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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

When the holiest days in the Jewish calendar begin Sunday at sundown, Jews worldwide will be praying for repentance and a good new year. For Reform Jews using a new High Holy Days prayer book ...

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.

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”?

The museum had recently acquired the manuscript — a rare Jewish prayer book — believing it to be part of the famous Cairo Geniza, a trove of ancient Jewish documents uncovered in a Cairo ...

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 ...