Do you point?
There is a relatively new custom to point at the Torah while singing "V'zot haTorah . . ." This tradition is has it's roots in the salute to Caesar but our tradition of modesty is that we do not point with our whole hand, rather, we use the smallest (aka "pinky").
HOWEVER, the salute to Caesar was also copied by the Nazis (yamach sh'mo) as "Seig Heil".
We find it strange that there are those who wish to emulate the Romans, (who killed more Jews than the Nazis!) during a synagogue service, knowing that the Romans sought to destroy all copies of the Torah during their wars against the Jews.
The raising of our hands to the Torah is a recent tradition (1969) and knowing where and how the symbolism of the action has been perverted in the last century, it behooves us to cease using this gesture in our Torah service.
Rabbi Dr. David Meyer, a friend of the Kiddush Club, is an incredible researcher and found the following monograph by Rabbi Zvi Ron (download PDF here.) Rabbi Ron has researched this "ancient" custom and finds its origins in a small synagogue in Jerusalem. In 1969. The same year as the moon landing.
Please read the monograph.
Rabbi David Meyer is a scholar of world renown who holds positions around the world including Invited Professor, Centre Cardinal Bea for Judaic Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University at the Vatican. He is the only rabbi on the payroll.