Congregants struggle to save Torah scrolls and help each other.

Built in 51 CE on the coast of the Black Sea.

Kehila Kedosha Janina.

A sign of Prague’s thriving Jewish community.

How to shutter a congregation with grace.

The 17th-century Vilna shul.

Empty houses of worship can’t be easily refilled.

When congregants started getting too loud.

The long history of Charleston’s Jews.

The legacy of Jewish Moscow.

The Jews of Ballarat.

Decrees of Christian emperors and declining knowledge of Hebrew.

Shtibl Row once had 50 synagogues.

A 5th-century mosaic is a symbol of Jewish defiance.