Synagogue

Preserving an ancient mosaic: Israeli specialists gather to conserve 1,500-year-old synagogue floor

Beit Alfa’s ancient synagogue was built during the Byzantine period, at the end of the fifth century CE, approximately 1,500 years ago. The mosaic floor was discovered in 1928.

Israeli conservationists work to preserve the Beit Alfa mosaic in northern Israel, November 6, 2026.
 PEOPLE WAVE Palestinian flags and a man wears a ‘Free Palestine’ shirt as students and employees of the University of Amsterdam protest, earlier this year.

Dutch mayor intervenes after museum cancels 300-year Jewish heritage exhibition - report

SEPHARDI SERVICES are held every Friday night in Plovdiv’s Zion Synagogue.

The enduring Jewish story of Bulgaria

Police officers talk near the scene of a shooting where a police officer was shot outside a Yom Kippur gathering at Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, September 21, 2026.

Canadian police officer wounded while stopping gunman outside synagogue released from hospital


Associate of Manchester synagogue attacker jailed over terror reconnaissance

Mohammad Asim Bashir was sentenced to life in prison after conducting hostile reconnaissance at a UK military base with the Manchester synagogue attacker.

ARMED POLICE officers stand outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester following the attack there on Yom Kippur.

France arrests six suspects over alleged synagogue terror plot near Paris

France’s anti-terror prosecutor said the suspects were arrested after a suspicious vehicle was found near a Sarcelles synagogue, prompting an evacuation.

 Illustrative: A police officer waits outside the courtroom at the courthouse in Paris, March 31, 2025.

Parashat Va'ethanan: The positive within the negative

The Ten Commandments are not an independent list of fundamental principles, but rather the nucleus from which the entire Torah unfolds - its genetic code.

Moses on Sinai (Le tables de Loi judaique), 1773. Artist Simon Julien.

Sydney's synagogue leaders give evidence on antisemitism to Royal Commission following Bondi attack

Foster noted "warning signs that Holocaust survivors, and indeed the Jewish community, recognize because they have seen where such patterns can lead if they're left unchallenged."

PEOPLE ATTEND a vigil organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK to honour victims of the Bondi attack in Sydney and mark the second night of Hanukkah, in London, Britain, December 15, 2025.

Australia synagogues forced to cancel services, divert funds to cover security costs

Counsel assisting Richard Lancaster told the commission that synagogues have canceled Friday night services because they "couldn’t afford to pay a guard."

Great Synagogue of Sydney

Inside America’s first prison synagogue: New exhibit tells the story of Jewish inmates who built it

While founded by Quakers and long Christian-oriented, Eastern State hosted Jewish prisoners as early as the 1800s. 

The restored ark of the synagogue at Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary, whose history is explored in the new exhibit "Freedom Through Faith."

Beyond the Headlines: New synagogue in Kissufim, with the old Torah ark from Gush Katif - opinion

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The new synagogue in Kibbutz Kissufim.

Some 300 evacuated after car with military-grade weapon found near Paris synagogue

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that an investigation was underway and that a "military weapon" had been found in the vehicle.

French police officers stand guard in front of the Synagogue of Sarcelles, Paris's suburb, on October 11, 2023, after recent Hamas attacks in Israel.

As global antisemitism rises, demand for Israeli real estate is growing

Growing protests at Israeli property events overseas haven't deterred buyers seeking homes and a stronger connection to Israel.

Shelly Levine presents Israeli properties at the London  aliyah fair in mid-June.

Venice art installation grapples with its Jewish history at 61st International Art Exhibition

At once playful, spiritual, and unsettling, Nabatele imagines a Jewish house of worship without ground beneath it.

Image of the Nabatele installation at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia