1
: the body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred literature and oral tradition
2
: the five books of Moses constituting the Pentateuch
3
: a leather or parchment scroll of the Pentateuch used in a synagogue for liturgical purposes
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The recent violence at the Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles was rooted in a decades-long international battle over the expansion of Jewish settlements on land Israel seized and occupied during its 1967 Six Day War with Arab states.
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
Violence erupted outside the Adas Torah synagogue on Pico Boulevard last week, prompting condemnations from a range of prominent Democrats, including President Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 2 July 2024
Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli demonstrators clashed Sunday outside Adas Torah synagogue, an Orthodox shul, in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood, which police said resulted in two reports of battery.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 25 June 2024
Two ultra-Orthodox parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, are part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s narrow governing coalition— and are now threatening to bolt if the high court ruling is enforced.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
One arrest was made Sunday amid pushing and punching at the Adas Torah synagogue around 11 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Times.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024
Word of the ad, which appeared in the June 21 issue of the Jewish Journal, spread online and soon flyers appeared online announcing the event at Adas Torah synagogue.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
Jill Brannigan, Boca Raton The writer taught third grade at Torah Academy of Boca Raton.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2024
For Feldman, what’s characteristically Jewish about these camps is their ongoing struggle—with God, with Torah, with the rabbis, with each other—to determine for themselves the parameters of an authentically Jewish life.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
Violence erupted outside the Adas Torah synagogue on Pico Boulevard last week, prompting condemnations from a range of prominent Democrats, including President Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 2 July 2024
Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli demonstrators clashed Sunday outside Adas Torah synagogue, an Orthodox shul, in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood, which police said resulted in two reports of battery.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 25 June 2024
Two ultra-Orthodox parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, are part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s narrow governing coalition— and are now threatening to bolt if the high court ruling is enforced.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
One arrest was made Sunday amid pushing and punching at the Adas Torah synagogue around 11 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Times.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024
Word of the ad, which appeared in the June 21 issue of the Jewish Journal, spread online and soon flyers appeared online announcing the event at Adas Torah synagogue.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
Jill Brannigan, Boca Raton The writer taught third grade at Torah Academy of Boca Raton.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2024
For Feldman, what’s characteristically Jewish about these camps is their ongoing struggle—with God, with Torah, with the rabbis, with each other—to determine for themselves the parameters of an authentically Jewish life.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Torah
noun
To·rah
ˈtōr-ə 
ˈtȯr-;
ˈtȯi-rə
1
: the wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred writings and in oral tradition
2
: a scroll containing the first five books of the Old Testament used in a synagogue for religious services
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