Simchat Torah celebrates the role of the Torah in Jewish history. This holiday is not mandated by the Torah itself but emerged through Jewish custom over time. The practice of completing the Torah ...
A story is unfolding in Savannah involving several coincidences in history - long-term and short - uncovered by a disbelieving committee doing research at Savannah's Congregation Mickve Israel. The ...
When Gavriel Kedem became a bar mitzvah, he was focused on the usual things: chanting the parsha, giving his dvar, the people watching. He wasn’t thinking about it as a historic moment. But it was — ...
CHEYENNE – Jewish settlers William Myers and Max Idelman traveled to Cheyenne from Germany during 19th Century turmoil, seeking religious independence. With the two as guides, hundreds of Eastern ...
At a senior residence in Dedham, three women who were otherwise strangers create a new cover for an old Czech scroll. When NewBridge on the Charles celebrates Rosh Hashanah beginning Sunday night, ...
Retiring from the classroom after 50 years in academia, every journalist’s favorite Jewish historian is enjoying a victory lap. Journalists I know joke that the only Jewish historian they ever need to ...
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