Even with Israel’s upcoming lockdown rules in effect, “there is still a risk” of spreading the coronavirus in person, the synagogue said in a statement. (JTA) — Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue will be ...

Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for a transformative Yud Tes Kislev celebration live from the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem's Great Synagogue announced that because of the coronavirus pandemic, it will not hold High Holiday services for the first time since it opened in 1958.Sept ...

Part of a long line of cantors, he led services at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem for 30 years and helped train the next generation. By Joseph Berger Naftali Herstik, whose soulful, resonant tenor ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed five people in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six ...

(JTA) — Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue will be closed during the High Holidays for the first time since it opened more than 60 years ago. In a statement on Sunday, the synagogue cited the risk of ...