When people think of American Jews, a few things come to mind. New York City, “Seinfeld” and the entertainment industry are some examples. Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian of Congregation Mikveh Israel in ...

Following antisemitic attacks at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia in late October, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia held a press conference on Oct. 30 with leaders of other ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! This reporting is funded by HFGF. Philadelphia’s oldest Jewish congregation and ...

Police are investigating a series of incidents at a historic synagogue in Philadelphia, all happening within hours of each other. Police say three incidents happened at different times Tuesday at ...

Vandals targeted one of the oldest synagogues in the U.S. vandals three times Tuesday, including by attempted arson, officials said. Congregation Mikveh Israel, which was founded in the 1740s in ...

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its kind in Europe. On March 10, Italian officials announced the discovery, which ...

A rare mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, was found at Ostia Antica, near Rome, offering concrete evidence of a Jewish presence in ...

Discovered outside Rome, the bath, which is thought to be a mikvah, could be more than 1,600 years old. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Ostia Antica When Luigi Maria Caliò, a classical ...