Explore the history of the Torah that survived the Holocaust and its significance to Congregation B’nai Jacob.

Aug. 25—TRAVERSE CITY — Something remarkable, even "miraculous," happened in the shadow of World War II that eventually reached the historic Beth Shalom Synagogue of Traverse City. After the downfall ...

Two Torah scrolls, one complete and one incomplete, were found in Poland’s Sokolow Podlaski district. The Torah scrolls found Aug. 20 are believed to have belonged to a synagogue in nearby Wegrow. A ...

(RNS) — Jewish life was nearly extinguished by the Nazis. But because of a historical quirk, Czech Jewish liturgical objects, such as Torah scrolls, survived. Now, one such scroll has made it back.

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From a World War II warehouse in Prague to Port St. Lucie, a torah scroll has found a new home at Temple Beth EI Israel. This scroll, which features the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is one of ...

When Beth Shalom Synagogue resumed in-person services June 12, those who attended had extra cause for celebration — two of the synagogue’s Torah scrolls had returned as well. The scrolls, each older ...

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Western Wall ushers confiscated a Torah scroll from an IDF reservist who tried to bring it into the prayer area for Women of ...

MARLEI: ENSHRINED AT THE HEAD OF THE TEMPLE SITS THE SYNAGOGUE’S TORAH SCROLLS. >> THE TORAH SCROLL IS OUR MOST SACRED OBJECT. IT CONTAINS THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. MARLEI: BUT ONE OF THE ...

AND WE HAVE AN UPDATE JUST INTO THE KCRA 3 NEWSROOM ON A STORY WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING. A SACRED SACRAMENTO SCROLL THAT WAS CONFISCATED IN JERUSALEM EARLIER THIS MONTH HAS BEEN RETURNED. THE GROUP WOMEN ...

The Torah scroll had not been seen since Kristallnacht, the pogrom against synagogues and Jewish property in German-speaking lands on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938. BERLIN (JTA) — A German Protestant minister ...