Traditional Torah scrolls are fairly large items that are expensive and time-consuming to produce. They contain the Five Books of Moses written in Hebrew by a trained scribe on specially treated ...

When the fast-spreading Pacific Palisades fire in Los Angeles broke out on January 7, the staff at the Chabad House in neighboring Topanga Canyon knew immediately that the flames, driven by high ...

Flames were already attacking the campus of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center when the cantor, Ruth Berman Harris, and three companions rushed in to rescue its sacred Torah scrolls.

Flames were already attacking the campus of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center when the cantor, Ruth Berman Harris, and three companions rushed in to rescue its sacred Torah scrolls. Giovanna Dell'orto ...