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The sacred Czech Torah scrolls, rescued after the Nazis had looted synagogues and thrown the scrolls into a synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic. MICHAEL SHOCKET GREAT BARRINGTON â€” Rabbi Neil Hirsch opens a centuries-old Torah scroll that was seized by the Nazis. The sacred document now lives here, at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire.  Though it is estimated to be more than 200 years old, it is used frequently. "Most [of the Czech scrolls] are not in good enoug...

Jewish Ledger Massachusetts rabbi highlighted in documentary “Commandment 613” By Stacey Dresner WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS – Miriam Lewin was in Leeds visiting her first cousin Rabbi Kevin Hale in August of 2016 when she learned of his work with the Czech Memorial Scrolls. Hale is one of 17 authorized scribes who work on the restoration and repair of scrolls that were rescued after World War II by the Czech Memorial Scrolls Trust in London. Today more than 1,500 restore...

Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival retools itself as virtual event Updated Feb 01, 2021; Facebook Share This year’s Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival — to be presented virtually — will feature seven film screenings, including one about Northampton’s Rabbi Kevin Hale, who has dedicated his life to the 613th biblical commandment to write a Torah scroll. Miriam B. Lewin is the director and producer of that short documentary, “Commandment 613,” and she is Hale’s cousin. “A few y...

By Justin Vellucci January 25, 2021, 2:36 pm Edit Marilyn Weinblum stands next to the case displaying Jakobs Torah at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh in 2001. (Photo provided by Marilyn Weinblum) It was the evening of Nov. 9, 1938, and throughout Nazi-controlled Germany, government-sanctioned violence was leading to destroyed synagogues, social unrest and the arrest of thousands of Jewish citizens. That night would become known as Kristallnac...

Our Hero: Little Torah The Tattooed Torah has been life changing . I was inspired to dig deeper, better understand Little Torah’s journey from Brno to Chicago, so I retraced the path. My soul had been yearning to face the reality of my People’s/Little Torah’s history. The experience was profoundly meaningful… Brno Brno town square. Beautiful but considered dangerous, where Jews were rounded up and taken away. Continuing to build the team: #13 Little Torah. The Journey…Brno-Prague-Mi...