Tag: Jewish Community History

Dr. David Azouz, a Jewish plastic surgeon, shared a poignant story with the author about discovering an abandoned but beautiful shul on the Greek island of Kos during a family vacation.
Congregation Bnai Adath Kol Beth Yisrael, a Hebrew Israelite congregation in Brooklyn, saw their historic synagogue, vacant since a 2017 fire, demolished after being deemed uninhabitable and needing costly repairs.
In a discussion hosted by Jonathan Schwab and Yael Steiner, the Golden Age of Spanish Jewry is explored as a period characterized by cultural exchange and collaboration among Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Iberian Peninsula.