But the problems are real, and need new solutions.

A historic synagogue modeled on the Hagia Sofia.

Iraq’s latest anti-Semitic legislation makes restoration efforts all but impossible.

Ashkenazim and Sephardim, Muslims and Christians.

In a Greek colony on the Black Sea coast.

Ma’on and its mosaics.

Two columns and a broken tablet.

Perspectives on the human condition from 26 years on the pulpit.

As descendants of forced converts return to Judaism.

Now known as the “synagogue of the Assumption.”

And why they were decorated with zodiacs.

A photo essay.

Two genizahs in the oases of the Atlas Mountains.

Dura-Europos.