By the beginning of the first century AD, Jews had spread from their ... that allowed Jews protection to worship as they chose. Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws ...
The oldest synagogue in antiquity was on the Greek island of Delos - the island of god Apollo in the Cyclades - and attests ...
For years, archaeologists have attempted to locate first-century structures in the city to support these Biblical accounts. A third-century synagogue was first unearthed in 1905. It was crafted ...
In the last decade, the Huqoq Excavation Project has found mosaics depicting Noah's Ark, the parting of the Red Sea, and more ...
This vintage house of worship doesn’t have a prayer. The site of a former century-old synagogue for Ukrainian immigrants in the East Village is set to be torn down to make room for six trendy ...
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 ...