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synagogue

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


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The Emeritus Rabbi of the New North London synagogue told the BBC he wanted to show that what was happening to Palestinians there mattered to him and his community.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

A service of remembrance began at the synagogue in Manchester at 20:00 BST, with relatives of the bereaved and some of the survivors among the speakers.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Kander’s parents were of English and Bavarian-Jewish descent and were founding members of Milwaukee’s largest Reform synagogue.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

It was unclear if the synagogue had cameras installed facing the vandalized mural.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

These books were bound differently from the ones Babulya had pulled out of her burning synagogue.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Today it reaches Muslim Americans and other minorities with the same ferocity it reaches synagogues.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 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

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

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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