Brandeis University4 年
Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community
Hubka, an architectural historian known for his work on American vernacular architecture, immersed himself in medieval and early-modern Jewish history, religion and culture to prepare for this ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7 年
How this 650-year-old French synagogue withstood centuries of anti-Semitism
CARPENTRAS, France (JTA) — The synagogue in this ... who built the synagogue in a Christian style in the 16th century atop its earlier structure, which was first established in 1367.
PBS2 个月
In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony.
By the beginning of the first century ... since the second century BC. Julius Caesar and Augustus supported laws that allowed Jews protection to worship as they chose. Synagogues were classified ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency6 年
13th-century Budapest synagogue celebrates first bar mitzvah in 332 years
(JTA) — A synagogue that was returned recently to Hungarian Jews following centuries of disuse hosted its first bar mitzvah ... It had been ruined in 1686 by Christian fighters who took over ...