Posts Tagged: Torah scrolls
Firefighters Rescue Torah Scrolls From Historic Duluth Synagogue, Now Fallen
JNS.org - Firefighters managed to salvage Torah scrolls from a 120-year-old synagogue in Duluth, Minn., before an overnight fire on Monday that started in a...
Bnei Brak Torah Scrolls Recovered in Palestinian Barn
JNS.org - Israeli security forces recently discovered four Torah scrolls stolen from a synagogue in the city of Bnei Brak hidden in a barn in...
Cape Town Synagogue Set Ablaze, Four Valuable Torah Scrolls Completely Burned
JNS.org - Torah scrolls worth more than half a million dollars were burned and damaged in a fire on Tuesday night at the Arthurs Road synagogue...
Rabbi Grabs Torahs Before California Wildfires Reach Synagogue
JNS.org - A rabbi from California risked his life to save the Torah scrolls in his synagogue in Thousand Oaks, snatching them before they were burned...
Second Synagogue Reported Vandalized in Iranian City of Shiraz, Torah Scrolls Damaged
A second synagogue in the Iranian city of Shiraz was reportedly attacked last weekend, with vandals damaging Torah scrolls, siddurim and other ritual items. The incident...
Torah Scrolls Stolen From Jaffa Synagogue Are Found in Hebron and Returned After Cooperation Between Israeli, Palestinian Police
Five Torah scrolls that were stolen from a synagogue in central Israel this week and taken to the West Bank have been found and returned,...
Holocaust-Era Torah Scroll Fragments From Poland Returned to Jewish Hands Decades Later
JNS.org - Sheets of a Torah scroll used around the time of the Holocaust in a Polish city were returned to Jewish hands this week. The decision...
Two Ancient Torah Scrolls Recovered in Turkey
JNS.org - Two ancient Torah scrolls, along with numerous other artifacts, have been seized from smugglers by Turkish authorities during the past several weeks. One of the...
Israel Digs Against Clock to Save Judean Desert Scrolls From Looters
JNS.org - Israeli authorities are stepping up the fight to save the country’s unrecovered ancient scrolls from the hands of antiquities robbers. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA),...
Sight of Charred Torah Scrolls a ‘Stab to the Heart,’ Says Karmei Tzur Spokesman (INTERVIEW)
“It was like being stabbed in the heart,” a prominent member of the Israeli community that awoke on Saturday to discover that an adjacent synagogue...
