The newly opened synagogue in Jerusalem’s Yitzchak Navon Train Station received its very own Sefer Torah this week as the scroll was inaugurated together with lively dancing and celebration. Yitzchak Navon serves as Jerusalem’s link to Tel Aviv via Israel Railways. Thousands of riders through the station on a daily basis • Photos

The Jewish community in Orgeev, Moldova are in shock upon discovering that their shul had been vandalized and desecrated. Over the years they’ve overcome some episodes which consisted of damage to property, but the extent of the current desecration reaches ‘pogrom’ levels, including finding an open Sefer Torah thrown on the ground (!) • Photos