Neil Yerman bends close to the parchment with a quill pen in his roughened hands, chanting softly in the natural light streaming through the windows of Temple Emanuel. Yerman repairs letters on a ...

More than 600 people turned out to hear H.E. Dr. Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, speak in Tucson on Sunday, Feb.1.

Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley marked the start of its Torah, Ruach, Limmud Campaign with a Torah writing celebration weekend from April 3 to 6. The events included Torah writing sessions ...

Much like a muscle, faith weakens faster when it isn’t used – a concept that extends to the physical scripture itself, members of Chisuk Emuna were told Sunday. The Jewish congregation, located in ...

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.

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 generations.

Yisrael Yudkin, a 22-year-old Israeli Defense Forces deputy company commander, was killed in Gaza during a rescue mission. To honor Yudkin, the Chabad of Downtown SRQ commissioned a handwritten Torah ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Chisuk Emuna synagogue in Harrisburg is receiving a new Torah, a rare occurrence that happens only once every few decades. Most of the local synagogue’s Torah scrolls are ...

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.