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 ...

(JTA) — An Italian couple whose ancestors were forced to hide their faith got married atop the ruins of an ancient synagogue, giving the site its first Jewish ... the 4 th century and the ...

(JTA) — A synagogue that was returned recently to Hungarian Jews following centuries of disuse hosted its first bar mitzvah ... in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong ...