rabbinic

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Recent Examples of rabbinic But the congregation has grown familiar with the concept through Fink’s first wife, who was a rabbi, as well as local female rabbinical students. Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026 When the consolidation was announced in 2022, the college faced a record $8.8 million deficit and rabbinic student enrollment had dropped by 37% over the previous 15 years. Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025 In the standard post-Talmudic rabbinic interpretation, this was a natural animosity, a jealous resentment born of God’s decision to choose the Jews for his covenant. Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 The divorce took place within the month at the Modern Orthodox rabbinic court. Tova Reich, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rabbinic
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Adjective
  • On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall -- normally attended by tens of thousands -- was limited to just 50 people.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2026
  • On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall — normally attended by tens of thousands — was limited to 50 people.
    Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The measure accidentally erased Measure J from the charter through a clerical error.
    Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • Cove Gardens, where my family lived, was a sprawling red brick rental complex built after the war for the light-industrial, service, and clerical workers who were saving up for their own houses in a better area.
    Chang-rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Adjective
  • The new bishop, who has spent his ministerial career in the nation's capital and surrounding communities, will work in a less Catholic and more rural region, overseeing the diocese’s 61,000 Catholics and 92 parishes throughout West Virginia.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • The National Development and Reform Commission is a ministerial-level agency of the State Council and functions as a central economic planning and industrial policy body within the Chinese government.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The filing was part of a lawsuit that the National Religious Broadcasters, an international association of evangelical Christian communicators, and other plaintiffs initiated in 2024.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Jonathan Muir Burgos and his father, Elier Muir Ávila, an evangelical pastor, were arrested on March 16 in Morón, a city in Ciego de Ávila province.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • To become a steward requires a $1 million gift to a fund that then helps support papal projects, such as building orphanages or monasteries.
    Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 2 May 2026
  • Hours earlier, the pontiff had condemned capital punishment aboard the papal plane, when asked about executions carried out by the Iranian government.
    Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Kast and his wife are part of Schoenstatt, a Catholic apostolic movement devoted to the Virgin Mary.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • On New Year’s Eve in 1996, Christou followed Deadbeat with a club at a former Episcopal church that was built in 1865.
    Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Jackson is an Episcopal priest, theological educator and former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida executive.
    Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • This is a rich, complex memoir in which Foo explores her familial roots, the impact of intergenerational trauma in Asian-American immigrant communities, the failures of American healthcare, and the patriarchal erasure of women’s suffering.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • With politics — the culture — is very patriarchal.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026

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