art, such as two ornate gilt silver Torah finials, each topped with an open palm embossed with prayers. ‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z You seem to have a lot of fun parsing how mathematicians have evaluated the Torah and Shakespeare, and your book is filled with quotes from poets and philosophers. In 'How Not to Be Wrong' Jordan Ellenberg makes math meaningful 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z You obviously did a lot of research into the Talmud and Torah for the book. The best place to hide a body? Just ask writer Tod Goldberg 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Defensive and self-righteous, she shoves her superior knowledge — of parenting, autism, the Torah, Fauvism, you name it — down everyone’s throat. | 'A Strange and Separate People': A Gay Man Seeks a Place in an Orthodox World 2011-07-20T02:01:30Z “Taxonomies” follows, a Judaica display that is essentially a cabinet of curiosities, with dozens of shofars, groggers, and Torah breastplates and finials. A Museum’s Fresh Take on the Whole Megillah 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z There you have it: a freethinking Montreal Jew, in whose bones the Torah was bred, inventing precise English lines to express envy for French Catholic piety. Leonard Cohen's Montreal 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z The society’s interest in ethnic history is reflected in a display of a Torah scroll deliberately damaged by British troops during the American Revolution. Museum Review: ?Revolution!? at the New-York Historical Society 2011-11-10T23:07:33Z They are prohibited from becoming rabbis and are cautioned against wearing pants, or singing solo or dancing in front of men, lest they distract the men from Torah values. Netflix Series Stirs Debate About the Lives of Ultra-Orthodox Women 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z “Art of Three Faiths: a Torah, a Bible, and a Qur’an” will be on view from Aug. 7 through Feb. 3, 2019. Getty Museum Acquires a Rare, 700-Year-Old Torah 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z An entry in the Spare Times for Children listings in some editions on Friday about a model Torah workshop at the Yeshiva University Museum in Manhattan misstated the day the program is to be held. Spare Times for Children Listings for Oct. 14-20 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “Zohar,” titled after commentaries on the Torah, is said to explore the relationship between a finite universe and an eternal God. A Powerful ‘Elektra,’ Sheep at the Armory and Other Spring Classical Highlights 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z What he said was so strikingly different from anything Christ had read in the Torah, or heard in the synagogue, that he began to wonder whether the stranger was a Jew at all. Philip Pullman: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z His father studied the Torah, and his mother worked as an accountant at a hospital. Seeing Inside the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Community on the Netflix Series “Shtisel” 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z The Judaism of meaning that Beckerman yearns for is in the Torah. Letters to the Editor 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Jews carried the Torah everywhere, sometimes in miniaturized versions on their persons. Books of The Times: Simon Schama’s ‘The Story of the Jews’ 2014-03-10T20:50:31Z And what if students were asked to read fewer books, but to read those few books deeply — like young followers read the Bible or Torah or Koran? Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z “It’s being desecrated, and we’re out here, outdoors, to study Torah, to offer prayers in his memory to sanctify his soul.” Protests Over ‘Klinghoffer’ Planned for Met’s Opening Night 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The Torah, divine and eternal, was the blueprint for all existence. This is how I lost my faith: Science helped, yes — but finally I accepted the holy texts were written by man 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z A major theme is the difficulty of following the word of the Torah in a secular world. What’s So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z He found business and court records, spiritual texts, fragments of Talmud, poetry, Torah scrolls, magical incantations and more. 'Sacred Treasure' tells engaging story of early Hebrew documents 2011-01-06T22:03:06Z I was not schooled in the ways of Torah, though I did learn the very important edict; that you should not plow a field with an ox and a donkey yoked together. “My synagogue was a jail cell”: My miracle happened behind bars 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z In their jubilant street performances, he finds deliverance from the strictures of Rabbi Litzman: “No Wall, no Torah, no yeshiva, no separation, no dos and don’ts. Just pure, unadulterated happiness.” The Contradictions of Reza Aslan’s “Believer” 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z There will be no recitation of the Torah, no hunting expedition, no ritual tattooing, no weeklong sweat with hallucinogenic beverages. Motherlode Blog: Creating a Coming-of-Age Ritual 2012-07-18T13:55:46Z I miss the drama of the wrapped-up Torah scroll processing up and down the aisle and I miss the warm, wood-walled room that holds many happy memories. 'Without it, I’d be lost': the unexpected joy of Zoom Shabbat 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z “Last of all the spoils,” writes Josephus, “was carried a copy of the Jewish Law” — the Torah. Rome, Through the Eyes of Flavius Josephus 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The restoration is addressing the woodwork, gilding, Torah arks and bimahs, or altars. Reviving the Renaissance Temples of Venice’s Jewish Ghetto 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z But the text remains remarkably legible, written out in the square letters similar to those on Torah scrolls in synagogues around the world today. Oldest Nearly Complete Hebrew Bible Sells for $38.1 Million 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The Torah calls Jews a holy people and prescribes for them a holy diet. Hey, Mr. Critic: Meals for a Mensch and the Discerning Sports Fan 2011-01-13T21:05:27Z Sure, in the eyes of God and your Hebrew school, you are mature enough to read from the Torah and embrace the responsibilities of grown-up life. Today You Are an Adult: What Hollywood Gets Right and Wrong About B’nai Mitzvah 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z “Sometimes a Torah toy is just a Torah toy, everybody.” Andy Cohen Is Tired of Being ‘Dad Shamed’ by ‘Momsplainers’ 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The design's inspiration, said Thomsen, springs from the Torah, specifically Deuteronomy 13, part of a long sermon in which Moses lays down principles the Jews are to live under after they enter the promised land. What to do at Auschwitz? Hide site behind logs, Idea Office proposes 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The product of a politically divided household — his father, a Torah scribe, supports the Oslo Accords on which Rabin staked his leadership, while his mother does not — the movie’s Amir surrounds himself with toxic influences. ‘Incitement’ Review: A Tense, Angry Reckoning With an Assassination 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z I had a rabbi stand with me to read my Torah portion during my bar mitzvah, and I learned only the barest minimum of French, to check off that high school requirement. Why toasting is extra meaningful this year 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Cohan points to these types of moments throughout the Torah, instances where God encourages humans to ingest plants and refrain from animal mistreatment. I’m Jewish and vegan — here’s how I celebrate Rosh Hashanah 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z It appears in the oral Torah that was written down around A.D. A New African Tradition for Hanukkah 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z In one scene he’s a devout Christian, and in the next he’s waxing philosophical on last week’s Torah portion. 'War Dogs' Finds Drama in a Couple of Half-Baked Miami Dudes 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The Torah had everything a mentally omnivorous culture needed. Books of The Times: Simon Schama’s ‘The Story of the Jews’ 2014-03-10T20:50:31Z You approach the gallery and see a Torah scroll open on a readers’ table. Museum Review: Where the Jewish Star Meets the Union Jack 2010-03-16T22:18:00Z The Jews of Danzig were almost entirely exterminated, and after the war these Torah shields and Kiddush cups were redistributed to Jewish communities elsewhere. In ‘Afterlives,’ About Looted Art, Why Are the Victims an Afterthought? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z On Sundays through May 17, the museum is also holding its “Torah Unwrapped” workshop, in which children can learn about torahs, mix ink, scrape hides for parchment and watch a scribe do his work. Spare Times for Children for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Her two daughters have started attending a Talmud Torah after-school program: “They teach me now — the songs, their meaning,” she said. An Unsigned Postcard Named Four Family Members Who Died in the Holocaust. Why? 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Somewhere buried under the dandelions and broken shards stood an inlaid niche or marble alcove where the stolen Torah was caged like a captive king. Rome, Through the Eyes of Flavius Josephus 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The new approach, he said, “undermined the Jewish dogma of the whole Torah being given to Moses at one time.” Moshe Greenberg, Jewish Biblical Scholar, Dies at 81 2010-05-20T04:04:00Z There are letters; poetry; portions of the Bible; manuscripts of music and magic, Talmud and Torah; rulings by scholar/physician Maimonides; and much more. 'Sacred Trash': the ancient records of Jewish life in a Cairo synagogue 2011-03-30T22:33:11Z So Charoset, by including the fruits of love that are in the book we read, becomes a foreshadowing of that love made real in the giving of the Torah. A Seder Feast in Provence, With Roots in Ancient Rome 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z The synagogues have some of their original Torahs, prayer books and other documents, and the project will shore up the library, which was threatened by a flood in 2019. Reviving the Renaissance Temples of Venice’s Jewish Ghetto 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z She also shares reflections on Torah portions and Jewish holidays, frequently connecting them back to fashion. Fabologie's Adi Heyman Promotes Modest Fashion 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Gottlieb’s Torah curtain is the largest of the three works, and the most striking. | 'Modern Art, Sacred Space': Daring Expressions in ?Modern Art, Sacred Space? 2010-04-08T21:43:00Z Architectural plans call for five additional adjoining glass buildings — representing the five books of the Torah — that will eventually hold an auditorium, restaurant, archive, educational spaces and a youth wing. In a prison that once housed Jews, a new museum devoted to Italy’s Jewish experience 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The pup was also treated to a special peanut butter cake with a "Mozel Tov" cake topper, a custom banner, nameplate and mini Torah scroll. 13-year-old dog has 'Bark Mitzvah' with full coming-of-age ceremony 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z I knew that what I planned to say that evening was not anything shocking but actually a part of Torah, what the Jewish law says to do. Dr. Ruth shares all: Secrets of the orgasm, and how she lost it 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z According to the Zohar, the eleventh-century work that forms the basic text for the Judaic mystical tradition, God gazed upon the Torah and created the universe. This is how I lost my faith: Science helped, yes — but finally I accepted the holy texts were written by man 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Like several of his siblings, he’s a practicing Jew — at one of Mitchell-Innes & Nash’s temporary Miami outposts, he met with a rabbi for a Torah reading. In Miami Beach, Off the Beaten Track, a Gallery District Beckons 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Among the sale’s highlights is the Frankfurt Mishneh Torah, from around 1457-1465, which Ms. Roth called “one of the finest illuminated Hebrew manuscripts ever created.” Inside Art: Judaica, Ballets Russes Art and James Turrell Works 2013-01-10T23:30:00Z So he delved into kabbalah, a centuries-old mystical interpretation of the Torah. In ‘Kabbalah Me,’ Steven E. Bram Explores Jewish Mysticism 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The basic goods of Jewish religious life – such as kosher meat and candles, Torah scrolls, and Jewish calendars – were often hard to find. How Hanukkah came to America 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The idea was repulsive to her, calling up images of Nazis tossing Torahs into the flames. Review | Everybody who loves books should check out ‘The Library Book’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Short and Sweet My darling granddaughter will soon read from the Torah at her brother’s bar mitzvah. Social Q?s: Answers to Social Questions 2010-04-22T20:43:00Z The South Korean contemporary dance company Bereishit takes its name from the first word of the Torah, meaning “in the beginning.” Review: A South Korean Troupe’s Physical Risks and Daunting Tasks 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z I was raised in an Orthodox household and sent to a Jewish school where I was taught Torah and prayer. What Philip Roth Taught Me About Being an American Jew 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z One dinner was called Bourbon and Beatbox, where American Idol contestant and special guest Jay Stone beatboxed the Shema, a prayer from the Torah. Meet The Jewish Matchmaker of Your Grandmother's Dreams 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Simchat Torah marks the reading of the final portion and the start of the cycle for the next year. Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Simchat Torah holiday in Jerusalem 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z These are the most important parts of all: the first five books of the Bible, also known as the Pentateuch and the Torah. ?People Who Eat Darkness?: The disappearing blonde 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z Need to learn the prayers that precede the Torah and the accompanying haftarah readings? An Online Path to the Bar Mitzvah 2010-11-19T17:46:00Z Copied out on roughly 400 large parchment sheets, it contained the complete text of the Hebrew Bible, written in square letters similar to those of the Torah scrolls in any synagogue today. Oldest Nearly Complete Hebrew Bible Heads to Auction 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The Torah and the prayers instruct them in remembrance, however. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z A noted singer of Jewish music is headed for prison after being convicted of stealing $36,000 from a New York City woman who says the money was meant to buy Torah scrolls. Jewish-music figure gets prison in $36K NYC theft 2010-06-29T23:53:00Z A silver Torah crown made in Poland, covered in sculptures of stags and eagles, was exported around 1912 to a synagogue in China. Showcasing Jewish Antiques and Their Stories 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z This book continues though the tangled rabbinical debates about the Torah and dietary laws, and the Orthodox Jewish dietary restrictions that separated meat from dairy. An Illustrated Love Song to Jewish Restaurants of Old 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Reading and understanding the difficulties of the Torah wouldn't hurt either. How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Jonah’s Hebrew tutor, for instance, is concerned about his dropping the Torah, thus dooming us all to an Indiana Jones-style curse. Motherlode Blog: A Bar Mitzvah, With Autism 2012-05-18T15:07:42Z A dedication on his grave reads that he “gave his soul for the people of Israel, the Torah and his country.” West Bank violence is growing. Will it open another front in the Israel-Hamas war? 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Some of the family members kidnapped do not live in Kibbutz Be’eri, but were visiting for the holiday of Simchat Torah. Seattle woman with Israeli relatives held hostage in Gaza demands peace 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z A wall of windows overlooks trees, framing glass panels with Hebrew lettering, a painted cabinet holding scrolls of Hebrew scripture called the Torah and a lantern representing an eternal light. Seattle-area Jews feel on edge amid sharp rise in antisemitism, tension over war 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Although the cause of the fire was unclear, the head of the Jewish community, Oskar Deutsch, wrote on social media that the fire had destroyed valuable old books and a Torah Ark. German vice-chancellor Habeck hits out against rising antisemitism 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z “We don’t read the Torah — it’s always chanted with a sacred melody,” Feldman said. For L.A. Jews, weeks of war have changed everything 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Four days earlier, on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas militants had launched a brutal surprise assault on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people. Doug Emhoff, America's Jewish second gentleman, on how he navigated tragedy in Israel and Gaza 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z They had been celebrating Simchat Torah, a festive Jewish holiday that marks the conclusion of the annual reading of the Torah. An American mom and daughter are missing in Israel. Their family says Hamas is holding them hostage 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z The services had been held to celebrate Simchat Torah, a holiday marking the completion of the yearly Torah readings and the commencement of a new cycle. U.S. synagogues, Jewish facilities boost security after Hamas attack 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z It had been five days since Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old California native, left a family dinner celebrating the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah to meet up with his best friend. This Israeli couple's son is in enemy hands. They're determined to get him back 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z But at the same time, Haim said she wants people to understand why the attack on Israel — carried out on the holiday of Simchat Torah, a day meant for rejoicing — cannot be ignored. For L.A. Jews, weeks of war have changed everything 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z On Saturday, a week after the Simchat Torah attacks, a Chicago man was arrested in the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian Muslim boy in what authorities have called a hate crime. Doug Emhoff, America's Jewish second gentleman, on how he navigated tragedy in Israel and Gaza 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The Hamas attacks fell on Simchat Torah, a traditionally joyous celebration that marks the end of the annual cycle of public Torah readings. Seattle-area residents worry, rally as fighting escalates in Israel, Gaza 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Streets in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood would normally be shut down this weekend for parties in honor of Simchat Torah, the Jewish holiday marking the completion of the annual cycle of the reading of the Torah. A world away from Israel, L.A.'s Jewish community reels under vast sense of loss 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z The deadliest day of violence in Israel since the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago began just after dawn on Saturday, which was the Jewish Sabbath and festival of Simchat Torah. Israeli forces fight to drive out Hamas militants and free hostages 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Israel's nightmare scenario - armed Palestinian militants at large in the south of the country - began early on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath and festival of Simchat Torah. Israel faces 'long, difficult war' after Hamas attack from Gaza 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z During the Simchat Torah holiday, people gather to dance with the scrolls marking the end of an annual reading cycle and the beginning of the next. Jewish diaspora mourns attack on Israel, but carries on by celebrating holidays 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z The shock that Israelis felt on Saturday morning — on Simchat Torah, one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar — recalled the surprise of the the 1973 Mideast war. 5 things to know about the Hamas militant group’s unprecedented attack on Israel 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Across the street, a group holding a Torah had just broken out in jubilant chanting. A world away from Israel, L.A.'s Jewish community reels under vast sense of loss 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z The shock that Israelis felt on Saturday morning - on Simchat Torah, one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar - recalled the surprise of the the 1973 Mideast war. ‘We are at war’: 5 things to know about the Hamas militant group’s unprecedented attack on Israel 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z The assault, on the Jewish Sabbath and coinciding with the religious holiday of Simchat Torah, is unfolding as a major national trauma in a country proud of its strong military. Gunmen in homes and captives abducted to Gaza leave Israelis in shock 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z But he expected a festive evening celebration for Simchat Torah. Jewish diaspora mourns attack on Israel, but carries on by celebrating holidays 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Police say the man damaged the statues because he said they were "against the Torah", Judaism's most important text. American tourist arrested for smashing Israel Museum statues 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z According to the Torah — for gentiles, the first five books of the so-called Hebrew Bible — Jews celebrate the holiday Yom Kippur to honor the anniversary of when God forgave them. This Jewish high holiday is good for your mental health: Yom Kippur and the value of atonement 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z "The proposal will thus make it punishable to, for example, in public burn a Koran, Bible or Torah," he said. Danish government prepares bill to stop Koran burnings 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z A Muslim man was later granted a permit to burn a Torah and a Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm. What’s Happening With the Quran Burnings in Sweden 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z “But when you stand up in front of a foreign embassy and burn a Quran or burn the Torah scroll in front of the Israeli embassy, it serves no other purpose than to mock.” Denmark seeks to legally prevent burnings of Quran or other religious scriptures 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Earlier this month a man was also given permission to burn the Torah outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. Iraq expels Swedish ambassador as Quran row escalates 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z As the Torah explains, "For on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins shall ye be clean before the Lord." This Jewish high holiday is good for your mental health: Yom Kippur and the value of atonement 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The demonstrations began after a man planned, under police protection, to burn a copy of the Quran and the Torah, the Jewish holy book, outside of the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm this Saturday. Protesters in Iraq storm Swedish Embassy amid continuing anger over Quran burning 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that he was urging Swedish officials to “prevent this despicable event and not to allow the burning of a Torah scroll.” Swedish police authorize protest by man who plans to burn Torah, Bible outside Israeli Embassy 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The items construction workers found, including columns and a large piece of the synagogue’s Torah shrine, were 15 to 25 feet below the surface of the Isar River at a site south of Munich. Pieces of Munich Synagogue, Destroyed on Hitler’s Orders, Found in River 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z However, police have received further applications to burn both the Koran and the Torah in the coming days and say each request will be assessed according to the freedom of expression laws. Sweden jails Kurd for financing terrorism after Turkey calls for crackdown 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Now, Swedish police say they have received new requests for demonstrations by individuals who want to burn the Quran, as well as the Torah and the Bible. Quran burnings have Sweden torn between free speech and respecting minorities 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The typical school day was spent on teaching the Torah and Talmud. NYC school officials say yeshivas run by Hasidic community fail to teach students in core subjects 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z An ultra-Orthodox minister, Meir Porush, told a newspaper that the original changes to bolster parliament were a condition for his United Torah Judaism party joining the governing coalition. Netanyahu drops key part of Israel judicial overhaul plans 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The time capsule was found with its original wax seal intact hidden deep in a wall cavern next to the Ark, which houses the Torah. Manchester Jewish Museum reveals secrets of synagogue time capsule 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Such was their dedication to their faith that their families designed a monument in the shape of a Torah scroll to honour their loved ones. After the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, can a community heal? 