Also referred to as the Great Synagogue, this place of worship is the largest synagogue in Europe and the second-largest in the world (only Temple Emanu-El in New York City is slightly bigger).

A true synagogue with its own roof and walls did ... Neither is Beth Meyer the largest: Temple Israel in Charlotte counts 650 families. And for much of its long history, Beth Meyer has shared ...

While the synagogues and Jewish school in the Old City remained relatively well-preserved, Syria's largest synagogue in Jobar, an eastern suburb of Damascus, was reduced to rubble during the ...