Consequently, Simchat Torah, the most joyful day on the Jewish calendar, is now intrinsically connected to one of the darkest days in modern Jewish history. This month marks the first Simchat Torah ...

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 ...

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 ...

Simchat Torah is Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” is a Jewish religious holiday that commemorates the completion of the ...

(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, ...

People tend to assume that everyone is more or less the same around the world— that members of other societies all think like us, have the same values, yearn for the same things. After all, they’ll ...

What should have been a weekend of celebration in Israel took a tragic turn on Saturday after the Hamas militant group attacked the southern area of the country on several fronts. Saturday’s attack ...

Wonder Land: For Hamas in Israel and Putin in Ukraine, killing the innocent is now part of the plan. Images: AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War, Israelis face an ...

I don’t know what to do with you this year. You have always been my favorite day. You have always been the day on our calendar that represents infectious joy. The joy for Torah, the joy of feeling ...

It was a celebration filled with prayer, music, singing, blessings and, even handfuls of candy flung forward by members of the congregation. But for eight adults who two weeks ago became B’nei Simchat ...

"This Simchat Torah, we will dance again." That refrain was echoed coast-to-coast by American Jews on Monday, Oct. 13, as they prepared to celebrate one of their faith's most joyous holidays following ...

Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” is a Jewish religious holiday that commemorates the completion of the yearly cycle of Torah reading. The Torah is a central part of Judaism and to ...