In the Jobar suburb of Damascus, the ancient Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue ... He observes Hanukkah alone, the city's synagogues remaining silent as the remaining community ages.

And ancient synagogues can be tourist draws, especially for smaller towns that lack them. Uncovering the synagogue “would put our town on the world map, alongside cities such as Seville,” said ...

An extensive Jewish quarter from the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria has been found near one of the world’s most ancient synagogues in Russia’s Taman Peninsula, north of the Black Sea.

(JTA) — The remains of an ancient synagogue dating back as far as the 7th century have been discovered in a resort town on Turkey’s mediterranean coast. The synagogue was found recently in the ...