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Torah rescued from Nazis on permanent loan to North Fork synagogue
A piece of Holocaust history resides in Cutchogue, but it’s far more than just a piece of the past. A mid-19th-century Torah from Tabor, in what is now the Czech Republic, is on “permanent loan” to North Fork Reform Synagogue in Cutchogue — and the honor of caring for the priceless artifact is not on [...]
Torah scrolls opened for cleaning at Adath Yeshurun Synagogue of Aiken
A master scribe was hired to repair 100-year-old Torah scrolls at an Aiken synagogue.
Jewish schools undergo upheaval
When JPPS-Bialik held a public consultation last month to help shape its future, the combined Jewish school had just cut 40 positions, most of them teaching jobs.
‘Torah thief rabbi’ claim doesn’t have a prayer in court
BY LESLEY SUSSMAN | Testimony was concluded last week in a bitter three-year court case in which a Brooklyn rabbi who was once convicted of stealing a Torah from an Upstate synagogue and trying to fence it, now claims to be a member and assistant rabbi of an East Village orthodox synagogue — which the synagogue’s rabbi and congregation members strongly deny.
Torah rescued years ago finds a new home
About 8 p.m. on Feb. 2, 1988, David Sheinson answered the phone. "Your synagogue is on fire!" his neighbor cried.
Albanians honored on Staten Island for role during Holocaust
Anthony DePrimoPosing at the annual Yom Hashoah Commemoration at the Arden Heights Boulevard Jewish Center, with Holocaust torahs, on Sunday are from left: Staten Island Holocaust Commemoration Committe co-chair George Laufer, Rabbi Gerald Sussman of Temple Emmanu-El, Imam Dr. Tahir...
Historic Torah to be dedicated at Temple Beth Sholom Sunday
The Temple Beth Sholom Brotherhood’s newly acquired Sefer Torah has plenty of untold stories behind its journey from the city of Pilsen in the Czech Republic to Framingham.
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