Russia’s largest synagogue announced plans for a $300,000 facelift. The Grand Choral Synagogue in St. Petersburg issued a tender Wednesday for interior renovations of the 155-foot tall hall ...

One of the last living Jewish sites is the Choral Synagogue, the city's only working synagogue. On a weekday, a dozen older men shuffle over its wooden floors for evening prayers led by Cantor ...

Moscow’s Choral Synagogue has seen many historic Yom Kippurs: In 1933, Rabbi Shmarya Yehuda Leib Medalia, one of my predecessors as chief rabbi of Moscow, gave a sermon from that pulpit.

The Soviet Union Central Executive Committee today officially approved of converting the Leningrad choral synagogue into a culture house. The conversion will take place tomorrow. As a result of ...

KHARKIV, Ukraine — The tables were laid, the candles were lighted, and the last rainy-day light was dying as prayerful voices rose toward the synagogue’s ornate domed ceiling. The Jewish New ...

The Cantor of Central Synagogue, tenor Daniel Mutlu ... It's a terrific piece and I hope it gains traction in the choral world. The centerpiece of the program was Ernest Bloch's 1933 Sacred ...

Among the highlights are: a Jewish theater; the Choral Temple and the Yeshua Tova Synagogues, which still hold services; and two other synagogues that host museums, the Great Synagogue and the ...

This performance will feature Daniel Mutlu, the Senior Cantor of Central Synagogue, Ember Choral Arts, and the American Modern Ensemble, conducted by Deborah Simpkin King. The concept for VOICES ...

Above, a Hanukkah ceremony at the Kharkiv Choral Synagogue in 2022. (Sergey Bobok / AFP/Getty Images) ...