A highly significant find, this 14th-century synagogue is a rare example of Jewish religious life in medieval Spain. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

MADRID — 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 ritual baths.

The Old Synagogue in Erfurt, Germany, seen Sept. 11, ... — A United Nations committee designated a group of medieval Jewish buildings in Erfurt, Germany, as a World Heritage Site on Sunday.

Archaeologists in Utrera, Spain, confirmed an abandoned bar contained remnants of a 700-year-old Jewish synagogue, a very rare find, photos show. Photo from José María Villalobos Through a regal ...

Radiocarbon dating and micromorphology show the Galilee landmark was built about two centuries later than earlier style-based ...

Medieval England’s Jews didn’t just work in finance. “Some would be selling wine, food, cheese,” Marcus Roberts, the director of J-Trails, an Anglo-Jewish heritage organization, explained.

The Old Synagogue dates back to the 1090s, when its first stones were laid.A pogrom in 1349, triggered by antisemitic canards blaming Jews for the Black Plague, wiped out the entire local Jewish ...

Researchers also suggest that the synagogue’s use as a warehouse, restaurant and dancehall over the centuries may have been what kept the Nazis from destroying it. There were 831 Jews in Erfurt before ...