A scroll in Hebrew of the Book of Esther, which was given some years ago to the Berkshire Museum, has been authenticated as an 18th century scroll, probably from Morocco or Tunisia in North Africa.

The book of Esther is a part of both the Jewish and Christian religious canons, referenced in rabbinic literature in the second century A.D and believed to have been written in the early centuries B.C ...

RADNOR-From generation to generation-A Jewish tradition dating to Genesis flourishes at the Jack Barrack Hebrew Academy. Rabbi Kevin Hale, a scribe who repairs Torah scrolls, came to the school two ...

A Bar-Ilan University doctoral student saw the uncatalogued scrolls at a Catholic library in Mainz. The library decided to send them home. JERUSALEM (JTA) — When Leor Jacobi visited a Catholic library ...

Calligrapher and Torah scroll scribe Pludwinski (Mastering Hebrew Calligraphy) charts how depictions of the Hebrew alphabet have evolved over the millennia in this elegant survey. The author explains ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A handwritten Torah scroll containing ...

Scientists have made a biblical breakthrough after a badly burned ancient Hebrew scroll was made readable. Josh King has the story (@abridgetoland). Scientists have made a biblical breakthrough after ...

Japanese pioneer Hebraist Takamitsu Muraoka died last week in Leiden, the Netherlands, at age 88, after suffering a stroke a few weeks earlier and never fully recovering. A specialist in Semitic ...

(JTA) When Leor Jacobi visited a Catholic library in the German city of Mainz to examine its Judaica collection, he was surprised when library officials showed him three centuries-old Hebrew scrolls ...