At the centre of the shul (synagogue) is the holy ark. Over the front of the ark is a curtain. Open the curtains and there ...

Shabbat tradition of late-night stew, the far-right Israeli minister encounters none of the simmering tension that greeted ...

Rumors spread that the Israeli far-right politician might not be coming at all. And then, at 11:28 p.m., a black motorcade pulled up.

My favorite place is Nagar Idan (“Idan carpentry”) where, right before Passover, I took the top of the table I had found to ...

New York, among other cities around the globe, has been the epicenter of virtuosic cantorial performance of Jewish liturgy ...

After nine months on the job at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Rabbi Leah Fein still can’t believe she’s back in Los Angeles. “I ...

As he sits with a Diarna researcher at his kitchen table in Israel, he scribbles maps and floor plans, describing the synagogue with its interior arches, its columns, its holy ark for Torah scrolls.

Cochin Paradesi Synagogue The Cochin Paradesi Synagogue ... At the far end stands the Ark (Hekhal), which houses the Torah scrolls. The Ark bears the Hebrew words Keter Tora— “The Crown ...

Congregation Chaverim has a new traveling ark ... We have the sacred opportunity to bring Torah, all whose paths are peace, out into the community. The ark, carrying the Torah within, brings a message ...