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synagogue

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


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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

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

In 2015, he demonstrated the successful digital unrolling of a charred scroll recovered from a synagogue that burned around 600 C.E.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Then my father and I started out on the three-block walk to the synagogue.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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

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

Abrishami is one of about 60 active synagogues in Iran, for which Gerami serves as chief rabbi.

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

I began to accept invitations to share my story at churches, synagogues, schools, and political, military, civic, and philanthropic organizations, locally and across the United States and Canada.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson


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