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It’s a mitzvah: LA fires activate Jewish law of saving Torah scrolls from calamity
The ritualized, singsong reading from Torah scrolls called ... We’re all a letter in the scroll that represents all of the Jewish people, all of our missions. It’s not a simple thing ...
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A new Torah scroll symbolizes a Liberal Jewish revival in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE (JTA) — A new Torah scroll is being used in this historic city by one of its two Reform Jewish congregations to welcome the High Holidays and the series of solemn and joyous celebrations ...
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Dead Sea Scroll tract was precursor to Jewish calendar
An obscure Babylonian document from the world famous Dead Sea Scroll collection was almost certainly a precursor to the Jewish calendar according to University of Manchester research. An obscure ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3y
In Holland, a Torah scroll returns to Jewish hands 80 years after it was hidden from the Nazis
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Torah scroll that disappeared from a Dutch synagogue following the Nazi invasion into the Netherlands has been rediscovered 80 years later and returned to the Jewish community.
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Industry Reading Set For 5 JEWS IN A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE
5 Jews in a Near Death Experience (That shockingly has nothing to do with antisemitism!), a play by Rebecca Lynn Goldfarb, will have a private industry reading in Manhattan on Monday, September ...