The Women’s Balcony.
Of Moorish synagogues and Lewis Carroll.
Art and religion in “Poem without End.”
Was it a synagogue?
Were there miniature sanctuaries even before the Temple was destroyed?
About the trend toward competitive advertising for High Holiday services.
New excavations, new revelations.
Yes, but their role changed after the destruction of the Second Temple.
The husband-and-wife team of Rick and Laura Brown has reconstructed the synagogue of the Polish town of Gwoździec. In an interview, Rick Brown discusses the. . .
In ancient times, Syria was home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the diaspora; most of its Jews departed during the 20th century,. . .
At a fifth-century synagogue in Galilee, researchers have uncovered images not easily linked to any biblical narrative. So far, their meaning remains elusive.
The Eliyahu Hanabi synagogue in Damascus, built to honor the prophet Elijah and a pilgrimage site for centuries, lies flattened after a devastating attack by Syrian. . .
The Song of Songs and the old men, filled with longing, who sing it.
One of the oldest Jewish congregations in the Western hemisphere is about to celebrate its three-hundred-sixtieth anniversary.