(RNS) — Jewish life was nearly extinguished by the Nazis. But because of a historical quirk, Czech Jewish liturgical objects, such as Torah scrolls, survived. Now, one such scroll has made it back.

Not all of the Torah collection made it through the looting clean: Some were burned, riddled with bullet holes, blood-stained, and in one instance, even contained a hand-scrawled note reading, &#82… ...

More than 90 Torah scrolls seized directly from Jewish homes and synagogues. Detailed inventories of Judaica and religious texts, meticulously cataloged alongside the names of families who would never ...

Images of Torah scrolls yanked open, ripped apart, and strewn across the sanctuary at Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills last Shabbat has left a knot in the collective gut of the Los Angeles Jewish ...

Jewish tradition treats kosher Torah scrolls with ritualized respect — the letters cannot be touched, the scroll may not lie on the ground, and when a scroll is in motion, ...

After the downfall of the Nazi regime, the world learned that a vast trove of Jewish religious treasures, including 1,564 Torah scrolls, were being housed at dozens of warehouses in Prague ...

Three Torah scrolls are preferable in the Jewish faith because occasionally, there are multiple Torah readings on the same day in the Jewish calendar. With three torahs, ...

PRAGUE — A new Torah scroll is being used in this historic city by one of its two Reform Jewish congregations to welcome the High Holidays and the series of solemn and joyous celebrations that ...

ROME An Italian expert in Hebrew manuscripts said Wednesday he had discovered the oldest known complete Torah scroll, a sheepskin document dating from 1155-1225. It was right under his nose, in ...

Beth Israel Congregation in Waterville began its celebration of the Jewish New Year — Rosh Hashanah — on Sunday, hosting more than 120 people from the Waterville area and Colby College for dinner.