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Remnants of Torah scrolls found years after being hidden were buried in Warsaw on April 19, 2017. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.
Not just a list of names
Should the tally of hostages be disposed of like a sacred document and buried in a cemetery?
Rabbi Cary Kozberg
May 5, 2025
Israeli hostages Eliya Cohen, Or Levy and Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Credit: Courtesy.
Released hostage fulfills oath to murdered friend with Torah dedication
"Ori Danino physically fought with the terrorists so that they would treat the hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose hand was blown off."
Miri Weissman
Feb. 28, 2025
An estimated 5,000 people gathered on Manhattan's Upper East Side on Oct. 7, 2024 to celebrate a new Torah scroll dedicated in honor of the victims of Hamas's terror attack the prior year. Credit: Hallie Geller/Chabad Young Professionals Upper East Side.
Manhattan event was city’s largest Torah dedication ever, organizers say
“When you write a Torah scroll in someone’s honor, you elevate their soul,” Yosef Wilhelm, a Chabad rabbi, told JNS.
Vita Fellig
Oct. 8, 2024
Jews pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Oct. 1, 2024. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.
Torah scroll dedicated to Oct. 7 families installed at Western Wall
Thousands of people filled in individual letters in the parchment.
Etgar Lefkovits
Oct. 8, 2024
Covers for Torah scrolls at the Achim Chai factory in Petach Tikvah, Israel, on Feb. 14, 2023. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.
Torah scroll stolen from New York City yeshivah returned to owners
Burglars took a safe that contained the sacred object, estimated at $50,000.
Aug. 28, 2024
The Torah dedication ceremony in honor of Hamas captive Hersh Goldberg-Polin, at the courtyard of the Baka Community Center in Jerusalem, July 18, 2024. Photo by Sharon Altshul.
‘Week of Goodness’ highlights the plight of the 120 captives in Gaza
The parents of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin initiated the donation of a Torah scroll to a Jerusalem community center.
Sharon Altshul
July 19, 2024
From left: Lucy Dee and daughters Rina, 15, and Maia, 20. Credit: Courtesy.
Efrat residents help write Torah scroll in memory of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee
More than 5,000 children from the Judea city partook in writing the scroll's 304,805 letters.
June 7, 2024
An event at Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center in Midtown Manhattan celebrated the 60th anniversary of 60 Czech Torah scrolls recovered from the Holocaust, April 7, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.
Event hails 60th year of Czech Torah scrolls saved after the Holocaust
Lois Roman, a trustee for the Memorial Scrolls Trust, told JNS: “Our goal was to remind people of what binds us together rather than what tears us apart.”
David Swindle
April 11, 2024
An image of the crescent moon in the night sky. Source: Efasein/Shutterstock
Waxing and waning
Time, too, needs to be sanctified.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
April 3, 2024