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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

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

The door in the hallway that led into the synagogue was open, but the synagogue was empty—except for the echoes it contained.

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

“Interestingly, in Iran we’ve always lived in peace with the Muslims,” and Iran’s synagogues don’t require security, as they do in many other countries, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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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