Torah Covers, Sacred Textiles exhibit will be on display at the Jewish Cultural Center, through Jan. 13, 2012. The community is invited to a celebration of the exhibit on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 5:30 ...

(UNDATED) When Gavriel Wesel came safely home to Vienna, Austria, after World War I, his wife, Miriam, sewed a cover for a Torah scroll at their synagogue to give thanks to God. On Monday (March 27), ...

WOODBRIDGE -- When the High Holy Days begin Wednesday at sundown, Torahs throughout the world will soon be taken out of their everyday covers and "dressed" in their holiday best, traditionally in ...

A Torah cover that survived the Nazis is being returned the family of the woman who sewed it, writes Marilyn Henry in Thursday’s RNS report: When Gavriel Wesel came safely home to Vienna, Austria, ...

The changing of the Torah covers in preparation for the High Holy Days is a milestone at Temple Israel. The Reform temple on North Flagler Drive, which last month dedicated its refurbished sanctuary, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Torah cover damaged during the Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, terrorist attack in 2018, was on display at Staten Island’s Congregation B’nai Jeshurun (CBJ) this past ...

The Midway Jewish Center in Syosset honored the life of Omer Neutra Sunday by dedicating a Torah scroll to the fallen IDF soldier. A special ceremony was held at the temple in front of 600 people. An ...