What does our connection to the Torah mean? For me, the pain of the past year as an Israeli Jew is layered. There is grief over the massacre and destruction in the Gaza border communities ...
Over the past few months, we have spent more time thinking about Simchat Torah than any other time since the Shoah. The words this year, sang jubilantly or sadly, will have a meaning this year ...
as we find strength and meaning in this complex emotional experience. Israelis visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre in southern Israel, during the the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah ...
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 ...