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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
Thousands attend Western Wall prayer session for the return of hostages Thousands of Jews came "to cry out, plead, and invoke heavenly mercy upon all of Israel" amid Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. Jan. 10, 2024
