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rabbi

[rab-ahy] / ˈræb aɪ /
NOUN
clergyman
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The Jewish community at a synagogue where two men were killed in 2025 feels less safe now than it did immediately after the attack, its rabbi has said almost one year on.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Religious leaders present in Blue Ash on Sunday also included women serving as a Jewish rabbi, a Baptist minister and a Muslim chaplain.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

He has served as Iran’s chief rabbi since 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

It’s been anything but in this “melting pot where nothing melted,” to quote the rabbi whose eulogy sets Kushner’s “Angels in America” in motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Not only the rabbi had brought us his library but other Jewish families had brought their treasures to the Beje for safekeeping.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Religious students and their rabbis believe that if young ultra-Orthodox men enter the military, they will be exposed to influences and behaviours that may decisively turn them away from their community.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

In an open letter, signed by more than 150 filmmakers, academics, writers and even a few rabbis, the group denounced “the outrageous smear campaign against our respected colleague Mark Ruffalo.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

But the great, and sociologically accurate, joke about bar mitzvahs among the Jewish has three rabbis at lunch each discussing his problem with mice in his synagogue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

But the recent surge has prompted criticism from influential rabbis, settler leaders and even military chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, who described the attacks as "morally and ethically unacceptable".

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

Even the rabbinic faculty was split, most of the rabbis voicing their hope for a Jewish state, some of them opposing it, while all of the college faculty seemed to be for it.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok


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