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Recent Examples of shul
Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli demonstrators clashed Sunday outside Adas Torah synagogue, an Orthodox shul, in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood, which police said resulted in two reports of battery.
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Antonio Planas, NBC News, 25 June 2024
His father convinced the House of Representatives to stop holding votes during the High Holidays in 1998, and former president Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law attended his home shul.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
Recently, in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, a ye-olde Tudor-style mansion at 770 Eastern Parkway made headlines when a group of young Hasidic men were filmed brawling with police after emerging, improbably, out of a homemade subterranean passageway in a basement shul.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
The nonprofit has trained more than 1,000 people, including 47 volunteers who qualify under FBI standards who help patrol community schools and shuls.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
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Antonio Planas, NBC News, 25 June 2024
His father convinced the House of Representatives to stop holding votes during the High Holidays in 1998, and former president Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law attended his home shul.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
Recently, in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, a ye-olde Tudor-style mansion at 770 Eastern Parkway made headlines when a group of young Hasidic men were filmed brawling with police after emerging, improbably, out of a homemade subterranean passageway in a basement shul.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
The nonprofit has trained more than 1,000 people, including 47 volunteers who qualify under FBI standards who help patrol community schools and shuls.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shul
Noun
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In 1993, a synagogue in West Rogers Park was burned.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The lion’s share of the program went to synagogues across the county, according to reporting from Jewish Currents magazine.—
Lauren Costantino
February 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some of the wounded in the attack on the sprawling mosque of Khadija Al-Kubra were reported to be in critical condition.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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At least 12 people have been killed after an explosion at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Friday, Punjab Police told CNN.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Shul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shul. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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