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Recent Examples of shul
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.
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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
Bacall and his team had gone shul to shul, trying to avert panic as news of the attack spread through the rumor mill.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
In Los Angeles alone, the sect boasts dozens of shuls, including special centers for Russian and Persian-speaking refugees.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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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
Bacall and his team had gone shul to shul, trying to avert panic as news of the attack spread through the rumor mill.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
In Los Angeles alone, the sect boasts dozens of shuls, including special centers for Russian and Persian-speaking refugees.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shul
Noun
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Our partners, mostly synagogues, are already engaged with issues like homelessness, mass incarceration, drug abuse, human trafficking—and the foster experience is the number one feeder into all those problems.—
Ashoka,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Built in 1875, this Gothic stone building was first an Episcopal church and, later, a synagogue before being remodeled as a residence in 2005.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Over the years it’s been a church, a mosque, a museum and, since 2020, is now a mosque once more.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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Nearby cultural attractions include the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque (the largest mosque in Oman) and the Royal Opera House.—
Nicole Brewer,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Shul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shul. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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