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Recent Examples of bimah
We were led by women instead of the all-male cast of rabbis that blanketed the other bimahs across town.
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Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
Then, Fixler took to the bimah himself.
—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
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
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
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
Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
Then, Fixler took to the bimah himself.
—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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bimah
Noun
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Monet joined her parents at the altar and band members Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart were in attendance.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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It is celebrated entirely in Latin, with the priest facing the altar and the faithful receiving communion on the tongue while kneeling.—
Anna Matranga,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Caught between government and gospel But not everyone believes politics has a place at the pulpit.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
15 Dec. 2025
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From his pulpit, Wicks rains down selectively vituperative fire and brimstone, with an eye toward provoking walkouts from unsuspecting visitors—say, a gay couple or a single mom.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Bimah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bimah. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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