Kol HaNeshamah will welcome a new sefer Torah
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Kol HaNeshamah will welcome a new sefer Torah

April 3, 2025, 11:59 am Edit

On April 6, Congregation Kol HaNeshamah of Englewood will celebrate the official dedication of a new Torah, a gift from Lincoln Park Jewish Center of Yonkers.

Miriam Pomerantz, a long-time member of Kol HaNeshamah who grew up in the Lincoln Park shul and whose parents were active members there for many years, arranged to transfer the Torah from New York to New Jersey. According to Soferet Linda Coppleson, a study of the parchment and style of lettering show that the Torah probably is least 200 years old and probably was made in Czechoslovakia and brought to the United States before World War II.

The rededication ceremonies will begin at 2 p.m., when Rabbi Ethan Linden and members of Kol HaNeshamah will walk the Torah from City Hall in Englewood to its new home. The ceremony will begin at the shul at 3 p.m. and will be followed by a Mincha service and a traditional seudah — a celebratory meal. For more information, email info@KHNJ.org or call
(201) 816-1611.

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