Trial for accused gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre begins The federal jury trial of the suspect in the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack is scheduled to get underway Tuesday morning ...

ELKINS PARK ,Pa. (WPVI) -- Cantor Jacob Agar leads second seder at Beth Shalom, Governor Josh Shapiro's longtime synagogue in Elkins Park. The second seder of Passover, began shortly after the ...

A synagogue mosaic at the Huqoq site depicts an elephant alongside other soldiers and war animals, as well as an elder holding a scroll surrounded by young men with sheathed swords. (photo credit ...

The court ruled a New York congregation can evict Congregation Jeshuat Israel, which has worshiped at Touro Synagogue for more than a century NEWPORT, R.I. — The Rhode Island Supreme Court has ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Making new friends and connections come easy to some, but for others, it can be a challenge, and Young life Capernaum is there to help those who may struggle to find ...

For decades, scholars have widely held the view that after Emperor Constantine gave Christianity legal status at the beginning of the 4th century CE, the Jewish people were terribly oppressed.

The synagogue at Capernaum (K’far Nahum in Hebrew), recorded in the New Testament as one of the first places where Jesus of Nazareth spoke to the people, will be reconstructed. An agreement ...

The origins of Christianity is the greatest story never told. Just under three centuries passed between Jesus’ crucifixion and A.D. 325, when Constantine the Great convened the Council of Nicaea.

Political and community leaders have condemned an early-morning arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, which forced worshippers to flee. Police are searching for three people believed to be behind ...

The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.' It was a chair in which the rabbi and leaders would read from the Torah scrolls, teach and pass judgments. All synagogues had such a place and ...