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Lipman said those who move to Israel are said to make “Aliyah,” the Hebrew word for “going up” when someone is called forward to read a portion of the Torah in a synagogue. Boosters of Israel emigration find friends, support among evangelical Christians 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z "There will be no Israeli society, no Jewish society if there will be no people devoting their lives to Torah study." Israel's Netanyahu faces budget test amid economic, political woes 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The court has tried — unsuccessfully, so far — to block a decades-old mechanism that allows ultra-Orthodox Jews to study the Torah instead of completing military service like most other Israeli Jews. The 2 Israels: Court Crisis Is Front Line for Dueling Visions of a Nation’s Future 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z David Tatel and his wife had just left a discussion of blindness in the Torah. A federal judge was refused a Lyft ride with his guide dog. He’s not alone. 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The biggest takeaway is that all three religions give the same message about learning and discipline for growing within through the New and Old Testaments, the Torah and the Quran. Breaking bread and barriers at an interfaith dinner | Op-Ed 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z “I had grown up like most Jews with the myth that the Torah was fixed and immutable and unchanging,” said Lappe, referring to the first five books of the Bible. Amid attacks on trans people, a queer yeshiva offers a path to liberation 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z “If we implement the Torah, we will have economic abundance,” he added. As Israel’s Crises Pile Up, a Far-Right Minister Is a Common Thread 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “The state of Israel has to recognize the value of Torah study,” said Mr. Badush, 46, who is also a city councilman. The 2 Israels: Court Crisis Is Front Line for Dueling Visions of a Nation’s Future 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Kraft says he treasures the spiritual values he inherited from his parents, especially his father who skipped television and other pastimes to read the Torah. Patriots owner Robert Kraft launches antisemitism campaign 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Two Israeli lawmakers, both members of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, reintroduced the bill in the Knesset in January. Netanyahu blocks anti-proselytizing bill after evangelical Christians, others protest 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Unlike Torah scrolls, where the Hebrew letters are devoid of vowels and punctuation, these manuscripts contained extensive annotation instructing readers how to recite the words correctly. Sotheby’s hopes for record sale of ancient Hebrew Bible 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z You can read injunctions against usury in the Vedic texts of ancient India, in the sutras of Buddhism and in the Torah. Why Poverty Persists in America 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z But he rescued ancient Torah scrolls dating back hundreds of years to keep until the synagogue is rebuilt. Turks look to history and foresee rebirth of ancient Antakya from earthquake ruins 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z “Friends,” he began, reading from the AI-scripted sermon, “as we gather today to study the Torah portion of the week, Vayigash, let us consider the importance of developing intimacy in our relationship with others.” Can religion save us from Artificial Intelligence? 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The Torah is on one side; the other side holds the table where the men were sitting when the shooter came, the closest chair just a foot from the door. After a man burst in with a gun, a San Francisco synagogue confronts hate 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z In a show of solidarity, Reform rabbis from the U.S. and other countries joined the Women of the Wall at their monthly gathering on Wednesday, parading with Torah scrolls. Israel’s rightward shift is straining its ties with US Jews 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z A room for the Torah is located behind the front. Abrahamic House in UAE houses a church, synagogue and mosque 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z "We were taking the Torahs and the last Jews out of the city. The Torahs will go back, the synagogue will be reopened. Once again there will be Jewish life in Antakya," he said. Turks look to history and foresee rebirth of ancient Antakya from earthquake ruins 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z About a dozen Jewish residents and the synagogue’s Torah scrolls were temporarily relocated to Istanbul, said Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States. Ruins of Turkish city of Antakya tell story of a rich past 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Orthodox families fill the area’s dingbat apartments, duplexes and bungalows, and thousands jam the sidewalks Saturday mornings on their way to Torah services. L.A. Jews are resolute — and armed — after gunman targets community in 2 shootings 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z When they appeared stumped, he revealed that the writer was ChatGPT, responding to his request to write a 1,000-word sermon related to that week’s lesson from the Torah. Pastors’ view: Sermons written by ChatGPT will have no soul 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Ultra-Orthodox Jews also resent the court for opposing measures that they value, including gender-separated public bus lines and wholesale exemptions from military conscription for all men enrolled in Torah studies. A Proposal to Overhaul the Judiciary Is Roiling Israel. What Is the Plan? 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z There has not been a rush to quit the prayer for Israel, which is recited alongside “A Prayer for Our Country” after the Torah reading on Shabbat mornings. Some U.S. rabbis forgo prayer for Israel to protest far-right government 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z He denied that Lev Tahor members view themselves as the only real Jews, but said their form of Judaism is not “watered down” and follows the letter of the Torah. At 16, he escaped a fringe Jewish sect accused of child abuse. Now he’s fighting to get his family out 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “I didn’t go to synagogue yesterday because I didn’t know what might happen,” said Jonathan Hassid, 23, who normally attends Adas Torah on Pico Boulevard. L.A. Jews are resolute — and armed — after gunman targets community in 2 shootings 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z “Stay strong and remain loyal to the people of Israel and to the holy Torah and don’t stop being happy!” the note read. Extreme Israeli group takes root in US with fundraising bid 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Smotrich, the National Zionist new minister of transportation, has openly stated that his ideal is a Torah state, meaning a Jewish state founded on Jewish religious laws. Expert: Israel's changing demographics show far-right rule is here to stay 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Another contentious law is to be introduced to formalize the longstanding arrangement granting exemption from the draft to Torah students, further undermining the once-hallowed principle of universal conscription. In Power With Netanyahu, Ultra-Orthodox Parties Chart Israel’s Future 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z “I’m not going to live in a community where people do things against the Torah and against the law.” At 16, he escaped a fringe Jewish sect accused of child abuse. Now he’s fighting to get his family out 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z One such piece: Tunberg’s commission by the Fish Interfaith Center at Chapman University, which involved him building an ark that protects a Torah that was smuggled to safety during the Holocaust. Venice artist William Tunberg is determined to keep the striking art of marquetry alive 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Women are forbidden from reading from the Torah, and they are relegated to a separate section. Israel’s far right targets Law of Return to restrict Jewish immigration 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Pride has sought recognition from the school as a student organization, but school leaders objected, saying the group’s agenda violates Torah principles. Orthodox Jewish university must recognize LGBTQ+ student club, New York appeals panel says 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Critics say that the promise to increase stipends for Torah students will act as a disincentive for them to join the labor force. In Power With Netanyahu, Ultra-Orthodox Parties Chart Israel’s Future 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Over and over, Trump heaped praise on the Jewish people and highlighted his support for Israel as he addressed the annual President’s Conference of Torah Umesorah at his National Doral club in Miami. Trump omits dinner with white nationalist in speech to Jews 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Muslims believe the Quran is a continuation of the core values of the Torah and Bible. EXPLAINER: Islam in Qatar explained ahead of FIFA World Cup 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z In coalition negotiations, United Torah Judaism, a party in Netanyahu’s government, is demanding the criminalization of all non-Orthodox prayer at the wall, according to a report last week by Army Radio. Israel’s far right targets Law of Return to restrict Jewish immigration 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z His rabbi here instructed him to vote for the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism. Netanyahu appears positioned to return to power, Israeli exit polls show 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Torah study will be formally recognized as higher education, and yeshiva students will get the same 50 percent discount on public transportation as university students. In Power With Netanyahu, Ultra-Orthodox Parties Chart Israel’s Future 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Pride Alliance formed unofficially in 2018 but Yeshiva determined that granting it official status would be "inconsistent with the school's Torah values and the religious environment it seeks to maintain." LGBT student club agrees to delay forcing Yeshiva University to recognize it 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The former ultra-Orthodox Jew is wearing a white prayer shawl and tefillin - long leather straps with small boxes attached, containing scrolls with verses from the Torah. Israel: Is this an ultra-Orthodox MeToo moment? 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z In 1995, Mr. Lewitinn sued the Egyptian government to win the release of several Torah scrolls, prayer books and other religious items seized from the country’s Jewish community in the late 1950s. Marc Lewitinn, 76, Covid Patient, Dies After 850 Days on a Ventilator 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But the university said it should not be forced “to put its stamp of approval on a club and activities that are inconsistent with the school’s Torah values.” Supreme Court says Yeshiva University may exclude -- for now -- LGBTQ student group 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Yitzhak Pindrus, a senior representative of the United Torah Judaism alliance, made up of two Haredi parties, sought to play down the concerns, saying that nothing had changed in the Haredi mind-set. In Power With Netanyahu, Ultra-Orthodox Parties Chart Israel’s Future 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Pride Alliance formed unofficially as a group in 2018 but Yeshiva University determined that granting it official status would be "inconsistent with the school's Torah values and the religious environment it seeks to maintain." U.S. Supreme Court's Sotomayor lets Yeshiva University bar LGBT student club 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Sharing in this mission is Torah Day School of Seattle and Derech Emunah where, whether hosting blood or bone marrow drives, students provide service to the community. Jewish day schools offer students many ways to impact communities | Provided by Samis Foundation 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, which correspond to the first five books of the Christian Old Testament, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Jewish university asks high court to freeze order approving gay student group on campus 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z His most well-known work, Wars of the Lord, takes up the problem of the relationship between Torah or Jewish scripture on the one hand and reason on the other. