synagogues

Built in a Moorish style in 1366, this synagogue became a church after 1492 but is now being restored to its original form. Hebrew inscriptions adorn the walls of this major Jewish site.

The Small Synagogue of 1840 is the oldest undamaged synagogue left in Germany, with an original Torah shrine, mikveh, and women's gallery. The lower level houses an exhibition on Erfurt's Jewish community.

Originally established in 1733, the Congregation Mickve Israel is a Reform Jewish synagogue built in the Gothic Revival style (unusual for synagogues) in 1878.

Originally a synagogue and later a church, this 13th-century Mudejar building with white horseshoe arches looks more like a mosque.

Before World War II, Worms had one of the oldest Jewish communities in Germany. Today it is home to a rebuilt Romanesque synagogue, a medieval underground mikveh and a Jewish museum.

An Orthodox synagogue dating from 1887, the Eldridge Street Synagogue has been fully restored and is open to the public as a museum telling the story of Jewish immigrants to New York's Lower East Side.

The Bevis Marks Synagogue was established in 1701 and is the oldest synagogue still in use in Britain. The lavish interiors contain all of the original furnishings.

The oldest surviving Jewish site in Poland, the Old Synagogue was rebuilt after a fire in 1557. Badly looted during World War II, it has been restored and now houses a Museum of Jewish History.

Cordoba's synagogue was built in 1350. It is the only synagogue in Andalusia to survive the expulsion and inquisition of the Jews in 1492 and one of only three ancient synagogues left in Spain.

The "white synagogue" of Capernaum dates from the 2nd to 5th centuries and is believed to stand on the site of a synagogue visited by Jesus.

Founded in 1763, this is the oldest synagogue in America. Its history represents the religious tolerance that has always characterized Rhode Island.