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December 5, 2024

The Discovery of One of the Diaspora’s Oldest Synagogues, and the Perils of Reporting on History

Built in 51 CE on the coast of the Black Sea.

On a small peninsula on the Russian part of the Black Sea coast once lay the city of Phanagoria, a commercial hub founded by the Greek colonists who lived and traded in the region in ancient times. An archaeological excavation there has revealed an ancient synagogue located in what appears to have been a Jewish quarter. Itamar Eichner reports:

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