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synagogue

[sin-uh-gog, -gawg] / ˈsɪn əˌgɒg, -ˌgɔg /


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A church or synagogue that can’t determine its membership can’t maintain its uniquely religious character.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Earlier this year a police chief said he was "deeply sorry" over missed opportunities to potentially uncover the plot to attack the synagogue.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

In 2015, he demonstrated the successful digital unrolling of a charred scroll recovered from a synagogue that burned around 600 C.E.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Private prayers will be held at the synagogue on that day.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Through the middle of the synagogue ran a narrow aisle that ended at the large podium.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Today it reaches Muslim Americans and other minorities with the same ferocity it reaches synagogues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Abrishami is one of about 60 active synagogues in Iran, for which Gerami serves as chief rabbi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The government also confirmed £32.4m for protective security at Jewish sites in 2026-27, including synagogues, schools and community centres.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Other synagogues, churches and mosques are on the path to rebuilding, but they are facing the same hurdles as many of their congregants and members, and then some.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

One of them held a set of Torah scrolls in a burlap sack, saved, perhaps, from one of the ghetto’s synagogues before it burned to the ground.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz


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