The Jewish ritual of bar mitzvah. which marks a 13-year-old young man’s assumption of religious and legal obligations under Jewish law. Israel_photo_gallery, CC BY-ND It is a common scene on many a ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, June 24, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Virtual Tikkun 1.0 “Where Words of Torah Take Flight™, the pioneering digital Tikkun ...

(RNS) — A few years ago, the Conservative congregation of 900 families overlooking Lake Michigan took on a challenge. This past year 210 laypeople stepped up. HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (RNS) — Growing up in ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Watching a war unfolding thousands of miles away with great concern, a Tallahassee Jewish community gathered Tuesday night for an already-scheduled ceremony that was ...

Each one of them had the same response - they kissed the Torah, hugged their friends, and then ran home to change from their holiday clothes into their army fatigues. In the span of an hour, nearly a ...

At a unique crossroads between religion and cuisine, the holiday of Shavuot, which begins this year at sunset on Sunday, June 1, and concludes at nightfall on Tuesday, June 3, celebrates the Giving of ...

(JTA) — How are we supposed to celebrate Simchat Torah this year with a full heart? The very name of this holiday — “the joy of the Torah,” celebrating the completion of the annual Torah cycle — ...

Scroll was discovered in the archives of the University of Bologna. ROME May 29, 2013— -- An Italian professor believes he has found the world's oldest and most complete torah scroll safely ...

(WALTHAM, MASS.) It is a common scene on many a Saturday morning in cities and towns across the United States to see seventh- and eighth-grade boys and girls, a few not Jewish at all, gather in ...