The restoration and construction of the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem nears completion, with the dedication of the synagogue scheduled for next Monday, March 15. The Company for the ...

To many, the recently reconstructed Hurva Synagogue symbolizes a tremendous step for Israel on a world scale and on a Jewish scale. Just after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Israel to ...

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After four years of construction, the Jewish Quarter’s landmark Hurva Synagogue – built by Polish Jews in 1701, destroyed by Arab creditors two decades later, rebuilt in 1864 by followers of the Vilna ...

ARCHITECTURE is politics by other means–at least some of the time. An emerging architectural story in Jerusalem is, in part, wonderful news; in part, a tragic missed opportunity. Recently the ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The rededication of an Old City synagogue took place without incident. More than 3,000 Israeli police were deployed in Jerusalem on Monday for fear that the rededication of the ...

JERUSALEM — In what appeared to be a case of unfortunate timing, Israel officially inaugurated a rebuilt synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday, entangling what was intended to be a festive ...

On the Friday evening of Shabbat Hagadol before Passover in March 2010, I walked with my father to the Old City of Jerusalem. The very first Hurva Synagogue was built in 1694 but was destroyed a few ...

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The Hurva Synagogue was first founded in 1721 and was destroyed several years later, remaining in ruins for 140 years. Rebuilt in 1864, it served as Jerusalem’s central Ashkenazi sanctuary until it ...

, translit: Beit ha-Knesset ha-Hurba, lit. "The Ruin Synagogue"), also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid ("Ruin of Rabbi Judah the Pious"), is a historic synagogue located in the Jewish Quarter ...