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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

A public inquiry will examine the deaths of two men killed during an attack at a synagogue in Manchester.

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

Andrew Franks, who the court heard opened the synagogue compound gates to Al-Shamie, was also given interested person status, but the coroner said this did not imply any "criticism or culpability" on his behalf.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Danny and I remained alone in the synagogue.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Combined with AI-powered technology, they may make it easier for people to walk into synagogues, offices and malls without peering nervously over their shoulders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The duo were arrested in the Northern Quarter area of the city, when thousands of British Jews were in synagogues.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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

The New York synagogue siege might have been worse if not for a new city law letting police set up barricades around synagogues and other Jewish sites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

I began to accept invitations to share my story at churches, synagogues, schools, and political, military, civic, and philanthropic organizations, locally and across the United States and Canada.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson


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