Most tourists who make the pilgrimage to Masada have seen the ruins of the 2,000-year-old stone synagogue built by the Jewish Zealots who hid there from the Romans for four years before committing ...

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 ...

The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland will save two pre-World War II Torah scrolls using a grant received from the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland.

When the pandemic hit, Rabbi Asher Knight used one of Temple Beth El’s sacred Torahs during the high holidays — chosen because it symbolized perseverance. The artifact was among 1,500 Czech Memorial ...

A Tucson congregation’s 250-year-old Torah scroll was visited by a Jewish scribe this week for restoration. The congregation received Sefer Torah #531 from the Memorial Scrolls Trust of London, ...

Old York Road Temple-Beth Am will display and rededicate its three Torah scrolls salvaged from Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust on June 3, coinciding with the Abington synagogue’s 75th-year jubilee ...

A 200-year-old torah scroll at the University of Arizona has many secrets hidden within the wear and tear that a Jewish scribe will look at this week. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the university’s ...

The 18th century Sulzbacher Torah, which survived Kristallnacht and lay unnoticed for decades in a cabinet in a synagogue, will be returned to ritual use. (JTA) — Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel ...

NEW ORLEANS — Two New Orleanians who survived the Holocaust helped to preserve a significant part of Jewish history by taking part in a project to restore a historic Torah. Anne Levy and Lila Millen, ...

Sixty historic Torahs were featured in a procession at an Upper East Side synagogue Sunday to celebrate the salvaging of more than 1,500 of the religious artifacts from Nazi-occupied Prague.