The Elfrange Synagogue (Arabic: كنيس الفرنج; Hebrew: בית כנסת אלפרנג', lit.

According to oral tradition of Damascene Jews, it was founded by Sephardic refugees at the end of the 15th century following the Reconquista, with the synagogue operating in Judaeo-Spanish.

[3] Following 1949 pogroms in Syria, many Jews fled and left the country, dwindling the local population able to attend the synagogue.

[4] In 2020, journalist Rania Kataf claimed that 12 Jews still resided in the city, all elderly, who renovated the synagogue in 2019.

The gates, floor, and bema were designed by Maurice Nseiri, a Jewish artisan who later immigrated to the United States.