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z He recited the customary prayers before and after the Torah reading. Older Generations Are Reclaiming Rites of Passage 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z “We brought the First Communion kids to show them the Torah, the synagogue, to become aware that our faith in a certain way comes from the Hebrew faith,’’ said Iuliano, a Serrastretta native. US rabbi reviving Jewish roots in her family’s Italian town 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Leviticus 25:9–36, from the first five books of the Old Testament — the Torah in Judaism, Pentateuch in Christianity and Tawrat in Islam — offers perhaps the world's earliest written social justice and welfare document. America needs its own Jubilee: We are a nation in profound crisis 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z He will be called to the Torah at Chabad of Shoreline in a very typical bar mitzvah — for a unique young man. Inclusion means everyone deserves same opportunities and celebrations 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z “Reason and Revelation in the Theology of Maimonides: The Conflict between Philosophy and the Torah.” Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z He discussed the meaning of the day’s Torah portion. Older Generations Are Reclaiming Rites of Passage 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z On 28 April, Mariupol's city council denounced the alleged theft by Russia of more than 2,000 exhibits from the city's museums, including ancient icons, a handwritten Torah scroll and more than 200 medals. Mariupol: The 80 days that left a flourishing city in ruins 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z He even canceled plans to bring a Torah to the wall this month to avoid unduly roiling the coalition at such a delicate time. A Rabbi’s Contentious Quest for Religious Pluralism in Israel 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z “It was the best kept secret in the Jewish world,” Mr. Kriel laughed, recalling how the first few Torah scrolls arrived in the country hidden in golf bags. Baking Challah in Dubai: A Jewish Community Heads Out Into the Open 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The Israelites, the Torah tells us, “grumbled against Moses and said, ‘Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?’” Perspective | Passover reminds us that freedom is hard — and that’s okay 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z His children are enrolled at a modern orthodox Jewish day school where they study Torah half the day. Josh Mandel runs Ohio GOP Senate campaign ‘through churches’ 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Covid has made me even more dedicated to the social justice imperative at the heart of Torah. How Covid Changed the Clergy in New York 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z The worshipers are women, and therefore barred by Orthodox Jewish authorities from taking a Torah to the wall. A Rabbi’s Contentious Quest for Religious Pluralism in Israel 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Jewish people are called by their faith to care for and help people in need, Hetfield said, noting that “welcoming the stranger” is mentioned 36 times in the Torah, more often than any other commandment. Across US, faith groups mobilize to aid Ukrainian refugees 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Reading from the Torah and saying certain prayers, including the kaddish, or mourner’s prayer, must take place in a group with a quorum of 10, known as a minyan. Jews say permanent daylight saving time threatens morning prayer 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z “The son of the Steipler and the nephew of the Chazon Ish, he continued in their path, after the Holocaust, in the Land of Israel, preserving the Torah world of the destroyed communities of Europe.” Revered Jewish Sage Buried in One of the Largest Gatherings in Israel’s History 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z They adhere to a stringent interpretation of Judaism, with a focus on Torah study and observance of tradition. Israeli police prepare for mass funeral of major rabbi 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z As a lawmaker with parliamentary immunity, Rabbi Kariv can bring them the Torah under police protection. A Rabbi’s Contentious Quest for Religious Pluralism in Israel 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Some families were sleeping in the synagogue itself, a few yards from its Torah scrolls. Once Victims in Southeast Europe, Jews Come to Aid Fleeing Ukrainians 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Orthodox girls tend to become bat mitzvah at 12, not 13, and only those at the most progressive Orthodox congregations read from the Torah and address the congregation. How a coming-of-age ritual for Jewish girls aided the rise of women’s rights 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z “The name of Rabbi Kanievsky will be remembered as an important part of the Torah history of the people of Israel,” Mr. Bennett said. Revered Jewish Sage Buried in One of the Largest Gatherings in Israel’s History 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z The Torah reports that the Hebrews wandered for 40 years in the Sinai Desert. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Judaism is a big tent but positions that deny the divine origin of the Torah place him theologically outside the tent,” he said. A Rabbi’s Contentious Quest for Religious Pluralism in Israel 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z “This name is traditionally not spoken out loud, and is traditionally only written in the Torah,” Russo wrote. Complaint: Teacher made antisemitic comments, proselytizing 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Many families, particularly those with shy girls, hold less-public ceremonies, as on Monday or Thursday morning, when the Torah is read with fewer people in attendance. How a coming-of-age ritual for Jewish girls aided the rise of women’s rights 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Out of this ferment arose millenarian fever and the Rabbi Sabbatai Tzvi, who claimed to be the Messiah and violated the Torah commandments. Review: A Nobel Prize winner's massive historical epic is an irreverent epiphany 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The Torah says that the man who led the Hebrews out of slavery was named Moses. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeshivas are mostly places where Orthodox men study the Torah. Planned alternative yeshiva in D.C. is hit with stop-work order 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z He left a handwritten note threatening two rabbis who had come out against him with a “Torah trial in heaven” and protesting his innocence. A #MeToo Moment Shakes Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Her father chanted from the Torah scroll, after which Judith did so from a book. How a coming-of-age ritual for Jewish girls aided the rise of women’s rights 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z “We are privileged, thank God, to live here and study Torah, and we shall continue to do so with God’s help,” said Rabbi Menachem Ben Shachar, a teacher at the yeshiva. At a West Bank outpost, Israeli settlers flaunt their power 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Under the more liberal Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism, women and men pray together and women are allowed to read from the Torah, which Orthodox Judaism prohibits. Future of prayer site in doubt under Israel’s fragile govt 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z She eventually enrolled at Ohr Torah Stone, a Jerusalem seminary that teaches Talmud to women with the aim of preparing them to become community leaders. More Orthodox Jewish women are ordained; change is uneven 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Jewish mystical texts say God “looked into the Torah and created the world” and studying the Torah is a way of studying God’s mind. Yeshivas are mostly places where Orthodox men study the Torah. A D.C. rabbi wants to change that. 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “If you hate evil, you fight evil. The Torah has always enjoined moral people to hate evil.” Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: World needs ‘kosher hate’ of evil 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z They decided to relocate several Torah scrolls, including a Czech Torah that had survived the Holocaust. Some Jews see antisemitism and white nationalism becoming less fringe since the 2017 Unite the Right rally 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “A complete collapse of values,” the United Torah Judaism political alliance lamented. Ousted from power, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox lose the final word on what’s kosher 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z While she delivers sermons and provides halachic guidance to her congregants, Marili-Mirvis isn’t permitted to lead prayers or read from the Torah on the sabbath. More Orthodox Jewish women are ordained; change is uneven 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z In Judaism, this has produced more organizations aimed at bringing serious Torah study beyond just very Orthodox men. Yeshivas are mostly places where Orthodox men study the Torah. A D.C. rabbi wants to change that. 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z A replica paper Torah scroll used in fraternity ceremonies was defaced with laundry detergent, and hot sauce was smeared on walls and appliances, police said. D.C. police probe antisemitic vandalism at GWU fraternity 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z A George Washington University fraternity chapter that is about one-quarter Jewish saw its on-campus house vandalized early Sunday, with damage including to a Torah scroll, officials said. Report: George Washington University fraternity house vandalized, including damage to religious text 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Rocking back and forth, Shlomo Ben Yaakov reads from a Torah scroll at a synagogue on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital, Abuja. The Nigerians who want Israel to accept them as Jews 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The Israeli delegation arrived earlier this week and joined Bahrain’s tiny Jewish community in marking the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. Israeli FM Lapid heads to Bahrain for first official visit 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z It is common for men who have no professional reason to study to be financially supported by their wives so they can learn the Torah all day. Yeshivas are mostly places where Orthodox men study the Torah. A D.C. rabbi wants to change that. 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z An image of the paper scroll — considered a replica because Torah scrolls used in worship are hand-lettered on parchment — was widely tweeted Sunday. D.C. police probe antisemitic vandalism at GWU fraternity 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “I am appalled by the antisemitic vandalism that occurred at the TKE fraternity house, especially the desecration of the Torah scroll,” President Thomas LeBlanc said. Report: George Washington University fraternity house vandalized, including damage to religious text 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z They had come to film the donation of a Torah scroll - often too expensive for local groups to purchase - but were suspected of having connections to Ipob and deported. The Nigerians who want Israel to accept them as Jews 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z He had read the Bible and the Torah and the Koran, and if a stranger asked what Uncle Pat did for work, he would murmur something vague about having a job in Arizona. Pat Tillman’s nephew follows his uncle’s path, on the football field and beyond 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z While Orthodox Judaism does not discourage women from studying the Torah, most traditional communities believe women are prohibited from studying the Talmud. Yeshivas are mostly places where Orthodox men study the Torah. A D.C. rabbi wants to change that. 