# A 300-year-old Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust finds a new home in NYC

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-300-year-old-torah-scroll-that-survived-the-holocaust-finds-a-new-home-in-nyc/
- Published: 2026-11-11T00:55:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T01:20:21+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/us-news/a-300-year-old-torah-scroll-that-survived-the-holocaust-finds-a-new-home-in-nyc/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A 300-year-old Torah has a new home in Manhattan.
- It survived the Holocaust and years of neglect.
- Its rededication took place on Kristallnacht’s anniversary.

## Summary

A Torah scroll believed to date from around 1700 was rededicated at B’nai Jeshurun synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, where hundreds welcomed it on the anniversary of Kristallnacht. Its new home is intended to honour Jewish history and affirm the scroll’s continued role in religious life amid concerns about antisemitism.

The scroll survived Nazi rule and was among Torahs gathered in Prague from Jewish communities destroyed during the Second World War. After decades in a damp synagogue, philanthropist Ralph Yablon acquired 1,564 scrolls from the Czech-Slovakian government in 1964 and brought them to London; this scroll was later restored by the Memorial Scrolls Trust. The ceremony marked the completion of its restoration and journey.

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