While the Spanish Synagogue may be new by Prague's standards, the opulent place of worship actually completed construction in 1868, on the site of a 12th-century synagogue. The Spanish Synagogue ...

EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) – A synagogue built in the East Village in 1841 and landmarked a century later is now ... building on Sixth Street near First Avenue, maintains its original ...

(JTA) — The renovation of a hospital in an area that Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014 yielded the discovery of parts of a 19th-century synagogue that was thought to have been completely destroyed.

When she first heard the news that the synagogue was burning on Tuesday ... congregants began clapping — a gesture not typical during Jewish worship. The experience left many, including the ...

Hubka, an architectural historian known for his work on American vernacular architecture, immersed himself in medieval and early-modern Jewish history, religion and culture to prepare for this ...

A coin hoard dating to the 15th century has been discovered near a medieval synagogue in Israel. Why it was deposited there, however, is a mystery. Archaeologists have discovered a hoard of gold ...

By the beginning of the first century ... since the second century BC. Julius Caesar and Augustus supported laws that allowed Jews protection to worship as they chose. Synagogues were classified ...