Jewish Telegraphic Agency6y
A new Torah scroll symbolizes a Liberal Jewish revival in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE (JTA) — A new Torah scroll is being used in this historic city by one of its two Reform Jewish congregations to welcome the High Holidays and the series of solemn and joyous celebrations ...
University of Manchester6mon
Dead Sea Scroll tract was precursor to Jewish calendar
An obscure Babylonian document from the world famous Dead Sea Scroll collection was almost certainly a precursor to the Jewish calendar according to University of Manchester research. An obscure ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1y
In Orthodox communities where women don’t read Torah, Purim offers a rare opportunity
women have been reading Megillah for decades. Founding Rabbi Avi Weiss wrote a Jewish legal analysis explaining why women are permitted to read the scroll in 1998. “I personally am someone who ...
BroadwayWorld6mon
Industry Reading Set For 5 JEWS IN A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE
5 Jews in a Near Death Experience (That shockingly has nothing to do with antisemitism!), a play by Rebecca Lynn Goldfarb, will have a private industry reading in Manhattan on Monday, September ...