On Thursday (Oct. 24), as Jews mark the holiday of Simchat Torah (the joy of the Torah), the synagogue will also acknowledge its unique feat. At a time when synagogue attendance is waning across ...

The congregation wanted a 9,300-square-foot addition to its current house of worship, but county commissioners agreed with ...

Simchat Torah, which comes at the conclusion of Sukkot, is a time when the entire community celebrates the completion of reading the Torah. It should be an opportunity for men and women to deepen ...

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah began in 1973 when a small group of gay men gathered for Shabbat services in a children’s classroom in the annex of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Chelsea.

Jews in New Jersey normally greet Simchat Torah, which begins at sunset on Thursday, with joy. It's traditionally a holiday of dance, song and feasts. Simchat Torah, which means "rejoicing of the ...

Morristown: Temple B'nai Or, a Reform synagogue, will celebrate Simchat Torah on Wednesday night "while envisioning freedom for the hostages in Gaza and peace in Israel," its flyer says.

Clergy and congregants sing "Hatikvah," Israel's national anthem, while holding Torah scrolls during a muted Simchat Torah service at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago, Oct. 7, 2023.

While Kamil has incorporated many elements of Oct. 7 remembrance, including a vigil, into her Conservative synagogue’s High Holiday and Sukkot services, on Simchat Torah, she wants her ...

Simchat Torah celebration held in Kibbutz Be'eri's synagogue, together with members of the neighboring religious kibbutz Alumim. Israel National News Oct 24, 2024, 10:21 PM (GMT+3) ...

For many Jews across the United States and globe, memories of last year’s Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah will forever revolve around grim phone alerts and hushed conversations in synagogue ...

On Simchat Torah, one Illinois synagogue celebrates a bounty of Torah readers. Story by RNS • 4d. H IGHLAND PARK, Ill. (RNS) — Growing up in Argentina in an assimilated Jewish family, ...