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Recent Examples of rabbi
Timoner is the senior rabbi of Brooklyn’s Congregation Beth Elohim.
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Rachel Timoner, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
Rabbi Brian Strauss is the senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston, the largest Conservative synagogue in the United States.
—Brian Strauss, Time, 30 July 2025
The chief rabbi of Norway, Michael Melchior, lives in Israel but periodically travels to Oslo and Trondheim to conduct services.
—Dan Fellner, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
That is what Jesus did as a first century rabbi by modeling servanthood and teaching his followers (then and now) to be kind, loving and compassionate to all, especially the poor, the imprisoned (to anything) and the oppressed (by anything or anyone).
—Walt Shelton, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Rachel Timoner, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
Rabbi Brian Strauss is the senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston, the largest Conservative synagogue in the United States.
—Brian Strauss, Time, 30 July 2025
The chief rabbi of Norway, Michael Melchior, lives in Israel but periodically travels to Oslo and Trondheim to conduct services.
—Dan Fellner, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
That is what Jesus did as a first century rabbi by modeling servanthood and teaching his followers (then and now) to be kind, loving and compassionate to all, especially the poor, the imprisoned (to anything) and the oppressed (by anything or anyone).
—Walt Shelton, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbi
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This wasn’t something that he was taught to do; my father was his own teacher, and adapted to whatever was presented to him in the moment out of necessity.—
Rich Tabaka,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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When Alabama enacted a new law keeping phones out of classrooms for the 2025-2026 school year, one teacher saw an instant change.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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From the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival to the Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival and everything in between, Black intellectuals are coming together to share notes and swap contacts to forge new relationships and invest in each other.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Some have accused him of masquerading as an intellectual without the requisite knowledge or aptitude.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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Published: May 10, 2025 Sierra Vandervort (Photo: Neal Francis; Outside Festival) Sierra is a writer, yogi, and music lover living in the Pacific Northwest.—
Sierra Vandervort,
Outside Online,
10 May 2025
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In 1980, after meeting the yogi Swami Muktananda at an ashram in the Catskills, Rashad began practicing Siddha yoga, which trains its followers to recognize the divinity in themselves and the surrounding world.—
Reggie Ugwu,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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Several sequels followed, including one called Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, in which Karloff plays a hypnotist swami from the Orient.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2024
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The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 June 2021
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Just his razor-sharp intellect and the motivation to work hard.—
Rich Tabaka,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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And for those of us who’ve built our identities around propositional knowing, our intellect and our cleverness, this shift doesn’t just feel professional.—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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Choose from 11 sizes and 28 color combinations, including sage and denim.—
Gabriella Maestri,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Aug. 2025
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The strategy has helped to transform land that’s naturally an arid mix of coastal sage and chaparral and deserts into an economic and cultural powerhouse.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
24 Aug. 2025
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His gurus through the years ranged from Krishnamurti, to Ram Dass and D.T..—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps the most fascinating peek behind the curtain, however, comes at her career transition to Goop guru.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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Yes, the warrior who fought wizards, ogres and various other monsters in the Roger Corman-produced 1983 sword and sorcery cult classic is back on the big screen.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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Umphrey’s McGee jam wizard Kris Myers stepped down in May, a couple years after rotator-cuff surgery.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Rabbi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbi. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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