Sentence examples for ancient synagogue from inspiring English sources

When they later destroyed an ancient synagogue near Jericho, European liberals didn't lose sleep.

Kerala also has tiny Jain, Sikh, Buddhist, and Jewish communities; there is an ancient synagogue in Kochi.

Israeli Arabs in Shefaram set fires in the city, damaged religious artifacts in the ancient synagogue and uprooted traffic lights.

Two months earlier, just such an attack on an ancient synagogue in Tunisia killed more than 20 people.

In the village of Jibla, south of Sana'a, locals show the star of David on an ancient synagogue, now a mosque.

Tunisia suffered similar attacks, too: In 2002, a bombing at an ancient synagogue on the tourist island of Djerba killed 14 German tourists and two from France.

Four ancient synagogues, associated with past masters of the Kabbala, survive.

Modern synagogues carry on the same basic functions associated with ancient synagogues but have added social, recreational, and philanthropic programs as the times demand.

The city, with 50,000 residents, hugs the shore of the Sea of Galilee, with Roman ruins, ancient synagogues and a Crusader fortress.

And it is upending some long-held scholarly assumptions about ancient synagogues and their relationship with the Temple, a center of Jewish pilgrimage and considered the holiest place of worship for Jews, during a crucial period, when Judaism was on the cusp of the Christian era.

An archaeologist couple who came to Duke in the 1970s made waves for their excavations of ancient synagogues.