Give him an hour and Neil Yerman can teach you a lot about a Torah. Yerman, a sofer (sounds like so-fair), or scribe, from New York, spent Thursday in Billings at the invitation of Congregation Beth ...

(AP) – JERUSALEM _ In a world overwhelmed by electronic gadgets that have changed the way we read, write and learn, the Jewish and Islamic arts of calligraphy have preserved their methods for ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Torah used at the Jewish Academy of Orlando is marked with water spots, smudges, discolorations, rips and the normal wear and tear that comes from regular use. "It's not just a ...

A group of eighth graders in Skokie understands that their generation will be the last to personally speak to Holocaust survivors, and they know that gives them an obligation to carry the message to ...

Five and a half centuries after the printing press was invented and decades after word processors came to dominate offices, 35-year-old Julie Seltzer is nearing completion of one of the few ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A sacred Jewish religious scroll is being brought back to life at The Temple in Louisville. The Torah was damaged in 2018, when it was stolen and later dumped. "Jewish ...

MADISON — A progressive Jewish congregation in Madison is poised to become the first in the city and perhaps one of only a dozen or so in the world to own a Torah scroll written by a female scribe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuesday evening was a night for celebration and a joyous welcome by the Chabad House of Tallahassee to its new Torah. Chabad House ...

ORLANDO - The Torah used at the Jewish Academy of Orlando is marked with water spots, smudges, discolorations, rips and the normal wear and tear that comes from regular use. "It's not just a book.