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synagogue

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


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The synagogue has been operating off-site for more than a year, according to its website.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

A police chief has apologised after admitting phones were seized from the Manchester synagogue attacker months before the car and knife assault but they were not examined.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Other treasures on view include a charred 18th-century Torah scroll that survived the British ransacking of a synagogue, George Washington’s inaugural chair and Bible, and a New York printing of the Declaration of Independence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

During the 1950s and 1960s, the team reconstructed a monumental bath gymnasium complex and the largest synagogue in the ancient world.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

After last night, she wasn’t sure if she was ready for her very first time in a synagogue.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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

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

Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, wrote on social media that "multiple synagogues and private homes in Queens were vandalized overnight with swastikas and other antisemitic graffiti."

From Barron's May 4, 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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