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 ...

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.

ST. LOUIS - There are only five known female Torah scribes in the world, and three of them will be in the St. Louis area in the next few months. The women made Jewish history by becoming qualified ...

ST. LOUIS -- Three of the five known female Torah scribes in the world will be in the St. Louis area in coming months, working on different projects. Shoshana Gugenheim already is in the area, working ...

NEWBURYPORT — No ritual object is more central to Judaism than a Torah scroll. But even many fully observant Jews do not understand the intricacies of producing a Torah scroll that conforms to all the ...

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 ...

I have spent much of my life advocating for gender equality and women’s rights within Orthodox Judaism. So it might come as a surprise that I have come to have reservations about women’s-only Simchat ...

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.