Torah

One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours, for a cool $30 million.

Sami Kohen, a 93-year-old active journalist known as a flagship of international news coverage in Turkey, has told the milestone of his 80-year-long professional life in the latest interview with daily Hürriyet.

Born in 1928 in Istanbul as a son of Albert Kohen, Kohen's first piece was published in a newspaper when he was only 13.

Turkey's president sent Passover greetings on April 8 to the country's Jewish community.

"On the occasion of Passover, I would like to emphasize once again that mutual love and respect in society is the foundation of peace and tranquility," said Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Turkish police have reportedly seized truckloads of antique objects owned by controversial televangelist Adnan Oktar, including a "highly valuable" Torah manuscript.

Jewish artifacts, including ancient parchment torahs from one of the world's oldest synagogues, have gone missing from the Syrian capital amid the tumult of ongoing civil war, with some precious items reportedly surfacing abroad. 

A new Jewish museum in Cyprus aims to be a bridge-builder to the Arab world and beyond, a place where visitors who may never set foot in Israel can learn about the Jewish faith, the Holocaust and the tumultuous beginnings of the Jewish state.

The Athens Center has invited author Miriam Frank to discuss her latest book, "The Experience of Exile in Ancient Times and Today," on Wednesday, September 27. The open discussion will focus on the condition of exile to demonstrate how it is guided by historical events and does not distinguish between peoples. The event, which starts at 7 p.m., is admission-free.

A documentary prepared jointly by TRT, the Diyarbakır Governor's Office and the Turkish Development Ministry has claimed that the ancient statues in the world's oldest-known temple were constructed by the Prophet Abraham's father, Terah, prompting anger from archaeologists who say the claim is erroneous and misleading.

On Feb. 25, 1994, an ultra-Orthodox Jew named Baruch Goldstein entered the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, occupied Palestine, with a machine gun. Seconds later, he opened fire on the Muslim worshippers, killing 29 people and wounding more than 125. He himself was lynched to death by the survivors in the mosque, but only to turn into a martyr in the eyes of his comrades.

Jewish community and government leaders on Wednesday discussed putting into action an agreement on relations between the community and the state of Montenegro signed in 2012.