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as in mosques
a building that is used for Jewish religious services
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Recent Examples of synagogues
Then firebombing synagogues, preschools, people’s homes, people’s cars.
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
While the number is lower than last year’s all-time high of 2,062, the past year had the highest number of more serious incidents, including arson attacks on synagogues, schools and other Jewish institutions.
—Jackie Zhou, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Australia has seen a string of antisemitic attacks on synagogues and other sites since the war in Gaza began.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 Dec. 2025
This morning, after what happened in Australia, San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph made sure officers were dispatched to synagogues on Sunday to protect the Jews while celebrating Hanukkah.
—Amanda Hari, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2025
That protests are being held outside synagogues, college Hillel chapters, and Jewish community centers, effectively barring Jews from their own communal spaces?
—Scott Feuless, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
In the latest antisemitic incident to rock a community, threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when a person was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor and other items, officials said Tuesday.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Also participating in Faith and Blue are POINT members and churches, centers, synagogues of various faiths, including Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist temples and mosques.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
While the number is lower than last year’s all-time high of 2,062, the past year had the highest number of more serious incidents, including arson attacks on synagogues, schools and other Jewish institutions.
—Jackie Zhou, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
Australia has seen a string of antisemitic attacks on synagogues and other sites since the war in Gaza began.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 Dec. 2025
This morning, after what happened in Australia, San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph made sure officers were dispatched to synagogues on Sunday to protect the Jews while celebrating Hanukkah.
—Amanda Hari, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2025
That protests are being held outside synagogues, college Hillel chapters, and Jewish community centers, effectively barring Jews from their own communal spaces?
—Scott Feuless, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
In the latest antisemitic incident to rock a community, threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when a person was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor and other items, officials said Tuesday.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Also participating in Faith and Blue are POINT members and churches, centers, synagogues of various faiths, including Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist temples and mosques.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogues
Noun
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Some clerics control enormous charitable foundations worth billions of dollars through donations from followers and budgets from the state, while others operate modest local mosques with minimal resources.—
Narges Bajoghli,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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The family has also not been permitted to hold mourning ceremonies, and several mosques in Marivan were reportedly disallowed from hosting memorial services.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In Kyoto, tranquil temples and classic tea houses reveal a more traditional side of Japan.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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The trio also offers a range of travel styles, such as chasing eclipses from Arctic and Mediterranean cruise ships in 2026, photographing the eclipsed sun above ancient temples in 2027, and combining stargazing and Outback road trips in 2028.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Synagogues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogues. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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