Ark of the Covenant This is the most important part of the synagogue. In the UK it is found in the eastern wall as it is important to face Jerusalem when praying. It represents the Holy of Holies ...

A synagogue is a place of worship for Jews ... The cupboard resembles the Ark in which the stone tablets engraved with the Ten Commandments were kept in the Temple.

(JTA) — A swastika was found scrawled on the ark at a synagogue at the Frankfurt International Airport in Germany Friday, according to the German publication Bild. It is unclear when the ...

Solitary beams cast a dim light in the Rouen Synagogue’s prayer hall, let in through the same panel through which an arson attack marred the podium in May. The ark’s face remained blistered ...