Following the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the U.S. and world has witnessed a massive rise in ...

In this Damascus suburb, the handful of remaining Jews in Syria can again make pilgrimages to one of the world’s oldest ...

In a Damascus suburb, the head of Syria's tiny Jewish community visits the newly accessible Joba synagogue for the first time ...

Syria’s 13-year civil war left synagogue partially destroyed; walls and roofs have collapsed and some artifacts are missing ...

A congregation of 10 gathered Monday evening to light the sixth candle of the Menorah, recite blessings and sing hymns.

Before we look ahead to 2025, the New York Jewish Week remembers the lives of 18 Jewish New Yorkers who died in 2024. In ...

Senior Rabbi Rob Nosanchuk of Congregation Mishkan Or in Beachwood has announced that he will retire in 2026, concluding what ...

The lyrics of a traditional song — "Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah" — rang through the basement of Aiken's Adath Yeshurun Synagogue ...

Chamntoub had heard the synagogue was damaged, but he did not expect to see that part of it had been reduced to a pile of debris. “I am frankly disturbed,” he said. Chamntoub said Jewish ...

After 13 years of civil war, Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can return to the Jobar Synagogue in Damascus, one of the ...