The Ohel Jacob Synagogue is one of only a handful of synagogue buildings still standing in Lebanon, and the only one in Mount Lebanon. The simple stone building, with arched windows and a small forecourt, sits in a quiet residential street and is not signposted as a tourist attraction. The current state is the result of a 2010s restoration that returned the roof, fittings and Hebrew inscriptions to something close to their original form.
The synagogue is not regularly open and there is no congregation. Visitors who want to see inside ask politely at the neighbouring houses; the door has been opened occasionally for researchers and respectful tourists. From the outside, the building is interesting both as architecture and as a reminder of the older mix of communities that summered in Aley — Sunni and Shia Muslims, Druze, Maronite Christians, Greek Orthodox, and Jews — before the wars of the second half of the twentieth century.