On February 9, 1767, just a few weeks before the Jewish holiday of Purim, a Jewish teen in Rome celebrated her 14th birthday ...

Two new Torah scrolls were completed and dedicated at Tufts University on Sunday, Mar. 1. The completion of the scrolls was ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Jewish community in Boise gathered on Feb. 22 to celebrate the installation of Rabbi Johanna Hershenson, who is taking over after around 30 years of service from Rabbi Daniel Fink.

A scribe created the volume, now known as the Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, in Vienna 600 years ago. It was recently returned to ...

Meet Rabbi Johanna Hershenson, who has taken on leadership of Boise’s synagogue. She sat down with the Idaho Statesman for an ...

Jewish Boiseans gathered with the broader community this weekend to celebrate the formal installation of a new rabbi and the restoration of their historic Torah scrolls. Johanna Hershenson is the ...

REFLECTIONS TODAYThe basic element of “righteousness” (Hebrew sedakah, Greek dikaiosyne) is meeting a standard, that which is supposed to be.Since in ...

For the first time since 1968, the Great Isaiah Scroll has been unrolled to its 24-foot length and placed on display at the ...

Judaism once had a universalist vision, long before Christianity emerged as a distinct religion. What happened ...

Mayor Lurie may have made an honest mistake — he was apparently unable to see the demonstrators from the stage — but he needs ...

The Protective Quality There is a special protective quality in the mitzvah of mezuzah, that it grants protection and long ...