Judaism monuments, sinagogues

Great Synagogue in Plzen, Czech Republic. Photo by Miaow Miaow, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-3.0

Judaism is one of the oldest active religions in world - it is considered to be more than 3000 years old. This religion originated in Israel and Judea and Judaists believe that God revealed his laws and commandments to Jewish religious leader Moses. These revelations are called Torah - and were presented by God in written (Torah) and oral form (Talmud).

Judaism is religion which identifies also nationality - person converting to Judaism is considederd to be a Jew.

In Judaism the concept of the house of prayer differs from most other religions. Jews consider that their true temple is the almost totally destroyed Temple (Jerusalem, Israel). Nowadays only the giant Western Wall (Wailing Wall) remains of it.

Other Jewish houses of prayer - synagogues - are built for gatherings, prayer and education and are not considered to be temples. Thus synagogues are adjusted to local styles of architecture of different countries of the world.

Many synagogues around the world serve as fascinating monuments to the rich history of Jews - such as El Ghriba Synagogue (Djerba, Tunisia) or legendary Old New Synagogue (Prague, Czech Republic).