The synagogue's age hasn’t yet been verified in a peer-reviewed study, but it may date to more than 100 years before the Second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by Roman legions in A.D. 70.

Gunmen opened fire on two synagogues, two Orthodox churches and a police post in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened ...

Russian state news agencies posted videos of the Derbent synagogue engulfed in flames. A local police statement confirmed the synagogue and the church had been "burned down." ...

Gunmen attacked synagogues and churches in two cities in southern Russia on Sunday, killing multiple police officers and a priest, in an apparently coordinated assault that underscored Russia’s ...

Today many Russian Jews are worried about their future. Pavel L Photo/Shutterstock. Although Russia’s Jewish population is very small at 165,000, compared to the whole Russian population ...

A majority of the Russian Jews who left appear to have emigrated to Israel. According to the Jewish Agency, which facilitates immigration to Israel, some 66,800 Russians made aliyah between 2010 ...

At least 19 killed in attacks on a synagogue and churches in Russia 01:57. A synagogue, an Orthodox church and police checkpoints were targeted by gunmen in a coordinated series of attacks in ...

About 75 miles south of Makhachkala, gunmen attacked a synagogue and a church in Derbent. Authorities told Russian media that both the synagogue and the church were set on fire, and two attackers ...

Russia’s National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) said Monday that “armed militants attacked two Orthodox churches, two synagogues and police officers” in the two cities.

At least 20 killed in synagogue, church attacks in Russia’s Dagestan. Civilians, including a priest, among dead as gunmen attack religious buildings in Derbent and a Makhachkala police post.

"Trump, who came in as a peacemaker president, has started a new war for the U.S.," said Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman ...