Jewish prayer book annotated by Marilyn Monroe, who converted in 1956, could fetch thousands in auction. October 16, 2018. Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism when she married her third husband, ...

A 1,200-year-old parchment Jewish prayer book that is billed as the oldest in existence was introduced Sept. 27 by a prominent private collector of Biblical artifacts.

Revised Jewish prayer book speaks to gay equality, women and doubt. March 9, 2015. By Michelle Boorstein. Is God a majestic king on a throne with unbounded power or a “beloved friend and partner”?

For many years, I’ve stood with members of my congregation in our cemetery — not to bury a person, but to bury books. There ...

Scholars are calling a rare Hebrew text dating back to the 9th century the earliest known Jewish prayer book, predating the world's oldest Torah scroll. The 50-page book is 4.3 inches tall and ...

Jewish Prayer Book. November 16, 2007 BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: There has been a new development in the Reform movement of Judaism, the largest and most liberal branch of Judaism in the U.S. There ...

If he is right, this Jewish prayer book will be the Western world’s first printed book (that we know of). For now, the book is residing in the home safe of the American Jew who bought it.

In Hebrew and English, the new pocket-sized, 650-page prayer book, known as a “siddur” in Hebrew, includes prayers for daily use, for Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath) and for holidays.

Prayer books have been found in many Jewish households since the 19th century, the agency said. This fragment unearthed during road excavation in Germany shows passages from a Jewish prayer book.

A powerful image of a Jewish prayer book damaged with a bullet hole was released as evidence Wednesday in the death penalty trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh ...

Learn more about the In the Margins of a Medieval Jewish Prayer Book: What Can Physical Manuscripts Tell Us about History? course here including a course overview, cost information, related jobs ...