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congregation

[kong-gri-gey-shuhn] / ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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And recently Israel agreed to return to her rabbinical roots, taking a one-year position as interim rabbi at Congregation Emeth while the temple’s board searches for a permanent rabbi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

It is the home of Schumer’s synagogue: Congregation Beth Elohim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Also from Venezuela is Maria Carmen Elena Rendiles Martinez, a nun born without a left arm who overcame her disability to found the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus before her death in 1977.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Family members, congregants from the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation including Rabbi Daniel Walker, and members of the wider Jewish community gathered in Pendlebury, Salford, to pay their respects.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

Despite their protests, all the other churches did the same with the exception of the Roman Catholics, the Seventh-Day Adventists, and the United Jewish Reform Congregation — who soldiered on without state aid.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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