Beth Meyer Synagogue started with a handful of small merchants’ families operating out of a tailor’s house on Fayetteville Street.

Archaeologists in the area of Ostia Antica, Italy, unearthed what may be the oldest example of a Jewish ritual bath found outside of Israel. They have tentatively dated the structure to the late ...

Dating back to the 14th century, this is one of the oldest synagogues in Europe. Located in an area that was once the Jewish ghetto, the synagogue is also home to a small museum that houses a ...

The Little-Known Story Behind the Oldest Surviving Synagogue in America Through revolution and war, Touro Synagogue, which opened in Newport, Rhode Island, on this day in 1763, has long been a ...

The handful of remaining Jews in Syria can again make pilgrimages to one of the world’s oldest synagogues where people from throughout the region once came to pray.

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.

Beth Meyer Synagogue started with a handful of small merchants’ families operating out of a tailor’s house on Fayetteville Street.

JOBAR, Syria — In this Damascus suburb, the handful of remaining Jews in Syria can again make pilgrimages to one of the world’s oldest synagogues where people from throughout the region once ...