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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 concludes by envisioning the day he’ll see a rabbi in a Reform synagogue wearing a baseball cap.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Getzy Markowitz, a rabbi who works in the area, said the shooting took place in a community with multiple Jewish institutions, including educational centers and a food bank.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

“Perhaps,” the rabbi says thoughtfully, “we’ve been shown a way.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

Of Chicago rabbi Abraham Heschel, bringing 15 other white rabbis down to Selma, Ala., in 1964 at the request of King, where their arrest made headlines — which translated to political pressure.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2026

"All the rabbis together, under the banner of our Chabat house of Bondi, to which Eli dedicated his life, we are going to gather in Bondi Beach," he said.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2025

Then he stirred and said softly, “Reuven, do you know what the rabbis tell us God said to Moses when he was about to die?”

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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