The essence of Simchat Torah is the completion of the reading of the Torah scroll, and the joy and celebration that naturally ensues from the annual culmination of the Torah-reading cycle. Because of ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Original Women of the Wall group held a prayer service in the women’s section of the Western Wall that included a Torah scroll. It was the first time that women have succeeded in ...

Living in Herzliya and working in the Old City of Jerusalem means I get to ride the train to work in the morning. Other than cafes, there is no better place to meet and get to know the widely diverse ...

NEWBURYPORT — Julie Seltzer, Hebrew scribe, will visit “The Morning Show” on Thursday. Seltzer is one of only a handful of women in Jewish history to have written a Torah scroll from start to finish.

The Western Wall Heritage Foundation reports that Reform women smuggled a Torah scroll through the public restrooms, in ...

The end of the High Holy Days brings some relaxation and fun after the intensity of Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot ...

Dear all, My Grandma Anne used to begin every single morning with the words, “Modah Ani L’fanecha — Thank You, God.” Long before I understood Hebrew, I ...