Katzrin ancient village and synagogue, Ancient Jewish archaeological site in Golan Heights, Israel.

Katzrin is an excavated village featuring reconstructed basalt stone buildings, including residential structures and a central synagogue decorated with geometric wall patterns. The houses surround a village square where ancient presses for wine and olive oil processing still stand.

The settlement flourished from the 4th to 8th centuries CE, with the synagogue built in the 6th century above an earlier 4th-century foundation. The structure underwent religious transformation when it later functioned as a mosque during the Mamluk period.

The site displays household items, agricultural tools, and a synagogue bearing Hebrew inscriptions that reflect how the ancient Jewish community lived and worked. These objects show the connection between daily life and spiritual practice in this settlement.

The site is an open-air museum on the outskirts of Katzrin, with the synagogue east of the modern town. Costumed guides demonstrate construction, farming and manufacturing methods in Hebrew and English. The synagogue is partly reconstructed and occasionally hosts religious ceremonies, so check ahead if you want to avoid one.

The synagogue's bimah concealed a stone-paved geniza, a storage space for worn-out sacred texts. Excavators also found 180 coins beneath the upper stone bench along the walls, and a five-branched menorah is incised on the western wall.