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A synagogue mosaic at the Huqoq site depicts an elephant alongside other soldiers and war animals, as well as an elder holding a scroll surrounded by young men with sheathed swords.

Elephant in the synagogue: Iconography in thriving post-Temple community raises questions

The completion of the Torah scroll

Accepting responsibility for our mistakes should foster spiritual growth

By MOSHE TARAGIN

The historic Beth-El Zedeck Temple in Indianapolis.

Five arrested for allegedly filming a music video in historic Indianapolis synagogue

By Grace Gilson/JTA

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah joined others at a 2016 press conference condemning the appearance of Smith & Wesson's CEO at a conference

NYC’s Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has a plan to protest Trump 2.0

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Mike Solomonov and Steve Cook

Zahav’s Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook to be honored by Jewish National Fund-USA

By RYAN TOROK , In collaboration with JNF-USA

Exhibits from the Nazi era are seen in a cupboard at the auction house Hermann Historica in Munich, Germany, November 20, 2019. Several hundred Nazi objects were up for auction, amongst them Adolf Hitler's hat and one of Eva Braun's dresses.

Oregon man who vandalized synagogue with white supremacist messaging sentenced to probation

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Unwanted duties: Why I keep saying yes when I want to say no

View of the Damascus at sunset from Jebel Qassioun hill.

Syria's remaining Jews join Americans for first prayer in Damascus synagogue in 30 years

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Istanbul police

Istanbul arrests Uzbek national planning terrorist attacks on Jewish schools, synagogues

By Mathilda Heller

The Beit Yisrael Avot U’Banim (House of Israel Parents and Children) synagogue beit midrash in Haifa.

Holiness in Haifa: The little shul that shines a spotlight on Orthodoxy

By LIANE GRUNBERG WAKABAYASHI

Pro-Palestinian protesters voice their stance against the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas outside Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas, after the commencement ceremony in Austin, Texas, US May 11, 2024.

Officials decry anti-Israel vandalism at NJ synagogue

By BEN SALES/JTA

Graffiti on the Maribor Synagogue reading "Death to the Jews, Glory to Slovenia," January 13, 2025

'Jews are the evil of the world:' Slovenian synagogue vandalized

By MICHAEL STARR

EYAL BEN SIMON (left) and Benny Gabbay.

Grapevine January 15, 2025: In their own words

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Jesse Cogan coined several slogans that spread widely in the Jewish world in the 1980s and 1990s.

Jesse Cogan, ad exec who coined the slogan ‘Turn Friday Night into Shabbos,’ dies at 74

By ARI GOLDMAN/JTA

Graffiti on the Bologna Synagogue reading JUSTICE FREE GAZA. January 11, 2025.

'Justice for Gaza': Rioters vandalize synagogue in Bologna

The renovated interior of the Ohel Yitzchak Synagogue.

Ohel Yitzchak: Jerusalem synagogue combines the old and the new

By LEAH ABRAMOWITZ

The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center smolders after burning in the Eaton Fire in Pasadena, California, Jan. 8, 2025.

Jewish community springs into action as devastating Los Angeles-area fires widen

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

A menorah is surrounded by flames from the Pacific Palisades fire along Sunset Boulevard, near Chabad of Pacific Palisades, on Jan. 7, 2025.

Pasadena synagogue burns down as fires rage across Southern California

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA