Two new Torah scrolls were completed and dedicated at Tufts University on Sunday, Mar. 1. The completion of the scrolls was ...

Simchat Torah, which marks the end of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings and the beginning of the new cycle, is a joyous holiday that celebrates the Jewish love of Torah and study. Marking the ...

Dr. Tanya White and Rabbi Itamar Rosensweig in conversation at the Sept. 10 event in Bala Cynwyd. (Photo credit: Jonathan Gilbert via The Rabbi Sacks Legacy) On the evening of Sept. 10 at Gratz ...

Eli found a 100 year old Torah commentary in our home library that had belonged to the grandfather of my husband, Ron. He opened the book and (accompanied by his bunny) perused the pages. Eli’s not so ...

This week’s Torah portion, T’rumah, represents another abrupt shift in focus within the book of Exodus from the mostly legal material of last week’s portion, Mishpatim, to the first of ...

But it wasn’t always this way. Before the age of print, Torah texts were scarce, fragile, and painstakingly copied by hand. Even the most foundational works, such as Rashi’s commentary, circulated in ...

When it came time to choose the text on which she would be sworn into the U.S. Senate, Elissa Slotkin turned to a relatively recent book that reflects her own identity as a Jewish woman. Slotkin, a ...

A scarce early Hebrew publication I acquired recently was written and published despite extraordinary difficulties and hardships that the author, and came about as a result of his herculean efforts.

It was good to see the Nov. 10 Metro coverage of "Etz Hayim," Conservative Judaism's new chumash (Torah commentary), but I was disappointed in the tone of the article. It gave the impression that the ...

(JTA) — When it came time to choose the text on which she would be sworn into the U.S. Senate, Elissa Slotkin turned to a relatively recent book that reflects her own identity as a Jewish woman.