Jewish congregations in Palm Beach are planning to celebrate the normally festive holiday of Simchat Torah this week, but a trace of melancholy will linger over observances. The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas ...

WASHINGTON. JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE CONTINUE TO WELCOME THE HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL, INCLUDING HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. MANY CONGREGATIONS WERE ALREADY PLANNING TO CELEBRATE TODAY, SINCE IT’S A ...

(JTA) — 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, ...

(JTA) — How are we supposed to celebrate Simchat Torah this year with a full heart? The very name of this holiday — “the joy of the Torah,” celebrating the completion of the annual Torah cycle — ...

Reading can cause many different emotions. For some people, beginning a new book produces excitement about where the narrative will take them. Then there’s the pleasure of the plot itself, watching ...

Each year, Simchat Torah is welcomed by Jews across the world as an invigorating holiday when we complete, and immediately begin again, the annual public Torah reading cycle. In 2023, the usually ...

Sweat poured down the temple of Rabbi Andrew Straus as he robustly shouted highlights of Torah, going backward through the five great books from Deuteronomy to Genesis, from the death of Moses to the ...

When it comes to Jewish holidays, Simchat Torah is one of the happiest. A celebration of the completion of the annual cycle reading of the Torah and the start of a new one, Simchat Torah is ...

After news broke of Hamas’s surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, Yale’s Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life canceled its long-standing preparations for Simchat Torah, a holiday celebrating the ...

When it comes to Jewish holidays, Simchat Torah is one of the happiest. A celebration of the completion of the annual cycle reading of the Torah and the start of a new one, Simchat Torah is ...