Jay Torah News Today

Thanks for the Memories and Melodies, Jay This week, Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills announced that Jay Braun was stepping aside after 50 years as the synagogue’s official Torah reader to make room for the next generation of Torah readers. Jay Braun. Credit: David Hanks, Jet Propulsion Laboratory When Steven Spielberg recited the blessings over the Torah at his son Theo’s bar mitzvah, there was no need for the movie producer to audition a Baal Koreh (Torah reader) to perform the t...