The Hurva Synagogue was first founded in 1721 and was destroyed several years later, remaining in ruins for 140 years ... was taken apart and sent to Israel, where it was re-constructed in ...

(photo credit: JIM HABERMAN) Elephants are not native to Israel or its surroundings ... who first drew attention to synagogue ruins in the Holy Land. In the book Biblical Researches in Palestine ...

The oldest synagogue in antiquity was on the Greek island of Delos - the island of god Apollo in the Cyclades - and attests the presence of a Jewish community ...

Amid its ruins, several artifacts, such as fragments of columns, initially suggested the presence of a Galilean-type synagogue ... told The Times of Israel. “One of the strengths of the Weizmann ...

(JTA) — Researchers from Israel, Morocco and France have discovered remnants of a small Jewish community in the mountains of Morocco, Haaretz reported Monday. The ruins of the community’s ...