A coin hoard dating to the 15th century has been discovered near a medieval synagogue in Israel. Why it was deposited there, ...
For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish ... from Judah Loew — a 16th-century Talmudic scholar also known as the Maharal of Prague ...
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 ...
MADRID (JTA) — Archaeologists working in a town in southwestern Spain have excavated a 14th-century Sephardic synagogue, revealing a fully intact floor plan including a women’s section and ...