The fact that some Orthodox rabbis are rising up against the trend, says Weissman, should be seen in a positive light. “A backlash is often a sign that you’ve been successful,” she notes.

Under pressure from the local rabbinical court, a London Orthodox rabbi ended the practice of women carrying a Torah scroll during prayers at his synagogue. Rabbi Harvey Belovski told congregants ...

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 ...

Rabbi Yehuda Weg, founder and leader of Tulsa's Chabad community, leans forward in his chair and his eyes brighten when he talks about the Torah. The Orthodox Chabad congregation received a new ...

Lookstein and others have lamented that ArtScroll fails to reference many writings of Modern Orthodox figures in its commentaries, a complaint that Rabbi Nosson Scherman, ArtScroll’s general ...

One Orthodox congregation, the Boca Raton Synagogue in South Florida, has ordered a thousand copies for its 900-member families to use every week. It had used ArtScroll — and will keep a few in ...

LIHU‘E — A huge simcha (celebration) was held at Papa‘a Bay Ranch on Wednesday. The celebration marked the arrival and blessing of the first orthodox torah scroll made in Israel specially ...