The Times of Israel4d
Can a grand 1,600-year-old synagogue rewrite the history of Jewish life in Christian Rome?
New radiocarbon dating at the Huqoq sanctuary in the Galilee puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, ...
Archaeologists Unearth Oldest Jewish Ritual Bath Found in Europe
Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the ...
Jewish Exponent1d
Or Hadash Offering a Jewish Safe Haven During Turbulent Times
A safe haven. That’s what Or Hadash, the oldest Reconstructionist synagogue in the area dating back to 1983, offers its ...
Gothamist11d
At a historic Williamsburg synagogue on valuable land, dueling groups fight for control
Congregation Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom is a rare holdout of both pre-Hasidic and pre-gentrification Williamsburg.
ABC News12d
American Jews who fled Syria ask White House to lift sanctions so they can rebuild in Damascus
“I was just on the lookout the whole time. The old synagogues, the old cemetery, what's going on, who's taking care of it?' said Hamra, whose family has settled in New York. His family fled the ...
WRAL12d
American Jews who fled Syria ask White House to lift sanctions so they can rebuild in Damascus
Visiting the site of what had been Syria's oldest synagogue of all, in the Jobar area of Damascus, Hamra found it in ruins from the war, with an ordnance shell still among the rubble. Hamra had ...