The Jews of Squirrel Hill didn’t follow their coreligionists elsewhere into the suburbs.

The Jews of Dubai.

Jonah, the Tower of Babel, and Noah’s ark.

Once home to a large, if overlooked, community.

The twilight of the once-great communities of the Silk Road.

It does shed light on synagogues before the Temple’s destruction.

A piece of 18th-century baroque architecture.

The biblical spies in Ḥuqoq.

And the site of a heroic fight against the Romans.

It bullies other Muslims and has little interest in tolerance.

The ruins at Baram.

The ever-dying people.

Local Muslims and Hindus even attend Jewish schools and learn Hebrew songs.

Some highlights from prewar Vilna.