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 ...

"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 ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men on Monday danced with scrolls of the Torah, celebrating the religious holiday of Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah) in one of Jerusalem's oldest ...

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.

On Oct. 7, 2023, as communities in Israel gathered to celebrate Simchat Torah, a holiday known for community, dancing and joy, they were instead met with terror. In 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 ...

After 2 years of captivity, the remaining — living — Israeli hostages are home. Remarkably, the hostages were returned on the same Jewish holiday on which they were captured, Simchat Torah, the day ...