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Monday Torah procession and solidarity rally starting at the fraternity’s house. D.C. police probe antisemitic vandalism at GWU fraternity 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z A photo with the Hatchet article appeared to show a Torah scroll removed from its felt covering and smeared with blue liquid. Report: George Washington University fraternity house vandalized, including damage to religious text 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z “One thing we knew for sure,” he said, “is that the Torahs would go with us wherever we went.” After evacuating, they rang in the Jewish New Year in the middle of a wildfire 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “The fact that the Torah is crucial for modern Judaism is not questioned in any way,” he said. Vatican rejects Israeli criticism over pope comments on Jewish law 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The Taliban arrested both men and beat them, and they confiscated the synagogue’s ancient Torah scroll, which went missing after the Taliban were driven from power in the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. Afghanistan’s last Jew leaves after Taliban takeover 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, contains hundreds of commandments for Jews to follow in their everyday lives. Pope responds to Israeli criticism over comments on Jewish law 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Rabbi Levi Shemtov, founder and director of Chabad GW, said the Torah was a paper copy used for ceremonial purposes and not the hand-inscribed parchment scroll from which portions are read at religious services. Report: George Washington University fraternity house vandalized, including damage to religious text 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z The Torah scrolls are not in their usual home, called an ark, nor are they with the rabbi in Santa Rosa. After evacuating, they rang in the Jewish New Year in the middle of a wildfire 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “It was emotional to be in front of the Torah again. And to hold it. I don’t think online will ever replace in person but it’s definitely supplementing it,” she said. Pandemic has been a spiritual boon for some, and Rosh Hashanah 2021 shows what’s changed 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Some worshippers have told Newsnight they believe the Torah did not intend for women to feel stuck in unhappy marriages. 'My husband refused a divorce for nine years' 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Last week Koch sent a letter to Arousi containing a quote made by Pope Francis in 2015: “The Christian confessions find their unity in Christ; Judaism finds its unity in the Torah.” Pope responds to Israeli criticism over comments on Jewish law 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Although he indicated that the incident was deplorable and objectionable, he said the copy of the Torah in question could be repaired and reused. Report: George Washington University fraternity house vandalized, including damage to religious text 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z He also worried for the temple’s two Torah scrolls — one handwritten for the Temple Bat Yam congregation, the other a Holocaust scroll, which survived the Nazis’ public bonfires of holy Jewish books. After evacuating, they rang in the Jewish New Year in the middle of a wildfire 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Rabbi Arousi wrote a day after the pope spoke about the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, during a general audience on Aug. 11. Israeli rabbis ask pope to clarify remarks on Jewish law 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z He said a conversion requires accepting "the yoke of Torah and the commandments." Israel's Olympic gold victory raises Jewish identity debate 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z He said a conversion requires accepting “the yoke of Torah and the commandments.” Israel’s Olympic gold victory raises Jewish identity debate 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Torahs, menorahs, mezuzas — the rabbis are on the lookout for anything that might be of holy significance to the many Jewish families who lived in Champlain Towers. Coins, Photos, Kitchen Tools: Pieces of Lives Buried in Condo Collapse 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Yakar asked congregants Charna and Allen Silver to drive into the smoldering landscape and evacuate the Torahs from Temple Bat Yam. After evacuating, they rang in the Jewish New Year in the middle of a wildfire 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The Torah contains hundreds of commandments, or mitzvot, for Jews to follow in their everyday lives. Israeli rabbis ask pope to clarify remarks on Jewish law 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z She also pointed to the growing influence of the Torah Nucleus. Mixed city of Arabs and Jews remains on edge after violence 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z “The world of Torah and the Jewish character of the Land of Israel are in dire and imminent danger,” the Council of Torah Sages, which guides Shas, the ultra-Orthodox Sephardic party, warned in a statement. ‘Fear and Vigilance’: Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Face a Fall from Power 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z But the unrest in Lod nonetheless focused attention on the role of the Torah Nucleus movement. Before Rage Flared, a Push to Make Israel’s Mixed Towns More Jewish 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z David went to work every day at Mercer Island’s Temple B’nai Torah, and Michael became a stay-at-home parent, cooking, cleaning and getting the kids to their appointments. Bellevue man at center of Washington’s long marriage equality battle dies at 65 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z "It could be understood as devaluing Jewish observance of the Torah today," Cunningham said. Israeli rabbis ask pope to clarify remarks on Jewish law 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Nearby at Sha’arei Torah Orthodox Congregation of Syracuse, teenagers were reflecting on their visits to Israel and on their family in the region. The Gaza Conflict Is Stoking an ‘Identity Crisis’ for Some Young American Jews 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z A Yisrael Beiteinu lawmaker is also slated to chair the parliamentary finance committee, which was in United Torah Judaism’s hands for more than a decade. ‘Fear and Vigilance’: Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Face a Fall from Power 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Rami Salama, a 24-year-old Arab resident of Lod and a building contractor whose apartment complex is now about half Arab and half Torah Nucleus families, said that was not his experience. Before Rage Flared, a Push to Make Israel’s Mixed Towns More Jewish 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Torah Bright, a gold medalist Australian Olympic snowboarder, fired back at critics who chided her for posting a photo of herself breastfeeding her child while doing a handstand. Olympian Torah Bright responds to backlash over breastfeeding photo: 'I feel so silly even addressing this' 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z It is traditionally marked with all-night Torah study and the consumption of dairy. World Digest: May 16, 2021 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z “The Torah of Israel grants no license for taking the law into one’s hands and acting violently.” Biden expects spiralling Israel-Gaza conflict to end soon 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The Haredim, who mostly live frugally, typically with large families in small apartments, say they contribute by devoting themselves to the Torah and bringing divine protection upon Israel. ‘Fear and Vigilance’: Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Face a Fall from Power 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z “Religious Zionism hasn’t abandoned the old mission of Judea and Samaria,” said Reut Gets, who manages the Torah Nucleus association in Acre, referring to the West Bank by its biblical names. Before Rage Flared, a Push to Make Israel’s Mixed Towns More Jewish 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z “We never told the government not to touch it,” said Yitzhak Pindrus, a lawmaker from United Torah Judaism, a Haredi party that forms part of the governing coalition. Israeli Officials Had a Plan to Prevent Tragedy at Mt. Meron. It Was Ignored. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z These are women from the Bible, the Koran and the Torah, the great books of the three Abrahamic religions. Artist goes back in time to paint ‘Women of Faith’ portraits 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z As their friendship grows, Jesus continues to teach his young followers lessons from the Torah, and others that are later described in the scripture. Jesus through the eyes of children: 'The Chosen' portrays Jesus' young followers 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Congregation Shaare Torah briefly shut down last spring, and “it’s something I consider a personal and professional failing that I allowed it to occur,” said Rabbi Daniel Wasserman. For faith communities, pandemic meant challenge, creativity 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Across all of Israel, there are about 70 active hubs of Torah Nucleus, supported by an umbrella organization, the Community Renewal Foundation, which gets some government funding. Before Rage Flared, a Push to Make Israel’s Mixed Towns More Jewish 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z United Torah Judaism, mostly representing ultra-Orthodox Jews of European origin, won seven seats. Explainer: How Israel voted and who matters now 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z “On Torah, on worship and on the bestowal of kindnesses.” How the Pandemic Nearly Tore Israel Apart 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, more than 76 percent of Haredi women work outside the home now, even as men still mostly chose a life of Torah scholarship. Anger grows at Israel’s ultra-Orthodox virus scofflaws, threatening rupture with secular Jews 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z About half of all Haredi men study Torah full time and subsist on government welfare. Virus Hastens Exit from Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Community 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Twerski was a scholar with feet planted firmly in two worlds - the rabbinic world of Torah and Talmud study, and a medical doctor and licensed psychiatrist. Abraham Twerski, Hassidic rabbi and psychiatrist, dies at 90 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z It is this devotion to religious study that made Rabbi Kanievsky — sometimes nicknamed the ‘Prince of Torah’ — so reluctant to tell his followers to close their yeshivas at the start of the pandemic. He Is Israel’s ‘Prince of Torah.’ But to Some, He Is the King of Covid. 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Some of the most important stories of the Haredi community are of the heroism of the Jews who persisted in Torah study even in the ghettos and Nazi death camps. How the Pandemic Nearly Tore Israel Apart 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z But, after studying the Torah for an hour every morning, he works as a lawyer and owns a construction company. Anger grows at Israel’s ultra-Orthodox virus scofflaws, threatening rupture with secular Jews 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Following the speeches in parliament, several high-ranking government officials bore witness in the prayer room of parliament as a rabbi put the finishing touches on a carefully restored Torah scroll. Germany remembers Auschwitz liberation in parliament 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Born in the Soviet Union, he came to the United States in 1956 and spent more than 50 years as the top academic at the Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah in Brooklyn. Religious leaders worldwide, across faiths who died in 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “They see their existence as relying on Rabbi Chaim and his Torah learning.” He Is Israel’s ‘Prince of Torah.’ But to Some, He Is the King of Covid. 