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Recent Examples of bimah
Then, Fixler took to the bimah himself.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
The flags of the U.S. and Israel will both be displayed on the bimah, or raised platform, at the front of the sanctuary.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2023
The discovery this week follows the 2019 unearthing of the Tuscan baroque-style bimah, the synagogue’s central prayer platform, in the same dig by a team of international scholars headed by Jon Seligman, director of the antiquities authority’s Excavations, Surveys and Research Department.
—Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2021
Half was hidden in a safe under the bimah of a synagogue so that even the Germans could not find it.
—New York Times, 4 May 2022
On the bimah, Charlotte has shown her maturity — proving it even to herself.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
Excavations led by a joint Israeli and Lithuanian team uncovered the Torah ark, or Aron Kodesh—the cabinet that holds a synagogue’s sacred scroll—and the bimah, or raised prayer platform.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
The team also found the entire façade of the bimah, as well as the remains of one of four pillars that held up the building’s roof.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
The young man orders the bar-mitzvah boy off the bimah.
—Peter Orner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
The flags of the U.S. and Israel will both be displayed on the bimah, or raised platform, at the front of the sanctuary.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2023
The discovery this week follows the 2019 unearthing of the Tuscan baroque-style bimah, the synagogue’s central prayer platform, in the same dig by a team of international scholars headed by Jon Seligman, director of the antiquities authority’s Excavations, Surveys and Research Department.
—Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2021
Half was hidden in a safe under the bimah of a synagogue so that even the Germans could not find it.
—New York Times, 4 May 2022
On the bimah, Charlotte has shown her maturity — proving it even to herself.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
Excavations led by a joint Israeli and Lithuanian team uncovered the Torah ark, or Aron Kodesh—the cabinet that holds a synagogue’s sacred scroll—and the bimah, or raised prayer platform.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
The team also found the entire façade of the bimah, as well as the remains of one of four pillars that held up the building’s roof.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
The young man orders the bar-mitzvah boy off the bimah.
—Peter Orner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bimah
Noun
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The Vatican long ago had offered to help facilitate peace talks, and Francis had regularly called for peace and dialogue from the altar of the basilica.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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Standing just off the main altar inside Santa Cruz Church, Ana María calmly pulled out her replacement phone — her original had been recently stolen.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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From courthouses to study halls and pulpits to Senate floors, Black leaders have changed the world’s vision about what access to justice looks like in real time.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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He has been suspended from his post more than once for such actions as adopting children and inveighing against Hillary Clinton from his pulpit during the 2008 election.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Bimah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bimah. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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