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synagogue

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


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In March, El-Sayed responded to an attack against a Detroit-area synagogue by saying that “hurt people hurt people,” which sounded to some like a justification for the violence.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

The banya, in turn, became a place to meet, socialize and maintain a sense of community outside the synagogue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

So had the creation and decoration of Prague’s earliest Jewish synagogue, the Altneuschul, the double-naved Gothic house of worship completed in 1270 that is also the oldest still-active synagogue in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Targets allegedly included the Israeli embassy and consulate, a woman said to be of interest to Iran, a college, and Britain's oldest synagogue.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

When he was little and started asking her about the men he saw on the subway who weren’t really there, the sweet grandmothers in synagogue who were years gone, he had legitimately frightened her.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

According to demographer Ira Sheskin, the number of religiously liberal synagogues in the U.S. has declined over the past 20 years, while the number of Chabad synagogues has grown from 346 to 1,036.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

I am also proud to work hand in hand with the CST to protect synagogues, Jewish schools and community centres.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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

Enrollment at churches and synagogues rose as never before, the requests for wine overwhelming some priests and rabbis.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler


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