A Torah scroll written collaboratively by six women was completed in Seattle, marking a first for a group of female scribes, or sofrot. SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — It took seven years to write and just a ...
Dozens of Holocaust survivors stepped in front of a refurbished, incomplete Torah scroll Tuesday and helped write on it a little bit more so that some day it could be completed. About 120 Holocaust ...
A Spanish synagogue is unveiling Europe's first feminist Torah scroll on Saturday, a move many Jews say signals major progress towards making Judaism more egalitarian. According to Orthodox Jewish law ...