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Recent Examples of synagogue
Organs were not typically used in synagogues, but Wise felt organ music should be a key part of Reform Judaism worship.
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The timing of this honor was particularly meaningful, the release stated, as the synagogue community gathered to celebrate both Rabbi Lazowski and Ruth’s milestone birthdays during Shabbat Services on June 15.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
There was an older Jewish woman who came up to me at the end of a Democratic Club forum in a synagogue some months ago.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
While Israel's targets have been carefully planned on targets of military value, Tehran's strikes have been aimed at communities, schools, synagogues and hospitals across the country.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The timing of this honor was particularly meaningful, the release stated, as the synagogue community gathered to celebrate both Rabbi Lazowski and Ruth’s milestone birthdays during Shabbat Services on June 15.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
There was an older Jewish woman who came up to me at the end of a Democratic Club forum in a synagogue some months ago.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
While Israel's targets have been carefully planned on targets of military value, Tehran's strikes have been aimed at communities, schools, synagogues and hospitals across the country.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
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By decades-old agreement, Jews can visit the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Al-Aqsa mosque, but not pray there.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Capable of holding over 40,000 worshippers, the mosque puts the wealth of the Emirates on clear display.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
3 Aug. 2025
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The caretaking and preservation of these dying congregations is just another aspect of the invisible labor taken on by a generation of women whose work in the home and the shul—caring for children, husbands, family members—was always taken for granted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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Halfway across the city, around the time that Stein was expelled from religious shul in Brooklyn, Weinstein was struggling with his own trans identity, living on the Upper West Side among a dynastic family of his own.—
Leah Abrams,
Them.,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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It was shaped in kitchens, temples, street corners, songs.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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An outdoor sign for a Hindu temple in Greenwood was vandalized overnight Aug. 10, a spokesperson for BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir confirmed to IndyStar.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On an excursion to a site known as the Twin Mountains, my guide Tek Leng explained the horrific history of this place, today a peaceful park filled with pagodas and Buddha statues.—
David Swanson,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2025
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The park was constructed in 1983 for a garden exhibition and still contains gorgeous rose gardens, a pagoda surrounded by Asian gardens, and several ponds and water features.—
Emily Manthei,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
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Renovation plans to this tabernacle feature a mental wellness center and a workout room.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
27 June 2025
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Miller also noted that the original tabernacle of the church survived, along with 17th-century lead coffins that visitors can view under a glass floor.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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