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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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Germany is one of Israel's strongest allies due to the legacy of the Holocaust and security is tight at synagogues and other Jewish institutions.—
Pilar Arias,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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There are houses with multi- generational expansions, a farm, synagogue, stone quarry, wells, crops, and livestock.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After the mosque closed, the chairman stayed behind with another volunteer for a cup of tea.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Grand Blanc also has a mosque, the Grand Blanc Islamic Center.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Shul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shul. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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