Congregation Mickve Israel, located in the heart of Savannah’s historic district, was the first synagogue to be established ...

The arsonist who confessed to burning a synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, told police he targeted the building because of ...

A Methodist church and a synagogue in Savannah are sharing worship space after a catastrophic roof collapse left one ...

A Jewish ritual purification bath (mikveh) carved into rock from the time of the Second Temple, bearing traces of ash that serve as evidence of the Temple's destruction, was discovered in recent days ...

An ancient Jewish ritual bath, known as a mikveh, dating to the last days of the Second Temple, roughly 2000 years ago, has been discovered under the Western Wall Plaza, just steps away from the ...

The architect behind a proposed Jewish ritual bath facility in Hollywood was ordered Tuesday to redesign the project after the city’s Historic Preservation Board said its contemporary look didn’t fit ...

Next July, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding, a milestone set to be celebrated across the country. American history will serve as the centerpiece of many of these ...

Proposed street rendering of Hollywood Mikvah. HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The heated controversy surrounding a proposed Jewish ritual bath, or Mikvah, at 1434 Monroe Street, is set to come to a head on Dec. 9 ...

Photo Credit: Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons. In 1976, members of Congregation Mikveh Israel founded the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. Today, the museum continues to expand ...

On a winter morning in 1825, Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia opened its doors for a consecration few in the city would forget. The sanctuary filled not only with Jews but with the city’s ...

Tashlich (“and you shall cast”), the Jewish ceremony of symbolically casting away sins into a body of water, usually by shaking out their garments or tossing breadcrumbs into a body of flowing water, ...