(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, ...

This coming Simchat Torah marks the first one-year anniversary (on the Hebrew calendar) of the worst bloody massacre of Jews since the dark days of the Holocaust. It is so difficult to fathom that we ...

Jews in New Jersey normally greet Simchat Torah, which begins at sunset on Thursday, with joy. It's traditionally a holiday of dance, song and feasts. Simchat Torah, which means "rejoicing of the ...

Jews in New Jersey normally greet Simchat Torah, which begins at sunset on Thursday, with joy. It's traditionally a holiday of dance, song and feasts. Simchat Torah, which means "rejoicing of the ...

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 ...

This article was originally published on The Forward. Gali Segal and Ben Binyamin, two young people engaged to be married, were among those dancing at the Nova festival when Hamas attacked. A ...

NEW YORK — Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a Torah. Jewish leaders say the joy will return during this week’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a Torah. Jewish leaders say the joy will return during this ...

There is a moment in shul on Shabbat morning when I will, unfailingly, be overcome with emotion. That moment is after the Torah has been read and been carefully, lovingly carried back into its ...