History glossary
synagogues
Jewish houses of prayer, study, and community gathering.
- Category
- Religious institution
- Region
- Global
- Date range
- Varies
What it means
Jewish houses of prayer, study, and community gathering. During Kristallnacht and later persecution, synagogues were targeted because they were central places of Jewish religious and communal life.
Stories using this term
The Holocaust
From legal discrimination to genocide, the Holocaust traces twelve years of escalating persecution that killed six million Jews and millions of others across Nazi-occupied Europe.
Nazi Germany
From Weimar collapse to WWII, Nazi Germany imposed totalitarian rule, expansion, and genocide.
The Crusades
From Pope Urban II's call at Clermont to the fall of Acre, the Crusades reshaped the medieval world through religious war, cross-cultural encounter, and lasting consequences for Europe and the Middle East.
