A Dome Away From Home: Dedicated in 1882, Florence?s synagogue is a monument to 19th century Jewish emancipation and a grand example of Moorish style architecture, with a soaring arched façade ...

If you look out over Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo, high above the Arno, two domes catch your eye. One is Filipo Brunelleschi’s masterpiece, the immense ribbed dome of the Duomo. The other ...

n April, when a group of pro-Palestinian activists pressured Florence’s city hall to have the local honorary Israeli consul resign, they also took aim at a politician, Sara Funaro, who was ...

Florence at night takes on a magical air, with a jewel box of architectural and cultural treasures just waiting to be ...

Sara Funaro, new mayor of Florence, Italy, is the first woman and first Jew to lead the historic city.

The Nazis grossly defiled the Synagogue of Florence in August 1944, when they detonated several mines in the interior and used the building as a garage where they repaired trucks. The synagogue ...

German demolition squads, aided by Mussolini’s followers planted charges of dynamite and gelegnite in the main synagogue of Florence before retreating from the city. The explosives completely ...

A synagogue in Italy was among 11 shuls to receive preservation grants from the World Monuments Fund. The Florence Synagogue, which received $50,000, is “probably the best-known and most-visited ...

Police investigate multiple bomb threats to synagogues across the state Northampton synagogue faces second threat in the past month.

The Temple of Israel, founded in 1871, has been closed since 2020. The congregation is starting a fundraising campaign to pay for extensive repairs.

Meet Sara Funaro, the first female – and first Jewish – mayor of Florence, Italy Born to a Jewish father and Catholic mother, the incoming city head converted to Judaism in her 20s, does not ...