In Israel, Ethiopians count for a disproportionately high number of war deaths.

A visit to Akhaltsikhe.

A rare surviving gem of East European Jewry.

The Huqoq synagogue and the Jewish Galilee.

And socioeconomic disparities are a plus.

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.