Simchat Torah is Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” is a Jewish religious holiday that commemorates the completion of the ...

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 ...

American Jews prepared to celebrate one of their faith's most joyous holidays after the release of 20 Israeli hostages.

Each year, Simchat Torah is welcomed by Jews across the world as an invigorating holiday when we complete, and immediately begin again, the annual public Torah reading cycle. In 2023, the usually ...

Consequently, Simchat Torah, the most joyful day on the Jewish calendar, is now intrinsically connected to one of the darkest days in modern Jewish history. This month marks the first Simchat Torah ...

In the early hours of Oct. 7, 2023, as the Jewish community in Israel faced its gravest attack since the Holocaust, and while many Jewish communities around the world were still asleep, preparing to ...

(JTA) — How are we supposed to celebrate Simchat Torah this year with a full heart? The very name of this holiday — “the joy of the Torah,” celebrating the completion of the annual Torah cycle — ...

On the night after my first Simchat Torah in Israel, rain began to fall. My roommate and I, students, heard that there was an Israeli custom of dancing in the street after the Simchat Torah holiday ...

Jewish congregations in Palm Beach are planning to celebrate the normally festive holiday of Simchat Torah this week, but a trace of melancholy will linger over observances. The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas ...

"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 ...