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z He grew up in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and when he was 17 he emigrated to Israel, where he went on to become a powerful player within United Torah Judaism. How the Pandemic Nearly Tore Israel Apart 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z There are unanswered questions, among them the disappearance of both Torahs. Saving Vermont’s oldest Jewish cemetery 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z It’s a connection as old as the Torah, and now it’s the theme of an unconventional exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. ‘Jews in Space’ exhibit explores Jewish scholars, artists 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Police in the German capital said a piece of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah was removed from its case at the Tiferet Israel synagogue’s doorpost, defaced with swastikas and replaced. German foreign minister condemns Berlin synagogue vandalism 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The foundations of halacha are built on the Torah’s commandments and prohibitions, and the Talmud, a codification of Jewish law written down over the course of the early centuries of the first millennium. Rabbis ponder COVID-19 queries of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Rubinstein, a United Torah Judaism politician, did not turn to the widely mistrusted central government. How the Pandemic Nearly Tore Israel Apart 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The foundations of halacha are built on the Torah’s commandments and prohibitions, and the Talmud, a codification of Jewish law written down over the course of the early centuries of the first millennium. Rabbis ponder COVID-19 queries of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Holtzblatt said the justice embodied the Torah command inscribed on a framed piece of art that hung in her chambers: “Justice, justice you must pursue.” Making history again, Ginsburg is honored in a divided Capitol 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z An editorial in a popular ultra-Orthodox news site warned this week that closing the synagogues on Yom Kippur would be “a declaration of war on God and his Torah.” Israel Tightens Holiday Lockdown, Restricting Prayers and Protests 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The Torah, the Jewish holy scripture, stresses the pursuit of justice where the outcome and the means to it are just, Cooper said, and those beliefs were part of Ginsburg’s “Jewish spiritual DNA.” Ginsburg’s empathy born of Jewish history and discrimination 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “Our students are hurting,” Executive Director Lev Stark wrote in an Aug. 26 note to families at private Valley Torah High School, which reopened as Teen Jewish Studies Day Camp. L.A. schools are closed — but there are loopholes for those with money 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z “Life should be ruled by the Torah and not by the consensus of the governing body.” Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with secular Israeli officials over coronavirus measures 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z It was good to read the Torah in front of my family. Growing up, interrupted 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Last year, before more than 200 people at synagogue, he read a prayer in Aramaic in homage to his father, who was also a rabbi, a Torah scholar and a marathon runner. Lives Lost: For man with Down syndrome, a college dream 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The synagogue will not host the all-night learning that’s typical of the Shavuot holiday, which celebrates God’s revelation of the Torah at Mt. Synagogues in L.A. can reopen, but many rabbis are holding off 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z “The Torah taught me that we are all created in God’s image,” Regan said in an interview, “and Mel taught me more than just about anyone else how to mean it.” Mel Baggs, influential blogger on disability and autism, dies at 39 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “My approach is that Torah commandments are not supposed to be a punishment. We have to find a way to live with these rules but not put ourselves in danger.” Israel deems women’s ritual baths essential, leaving some conflicted over virus risk 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z He drew parallels between the plight of the Israelites and the Egyptians in the Torah to the present-day threats of the spread of COVID-19. Wyoming congregations maintain community amid distancing 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z He continued to work with the synagogue as it expanded to include an award-winning addition with a glass-doored ark that holds the Torah and, according to his wife, looks like the Red Sea parting. Founding member of Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Samuel Kramer, dies of covid-19 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Fewer people will be in close contact with the Torah. Synagogues in L.A. can reopen, but many rabbis are holding off 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The Torah calls for burial as soon as possible. Cemetery races to keep up as New York virus deaths mount 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z That changed, however, for a number of reasons, notably the power Litzman holds as a representative of United Torah Judaism, a small ultra-Orthodox party that plays an outsized role in Israeli coalition politics. Ultra-Orthodox Jews hit disproportionately hard by Israel's coronavirus outbreak 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The Ethiopian Jews adhered to the Torah, practised a Biblical version of Judaism, and prayed in buildings similar to synagogues. The holiday village run by spies 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Some ultra-Orthodox rabbis, many of whom are predisposed to suspect the state as a secularizing influence, asserted the importance of prayer and Torah study, arguing, “It’ll rescue us from this virus,” Mr. Malach said. Virus Soars Among Ultra-Orthodox Jews as Many Flout Israel’s Rules 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z So, instead of gathering face-to-face that night, she shared words from the Torah in front of her computer’s camera. How do you connect with your faith under coronavirus self-quarantine? Take it online 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Bregman notes that in the modern world, according to the Torah view, prophecy no longer exists, as it ended with the prophets Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi thousands of years ago. Rabbi on the 'Jewish response' to coronavirus: 'Is God doing this?' 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Jewish law also calls for hearing the Torah read directly from the scroll, not a book. The church that won’t close its doors over the coronavirus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The world was filled with darkness and chaos when, as written in the Torah, God spoke the first words, “Let there be light.” Jewish communities join online for inspiration, fellowship 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The Conference of European Rabbis has advised people not to kiss the Torah scroll, and Israel’s chief rabbi has said people should not touch or kiss mezuzahs affixed to door frames. Religious festivals cancelled or scaled back due to coronavirus 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z “It slows down the pace of our frenetic lives….Maybe we always wanted to find time to learn Torah.” Virus outbreak disrupts joyous Purim fest but some improvise 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z It also organized an online Torah reading in observation of Purim, a joyous — and, at times, raucous — holiday that features costumes and noisemakers. New York in the Age of Coronavirus 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The three children, two sons and a daughter, who tested positive for the virus attended the Westchester Torah Academy in White Plains, N.Y. Coronavirus in N.Y.: 9 New Cases, All Connected to Westchester Man 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The Westchester Day School and the Westchester Torah Academy also temporarily shut down as a precaution, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. How coronavirus spread in New York: From a man to his family. Then a neighbor. Then friends. 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Reading passages from the Torah, Hod shares a story, all the while drawing lessons to inspire them on and off the court in a pregame ritual that ends when they huddle and yell: “Amen!” Faith before basketball for Yeshiva University champions 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Many of their positions are dictated by the Torah. Some ultra-Orthodox Jewish women in Israel are breaking with tradition to press for a political say 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Edward Fox, the executive director of Yeshiva Har Torah, a Jewish school in Queens whose application for state security funding was denied last year, called the process of applying “difficult, complicated and confusing.” ‘I Lose Sleep Over This Building’: A Rush to Make Synagogues Safe 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The former New York mayor name-checked a bygone Florida deli and its pickles; he repeatedly cited the Torah, including a quote from the book of Leviticus, which he referred to by its Hebrew name, Vayikra. Mike Bloomberg pitches himself to Jewish Americans, in a presidential race with two very different Jewish candidates 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z These services allow women to participate within the limits of Orthodox religious law, leading parts of prayer services or reading from the Torah. Orthodox women seek bigger role as Jews end Talmud cycle 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Talmud was often considered too difficult and less relevant for women than other texts like the weekly Torah portion. A Revolution in Jewish Learning, With Women Driving Change 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z “Although we take Torah classes, the bulk of my day is consumed with work, taking care of my children and supporting my husband.” 90,000 Jews Gather to Pray and Defy a Wave of Hate 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The rabbi led the inauguration of a Torah scroll. New York's Jewish community on edge after string of Hanukah attacks 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The march, led by five law enforcement vehicles, was a previously scheduled celebration to introduce a new Torah at another nearby synagogue. Knife-wielding man shattered night of celebration, witnesses say, renewing fears of violence against Jews 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Thursday afternoon, hundreds of worshipers packed into Nessah’s pews for the conclusion of a rare public fast, praying to restore the Torah that was desecrated in the attack. 'Our worst nightmare': Vandalism at Persian synagogue stuns congregation 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Redding tore a Torah scroll and prayer book and “moved throughout the sanctuary, heavily ransacking the interior,” the police report said, according to the Jewish Telegraph Agency. Pennsylvania man accused of vandalizing Beverly Hills synagogue arrested in Hawaii 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Karen Morris, a longtime critic of the way the city has handled tent encampments, said Temple B’nai Torah neighbors were unfairly burdened by the hostings. Bellevue City Council updates rules for homeless encampments hosted by religious organizations 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z When she was a child, she and her eight sisters kept house with their mother while her father studied Torah for 12 hours a day at the yeshiva. She’d never seen a smartphone or heard a radio before she fled. She’s racing to catch up. 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z But Temple B’nai Torah didn’t become an encampment host without facing obstacles, including a 2005 lawsuit and opposition from neighborhood advocates. Bellevue works to update its regulations on temporary homeless encampments at religious sites 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Nessah’s main Torah scrolls were locked up and spared from the crime, he said, but the community is “definitely on edge.” 'Our worst nightmare': Vandalism at Persian synagogue stuns congregation 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z In Jewish tradition, the case containing parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah is attached to the doorjamb of a Jewish home. Other congregations moved to suburbs, but Baltimore’s Beth Am Synagogue celebrates $5.5 million overhaul in place 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Much of the comments from both sides on Monday evening centered on Temple B’nai Torah. Bellevue City Council updates rules for homeless encampments hosted by religious organizations 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Jews also believe that the Torah Scrolls themselves, in addition to the biblical text they contain, are of Divine nature. Yemen claims ownership of Jewish artifacts smuggled out of the country 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Temple B’nai Torah and three Eastside churches have hosted the tent cities a total of 10 times, but none has done so since 2016. Bellevue works to update its regulations on temporary homeless encampments at religious sites 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z When the Torah service finally arrived, the faithful rushed to the aisle as a group of longtime members removed a scroll from the ark and paraded it through the synagogue. 