“One cannot fail to be gripped with fascination when reading this book.” Each Torah portion includes a line-by-line analysis, with Shoff sometimes bringing in multiple sources to provide insight ...

Meet Yael Kanarek. The artist behind Toratah, a gender-swapped rewrite of the Hebrew Bible, is coming to the Bay Area.

Amid tragedy, communities creatively honor Simchat Torah, blending celebration with remembrance to uphold tradition while ...

Bible App Implements Handy ‘Skip Genealogies’ Button,” declared a satirical headlinethat is sure to catch the attention of ...

So, earlier this year when his synagogue, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, began offering classes on chanting Torah, the first five books of the Bible, he signed up. On Aug. 10, the 66-year-old ...

the fifth and last book in the Torah, and begin the annual cycle again with the Book of Genesis. During the seven hakafot, or rounds of celebration, select congregants carry the Torah scrolls and ...

The Book of Genesis, an English translation of the Torah filled with insights from centuries of Jewish thought, has captured the attention of both religious and secular audiences, prompting Open ...

On Friday afternoon, a joyous siyum sefer torah was held as the Marina Roshcha shul in Moscow. The Sefer Torah was commissioned by Mr. Akiva Nissan Volf Astrov in response to the atrocities of Simchas ...

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (RNS) — Growing up in Argentina in an assimilated Jewish family, Jorge Singman never had a bar mitzvah, a rite of passage when Jewish teens read from the Torah scroll in ...