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Halfway across the city, around the time that Stein was expelled from religious shul in Brooklyn, Weinstein was struggling with his own trans identity, living on the Upper West Side among a dynastic family of his own. Leah Abrams, Them., 17 Apr. 2025 His synagogue, which meets at the Maimonides School—a Modern Orthodox day school—was one of seven Orthodox shuls that were a part of the Oct. 6 siyum. Emily Goldberg, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024 Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli demonstrators clashed Sunday outside Adas Torah synagogue, an Orthodox shul, in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood, which police said resulted in two reports of battery. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 25 June 2024 His father convinced the House of Representatives to stop holding votes during the High Holidays in 1998, and former president Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law attended his home shul. Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for shul

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish, school, synagogue, from Middle High German schuol school

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shul was in 1771

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“Shul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shul. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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shul

noun

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