Since the first discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, the faded parchments of Qumran have provided extraordinary insights into the nature of Judaism at the time when Christianity was born.

Scholars are calling a rare Hebrew text dating back to the 9th century the earliest known Jewish prayer book, predating the world's oldest Torah scroll. The 50-page book is 4.3 inches tall and ...

The little kids quickly formed a train, each with his hands on the shoulders of the boy in front of him. They lurched into motion, running madly around the periphery of the shul as throngs of ...

A Torah scroll from the synagogue in the northern Italian town of Biella has been identified as probably the oldest in the world still owned and used by a Jewish community.

SAN ANTONIO - – The Torah scroll is the most sacred object in Judaism. The scrolls contain the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew bible, read aloud at prayer services and holidays.

The "Dead Sea Scrolls" exhibit, announced at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, features ancient Jewish manuscripts, plus the rarely seen Ten Commandments Scroll.

For the first time in at least 17 years, Bellingham’s Orthodox Jewish community celebrated the completion of a new Torah Scroll. The Torah is considered the word of God so completing it on a ...

The scroll was donated to the European Union for Progressive Judaism, or EUPJ. Earlier this year, Goldstein brought it to Prague as a gift for ZLU, the Jewish Liberal Union .

HUDSON — On Sunday, July 7, over 250 people from around Columbia County joined together at Hudson’s Historic Opera House for a festive luncheon welcoming the Columbia County Jewish Community’s ...