rabbi

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Recent Examples of rabbi Yonah said their family traveled to Florida from New York in honor of Rachel's recent graduation — and their father, a rabbi, was on another jet ski at the time. Jillian Frankel, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025 In our interview, Mamdani frames the shift as the consequence of listening to New Yorkers, including Jewish leaders, as well as a rabbi who said the phrase evoked memories of bus bombings in Haifa. Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025 Nolan Lebovitz is the senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California, and sits on the advisory board of the Zionist Rabbinic Coalition. Nolan Lebovitz, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025 In Santa Fe, New Mexico, Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom delivered an introspective and agonized message, one that wrestled not only with Israel’s actions but with the very role of the rabbi as public moral voice. Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rabbi
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Noun
  • Ronan’s character, Maria, is a beleaguered primary school teacher whose life is tough enough without the relentless onslaught of bad behavior by young Danny (Eddie Waller, in his debut role).
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Deep into an auditorium of hundreds, perhaps more, a then-60 year old high school social studies teacher, sitting alone, could feel eyes throughout the room suddenly glaring in his direction.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Evolving risks, shifting business models, emerging technologies—especially the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)—and increasing regulatory complexity require professionals in this field to be agile lifelong learners and critical thinkers.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For thinkers like Ratti, the time for stopping or slowing climate change has passed, and the time for climate adaptation is upon us.
    Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The always watchable Zem (Other People’s Children) is strong as an obsessive intellectual whose theories drive him to push others to the brink, while Valeria Golino (a requisite for any Italian festival film these days) shows up as the aggrieved mother of a victim.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The first National Conservatism conferences drew students and intellectuals who felt marginalized by the Republican Party and dreamed about taking power.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Maybe the resident baker-in-chief could use a new recipe stand for pouring over ingredients or the hardcore yogi could use a new mat.
    Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • In the mid-’80s, when the community had swollen to more than 600 residents, New Vrindaban’s swami, a thin-lipped former Baptist, was accused of ordering the assassination of two disgruntled devotees.
    Ashley Stimpson, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • With his new book, Pan, Clune has turned his cockeyed sensibility and coruscating intellect to fiction.
    Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The interiors are styled in beige, sage green, and yellow, and feature botanical accents, along with cushion covers and illustrations by local artist Lisa Strachan.
    Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Kate Middleton received some sage advice from her grandfather-in-law, Prince Philip, before his death in 2021.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Filming is underway in Colombia on bilingual political thriller White, a feature about Indian guru Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s role in Colombia’s peace process.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Nuno’s remarks came after The Athletic reported a row with Edu, the club’s transfer guru and Arsenal’s former sporting director, was at the heart of his disillusionment.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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