When it comes to Jewish holidays, Simchat Torah is one of the happiest. A celebration of the completion of the annual cycle reading of the Torah and the start of a new one, Simchat Torah is ...

Two years ago, on the joyous eve of Simchat Torah, the Hebrew calendar’s exuberant celebration marking the culmination of the annual Torah reading cycle, Hamas shattered the world for Jews everywhere.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People dance around worshipers holding Torahs during the "hakafot" ritual of Simchat Torah in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Oct. 14 ...

Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square,” wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting the candles to mark the beginning of Simchat Torah holiday on Monday evening ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. For all its talk of the Book of Life, Yom Kippur has nothing on Simchat Torah ...

Twenty Israeli hostages were freed in Gaza Oct. 13 under the first phase of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. The peace plan comes two years after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1 ...

"This Simchat Torah, we will dance again." That refrain was echoed coast-to-coast by American Jews on Monday, Oct. 13, as they prepared to celebrate one of their faith's most joyous holidays following ...

WASHINGTON. JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE CONTINUE TO WELCOME THE HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL, INCLUDING HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. MANY CONGREGATIONS WERE ALREADY PLANNING TO CELEBRATE TODAY, SINCE IT’S A ...

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A Simchat Torah celebration on the Upper East Side took on extra meaning Monday night as Jewish people around the world marked the holiday and the return of the ...

New York City spent part of the weekend under an extreme cold warning, something we haven't seen in more than 20 years. It’s a warning that's usually reserved for higher elevations and mountain areas.

Monday’s procession coincides with the Jewish holiday Simchat Torah — a joyous milestone during which the Torah reading cycle concludes and starts again It’s been just over two years since Hamas ...