'Our worst nightmare': Vandalism at Persian synagogue stuns congregation 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z During the Torah reading, there was a loud boom, like a big metal object falling over. A Terrorist Attack on Yom Kippur in Halle, Germany 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Rabbi Genack, who published a book of his letters to former President Bill Clinton, said it is often Mr. Booker who brings up Torah in their conversations. The Yom Kippur Prayer on Cory Booker’s Lips 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Eight of the 14 Torah scrolls inside couldn't be saved and a firefighter hit by debris was injured during the blaze. Homeless man pleads guilty to starting Minnesota synagogue fire 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Temple B’nai Torah has hosted the encampment known as Tent City 4 five times. Bellevue works to update its regulations on temporary homeless encampments at religious sites 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z As community leaders opened the Torah scroll and held it aloft, hundreds of women broke into sudden, joyful ululations. 'Our worst nightmare': Vandalism at Persian synagogue stuns congregation 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Religious parties representing Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox communities, known as Haredim, remain a significant force, with Shas winning nine seats and United Torah Judaism eight seats. Israel's president floats unity government between Netanyahu and Gantz 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The religious parties representing Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox communities, known as Haredim, remain a significant force, with Shas winning nine seats and United Torah Judaism eight seats. Israel's Netanyahu clings to power as coalition talks loom 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The handwritten copy of the Torah contains as many as 84 sheets of parchment that are prepared according to exact specifications. River North Jewish community celebrates first Torah scroll 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Morris lives near Temple B’nai Torah and has collected crime data on the encampments, which she says the city has ignored. Bellevue works to update its regulations on temporary homeless encampments at religious sites 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z The Torah scrolls lay strewn on the floor of Nessah Synagogue, some wrinkled and unraveled, others thrown on chairs alongside shredded prayer books. 'Our worst nightmare': Vandalism at Persian synagogue stuns congregation 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Authorities say eight of 14 Torah scrolls stored in the synagogue were saved. The Latest: No accelerant signs at Minnesota synagogue fire 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Firefighters rescued the Torah scrolls from the basement, the paper reported. Fire destroys historic Minnesota synagogue; cause under investigation 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The mezuzah is a case several inches long that holds a tiny scroll of verses from the Torah and is mounted in doorframes. Governor to take Tree of Life mezuzah to Holocaust memorials 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z On October 1st, in observance of Simchat Torah, he attended services at the synagogue, for the fifth time in four days. The Message of Measles 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z He replied that he respected all people, but that “our Torah teaches us differently.” How the Religious Right Transformed Israeli Education 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z That’s when she learned about mitzvot as a commandment — and, prodded by class conversations, began studying what the Torah and the Talmud, a book of Jewish oral law, said about abortion. This retired doctor spends her time performing abortions and circumcisions. She says her Jewish faith leads her to do both. 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z This week archaeologists announced the discovery of a Hebrew inscription, dated to 1796, that was part of a stone Torah reading table in the synagogue. Napoleonic discovery: Pieces of soldiers' uniforms from doomed invasion of Russia uncovered 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The table was used to read the Torah to the synagogue’s congregation until the building’s burning and final destruction by the Soviets 70 years ago. Hebrew inscriptions exposed for the first time since historic synagogue was destroyed in the Holocaust 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z In the famous bullfighting rings of Spain, Sidney Franklin was renowned as “El Torero de la Torah,” or the “Bullfighter of the Torah.” The Gay Jewish Matador from Brooklyn 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Mezuzahs, which contain verses from the Torah, are fixed to the doorpost of Jewish homes. Apollo 11 flag, flight plan page and roll of film used on the Moon are up for auction 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The theory stems from a Torah passage about two men who got into a fight, said Daniel Eisenberg, a doctor and Orthodox Jew who lectures and writes on Jewish medical ethics. This retired doctor spends her time performing abortions and circumcisions. She says her Jewish faith leads her to do both. 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “If there is no flour, there is no Torah,” the Jewish sages said, an aphorism that the team would surely embrace: material wealth is a precondition for dignity. Why Jared Kushner’s Bahrain Conference Won’t Do Much for the Palestinian Economy 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z "I'm not aware of anything in the Torah, the Bible, the Koran or anything else that suggests you should not get vaccinated," said Bronx Democrat Jeffrey Dinowitz, who sponsored the bill. New York ends religious exemptions for vaccines 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z “I’m not aware of anything in the Torah, the Bible, the Koran or anything else that suggests you should not get vaccinated,” said the Bronx Democrat Jeffrey Dinowitz, the bill’s assembly sponsor. New York ends religious exemption to vaccine mandate for schoolchildren 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z “I’m not aware of anything in the Torah, the Bible, the Quran or anything else that suggests you should not get vaccinated,” Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, the Democrat who sponsored the bill, told reporters. New York, epicenter of measles outbreak, bans religious exemptions for vaccines 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Jewish law — as laid out in the Torah, the Talmud and the “responsa,” rabbinic wisdom gathered across centuries — teaches that human life starts at birth rather than conception, according to Fischer. This retired doctor spends her time performing abortions and circumcisions. She says her Jewish faith leads her to do both. 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Each Torah scroll must be written by hand — all 304,805 characters, which typically takes a certified scribe about nine months to complete — on kosher animal hide with a quill pen. Synagogue shooting victim is honored with new Torah: ‘Her loss is still very raw’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Kaye’s husband carried the Torah as it was paraded in the street to the sounds of clapping and singing. California synagogue honors woman slain in gunman’s attack 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Most of the hikers were part of the 9th annual Wilderness Torah, a heavily attended outdoor camping event held to celebrate Judaism’s spiritual connections with nature. A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z He had written the last of the 304,805 letters that make up the Torah, a task he started in September. Perspective | In 1940, Adolf Hitler faced a most unlikely enemy: the Three Stooges 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Oscar Stewart was focused on the comforting rhythm of the Torah reading when pops of gunfire cut through the sanctuary. This Army veteran chased the gunman out of the Poway synagogue 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z But the Torah scroll welcomed with such joy Wednesday will be a special one for the Chabad. Synagogue shooting victim is honored with new Torah: ‘Her loss is still very raw’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Taub “survived the horrors of the Holocaust and dedicated himself to rebuilding the world of Torah in the State of Israel and among the Jewish diaspora.” Israeli leaders mourn death of Holocaust survivor rabbi 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Maimonides, one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars in the Middle Ages, lived in Fes from 1159 to 1165. Morocco is a trove of Jewish history if you know where to go 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Now the Torah — handwritten on animal skin — is with a rabbi in Brooklyn who will check it for mistakes before it is sewn together and returned to the congregation. Perspective | In 1940, Adolf Hitler faced a most unlikely enemy: the Three Stooges 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z It wanted control of the synagogue and the ability to sell one of its two sets of Colonial-era Torah bells, called rimonim. Supreme Court won’t intervene in synagogue dispute 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z “The Torah tonight is going to begin healing our hearts, that Lori’s life is not in vain.” Synagogue shooting victim is honored with new Torah: ‘Her loss is still very raw’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z A 500-year-old Torah scroll, smuggled from Spain when the Jews fled the Inquisition to settle in the Balkans, is part of the exhibit. N. Macedonia marks destruction of its Jewish community 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The synagogue’s Torah scrolls were written on gazelle parchment, according to the synagogue’s Muslim guide. Morocco is a trove of Jewish history if you know where to go 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z In addition to pork and shellfish, the Torah expressly forbids the consumption of anything that swarms. Perspective | A kosher couple in Silver Spring wanted Chinese — so they bought a restaurant 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z These documents are further augmented by a 15,000-word secondary document, called “Known Questions,” which offers additional commentary and guidance on thorny questions of moderation — a kind of Talmud to the community guidelines’ Torah. The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z After the writing was complete, the Torah scroll was lifted high as the crowd shouted in Hebrew, “This is the tree of life, who hold onto it.” Synagogue shooting victim is honored with new Torah: ‘Her loss is still very raw’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Her passion, however, is for addressing her own community’s ills: Schools where children are taught Torah and Talmud but not math, science or history. Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Woman Defies Rabbis and Runs Left 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Like the text of the Torah, she said, Jews see great American texts as living documents that they can continually learn from. Studying the Declaration of Independence like it’s the Torah: One synagogue applies old methods to reflect on modern divisiveness 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The vandalism at the Mishkan Torah synagogue was reported to the Los Angeles Police Department shortly before 10 a.m. Tarzana synagogue is vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti in latest in string of hate crimes 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The Quran accepts both the Torah and the Gospels as having been divinely inspired but considers them now outmoded. How to Read the Good Books 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z It was made possible through the work of Bentzion Chanowitz, a Brooklyn pharmacist who runs a side business loaning Torah scrolls to Jewish congregations. Synagogue shooting victim is honored with new Torah: ‘Her loss is still very raw’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Jewish women of color prepare to lead the march, walking with their Torah. ‘I march for all women’: Thousands gather for third Women’s March after year of controversy 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z On this Saturday, when he would normally be teaching Torah, the rabbi was leading his congregants in a rigorous analysis of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “Letter From Birmingham Jail.” Studying the Declaration of Independence like it’s the Torah: One synagogue applies old methods to reflect on modern divisiveness 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The rabbis banned public readers who memorized rather than read the Torah. A bat mitzvah girl debuts a new way for blind Jews to participate in an ancient tradition 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The Israeli military is finding ways to accommodate those who want to join but also adhere to ultra-Orthodox traditions, such as allowing time for Torah study and separating men from women. Conflict That Helped Spur Israeli Election Resounds Among Ultra-Orthodox Jews 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Jews believe the first Torah was written some 3,300 years ago. Synagogue shooting victim is honored with new Torah: ‘Her loss is still very raw’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z So he spent his morning studying Talmud and Torah; he was working his way through the Book of Exodus. New Yorkers’ Christmas Traditions: Chinese Food, the Knicks, Meals for the Homeless 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z The congregants compared King’s letter, which criticized white Southern clergymen for their inaction on civil rights, with Torah readings that featured similar themes about vocally opposing the status quo. Studying the Declaration of Independence like it’s the Torah: One synagogue applies old methods to reflect on modern divisiveness 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “We want to honor the Torah, giving honor as we read it.” A bat mitzvah girl debuts a new way for blind Jews to participate in an ancient tradition 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Then the new speaker will grasp the gavel and swear in the representatives-elect — their right hands raised, some of them clutching Bibles or Torahs or Qurans in their left. These Democrats Will Soon Have the Power to Investigate the White House. How Far Will They Go? 