The Ostia Synagogue
Image
Please login or register for free access to Posen Library
Already have an account?
You may also like
Mosaic Floor, Aegina, Greece
This floor mosaic with Greek inscriptions was found on the island of Aegina in Greece and is evidence of a synagogue there.
The Magdala Synagogue
The assembly hall of the synagogue in Magdala, by the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, was accessed through a long, narrow vestibule, which may have served as a study or storage room. The center…
The Sardis Synagogue
Like their counterparts in the land of Israel, diaspora synagogues were lavishly decorated. The synagogue at Sardis, Turkey, which could fit almost a thousand people, was formerly a gymnasium and…
The Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue, Entrance
Mikve Israel-Emanuel is a synagogue that served the Spanish Portuguese Jewish community in Curaçao (and continues to function today as a Reconstructionist congregation). It is the oldest surviving…
Isfahan Synagogue, Persia
The use of wall niches for Torah scrolls was a feature of some of the earliest synagogues and continues today in Mizrahi communities. This striking faience-tile mosaic structure would have decorated a…
Temple Beth El (Detroit)
Alfred Kahn’s grand classical revival synagogue on Detroit’s Woodward Avenue attracted many new members to Temple Beth El, the oldest congregation in Michigan, where Kahn was a member. The…