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In September 1959, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer attended a high-profile ceremony when the synagogue’s reconstruction was complete.
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Daniela R. P. Weiner, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
Most recite the mourner’s prayer on the date of the child’s burial as well as on Yizkor, the special memorial prayer for the departed recited in the synagogue four times a year.
—Stewart Ain, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
His synagogue was located in the center of Szászváros, Transylvania, part of Hungary at the time.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Then, both synagogues listed by The Maple as complicit Jewish institutions were shot at.
—Jesse Brown, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
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Daniela R. P. Weiner, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
Most recite the mourner’s prayer on the date of the child’s burial as well as on Yizkor, the special memorial prayer for the departed recited in the synagogue four times a year.
—Stewart Ain, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
His synagogue was located in the center of Szászváros, Transylvania, part of Hungary at the time.
—Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Then, both synagogues listed by The Maple as complicit Jewish institutions were shot at.
—Jesse Brown, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
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That includes schools, churches, synagogues, mosques, crisis centers, shelters, food banks, and day care centers, among others.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2026
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But inside mosques, at vigils and around family tables, conversations reveal a city still reeling, and one beginning to reckon with what comes next.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Felder understood the impulse behind the shul’s decision.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 2014, vandals tried to set fire to the shul, noted for the whimsical palm trees painted on either side of the ark, and its ceiling, which resembles a starry night.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Her father was a sculptor and her grandfather an architect known for designing temples across East Asia.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
11 Apr. 2026
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Savor the jaunt through Los Rosales—make stops at the Temple of Debod (an Egyptian temple dating back to the 2nd century BC) and the Royal Palace (the largest of its kind in Europe), with unbeatable views of the mountains and centuries of history all around you.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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However, the pagoda dogwood is an especially popular dogwood variety for front yard landscaping thanks to its graceful arching form, which stays under 25 feet high, and fragrant white flowers that bloom from late spring through early summer.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
9 Apr. 2026
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Built in 541, its highlights include the white gemstone statues of Amitabha Buddha and the enormous incense burners in the pagoda’s red-roofed Upper House.—
Tamara Hinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Mar. 2026
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In the corner of one of Amsterdam's most elegant 17th-century canal houses, a cheetah leaps from an antique tabernacle.—
Karen Burshtein,
Time,
12 Mar. 2026
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Vandals broke into a Catholic school in Long Beach overnight Monday, stealing church items, damaging statues and tossing the tabernacle to the ground, according to police and school officials.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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