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Each Torah scroll ends with the word “Israel,” and thus the Hebrew letter for L, Lamed. Synagogue shooting victim is honored with new Torah: ‘Her loss is still very raw’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z On every day but the Sabbath, he works for at least an hour on writing the Torah. Perspective | Torah! Torah! Torah! A District rabbi is writing the entire holy book by hand. 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z However, the psychiatrist saw plenty of antisemitic mechanisms at work, including Traoré’s own confessions that he had somehow been triggered by the Torah and the menorah he saw in Attal’s apartment. How the murders of two elderly Jewish women shook France 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z She argued that blind Jews should be allowed to read from a Braille Torah. A bat mitzvah girl debuts a new way for blind Jews to participate in an ancient tradition 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z There were some medieval Bibles and an early Torah on a parchment scroll. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Kaptchuk, an observant Jew who is a student of both the Torah and the Talmud, later modified his comment. What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z And the vast majority of Jews don’t follow the part of the Torah that commands that they write a Torah, one of the 613 mitzvot it contains. Perspective | Torah! Torah! Torah! A District rabbi is writing the entire holy book by hand. 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z They had also seen the smoke coming from the New Synagogue after Nazi storm troopers broke in, desecrating the Torah scrolls and setting fire to whatever they could find. The girl who witnessed Kristallnacht 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z She also argues for the pain felt by Jews who are kept from full access to the Torah. A bat mitzvah girl debuts a new way for blind Jews to participate in an ancient tradition 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z In Zaragoza, Righetti told the librarian that he was keen to study the Torah. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z “They are the people who conducted our services, they did Torah readings, they managed the bimah.” Opinion | The wolves of hate are loose. No one is safe. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The Torah says to be charitable to the stranger. Perspective | Torah! Torah! Torah! A District rabbi is writing the entire holy book by hand. 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z And when the new mayor-elect showed up at one of the sect’s synagogues late that night, hundreds of young yeshiva students sang and danced around her as if she were a renowned Torah scholar. Among Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox, It’s (Sort of) the Year of the Woman 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z It all began last year, when Sperling-Milner, then 11, began to study the prayers and Torah section connected with the date of her bat mitzvah. A bat mitzvah girl debuts a new way for blind Jews to participate in an ancient tradition 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Like the American criminal justice system, the Torah draws a distinction between intentional homicide and non-intentional homicide, instructing that capital punishment is appropriate only in the former. Prosecutors want the death penalty for Robert Bowers. Here’s why rabbis oppose it. 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z They listened as friends and family members read stories from the Talmud and the Torah, and talked about darkness and hope. Back-to-Back Funerals. Mourners 50 Deep. Pittsburgh Grieves, 11 Times Over. 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z In San Francisco, Howard Jacoby Ruben spoke of this week’s Torah portion in talking with his students at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay. ‘How can you fight hate?’: Schools mourn, and act, following synagogue massacre 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “I’m a religious woman who made herself aware to others through very hard work — even harder because I did not post photos of myself in synagogues, or reading the Torah.” Among Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox, It’s (Sort of) the Year of the Woman 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Two of their fellow members had been setting up for Torah study on Saturday morning when the synagogue was attacked. Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Appears in Court; Prosecutors Vow to Pursue Death Penalty 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The Torah and other texts of rabbinical Judaism say it’s okay, but under only limited circumstances. Prosecutors want the death penalty for Robert Bowers. Here’s why rabbis oppose it. 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z This name is a metaphor for the Torah, Judaism’s foundational document. Opinion | Trump has stoked the fears of the Bowerses among us 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z “They led the service, they maintained the Torah, they did what needed to be done with the rabbi to make services happen,” Cohen said. 'The loss is incalculable': Pittsburgh shooting victims remembered 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z "The Torah teaches that every human being is made b’tzelem Elohim, in the image of God. This means all of us." “You are not welcome”: Jewish community leaders do not want President Trump to come to Pittsb... 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z What is hateful to you, do not unto your neighbor: This is the entire Torah. Charlotte Pence on her new book about tolerance, dialogue — and the Messiah’s return 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z He, along with Wax and Stein, “led the service, they maintained the Torah, they did what needed to be done with the rabbi to make services happen,” Cohen said. Loved ones, friends remember synagogue shooting victims 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z At least 36 times, the Torah exhorts us to embrace the outsider, the immigrant. Opinion | Trump has stoked the fears of the Bowerses among us 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The rabbi emeritus, Alvin Berkun, quipped that Sylvan had to get better so he could once again lift the Torah, the Jewish holy scripture. 'The loss is incalculable': Pittsburgh shooting victims remembered 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z He, along with Wax and Stein, "led the service, they maintained the Torah, they did what needed to be done with the rabbi to make services happen," Cohen said. Loved ones, friends remember synagogue shooting victims 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z “They are the people who conducted our services, they did Torah readings, they managed the bimah. It’s a stab in the heart.” Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect, After Massacre, Said He ‘Wanted All Jews to Die’ 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z A Shabbat training programme for children "in kindergarten through 7th grade" was set to run from 10:15 to 11:45, at which attendees learn prayers, take part in the service and study the Torah. Pittsburgh shooting: What we know so far 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Among its treasures is a "Holocaust Torah," rescued from Czechoslovakia. Gunman attacks Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 people 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z He views such protection as based on Jewish principles of the Torah. Jewish members join German anti-Semitic party because they are taking on Islamization of country 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Centuries-old Torah scrolls, considered among Judaism’s oldest documents, were moved before the fire. After Brazil museum fire, debate over how, or if, to rebuild 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z “Source sheets is evolving into an amazing database of Torah in an open sense without boundaries. It’s just people expressing themselves,” said Lockspeiser, Sefaria’s chief technology officer. The quest to put the Talmud online 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z “Some things were saved from the fire, like stones and meteorites. The 800-year Torah was also miraculously saved.” A Museum Fire, an Assassination Attempt, and Brazil’s Implosion 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Because neither the Torah nor the Talmud is punctuated, students learn to add intonation with vocal emphasis. Opinion | Where Does Rabbi Voice Come From? 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z The Getty Museum acquired the Rothschild Pentateuch, a manuscript of the first five books of the Torah from the 13th century. Datebook: Figurative paintings, red carpet architecture and Gemini G.E.L. cofounder's photo archive 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z He then delivered the bag to Mr. Seabrook before they attended a Torah dedication ceremony together. Norman Seabrook Guilty of Bribery in Trial That Cast Shadow Over De Blasio 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z In the sheet, sources ranging from the Torah and Talmud to blog posts and modern rabbis speak about issues including justice, security, evil and shame. The quest to put the Talmud online 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z As soon as word of Freier and Lerner's plan gets around, the Hasidic world's internet trolls anonymously attack, accusing her of "challenging Torah and playing with fire" and worse. Review: ‘93Queen’ offers an insider's view of women's lives in a self-contained Hasidic community 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z The bimah is where passages from the Torah, the Jewish holy book, were read aloud. Great Synagogue of Vilna, destroyed by Nazis, is uncovered by archaeologists 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The Getty Museum recently acquired the Rothschild Pentateuch, a manuscript of the first five books of the Torah from the 13th century. Datebook: A Chicana artist's pastels on paper, sacred books from the Middle Ages and wearable paper jewelry Once the boys reach high school, they don’t study secular subjects, devoting their entire day to the Torah, Talmud and other Jewish texts. Questioning real-world learning at ultra-Orthodox schools 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z Bar-Shain found himself wanting to study Torah, despite a prohibition by Jewish law. The quest to put the Talmud online 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z In this production, the Hebrew word “Torah”—the first five books of the Hebrew Bible as well as an allusion to law and teaching—is inscribed on one of the hanging mock-parchments. ‘Fiddler on The Roof’ Review: A Richer, Deeper Interpretation 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z In the old days, we knew this: we kept our ancestries in Bibles, in Torahs, and in oral tradition. Why Silicon Valley wants to privatize your genealogy 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z On one side is a traditionalist vision that holds truth to be “rooted in an authority outside of the self,” Mr. Hunter says, be it Nature or “the Bible, the Magisteria, the Torah.” The Man Who Discovered ‘Culture Wars’ 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The language of instruction may be Yiddish, while Hebrew is reserved for Torah and liturgy. The fight to define the very essence of Israel | Bernard Avishai 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z In Overland Park, on April 29 at a concert at Congregation Beth Torah, they wiped away tears and then rose in ovation. Song details how a mother saved her daughter from Nazis 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z |
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