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Recent Examples of synagogue
As Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker prepared to lead a livestreamed service, a man, later identified as Malik Faisal Akram, arrived at the synagogue.
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Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
At least 11 other churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and religious institutions have been completely destroyed by the series of fires ravaging Southern California.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
The synagogue's congregation has ties to the region dating back to 1874.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Churches, synagogues and mosques become important touchstones in communities ravaged by disasters – now many here are also themselves victims of a disaster.
—Sarah Ventre, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
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Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
At least 11 other churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and religious institutions have been completely destroyed by the series of fires ravaging Southern California.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
The synagogue's congregation has ties to the region dating back to 1874.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Churches, synagogues and mosques become important touchstones in communities ravaged by disasters – now many here are also themselves victims of a disaster.
—Sarah Ventre, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
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Days of unrest convulsed Britain over the next week, as rioters clashed with the police, lit cars on fire, attacked mosques and ransacked businesses.—
Megan Specia,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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The image of Nila’s apartment building becomes a catchall for her family, growing up in poverty, and being of Muslim background in a country where mosques are set ablaze and brown people are victims of hate crimes.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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His synagogue, which meets at the Maimonides School—a Modern Orthodox day school—was one of seven Orthodox shuls that were a part of the Oct. 6 siyum.—
Emily Goldberg,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Oct. 2024
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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.—
Antonio Planas,
NBC News,
25 June 2024
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In 2021, while an associate curator at one of New York City’s temples of experimental contemporary art, the Swiss institute, curator Daniel Merritt said that art history played a role is his practice, but was not a hill to die on.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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Time is also spent in the temples and museums of Ulaanbaatar.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Case in point: the entry, with its terrazzo floors, bold green carpeting up the stairs, and pagoda pendants.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
23 Jan. 2025
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Known for its five-storied pagoda, the Buddhist temple was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994, as part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
17 Jan. 2025
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The history of the concert hall goes back to over a century ago when it was first constructed as a tabernacle for religious gatherings.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
8 Jan. 2024
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The demand of the people, of the families, of the fallen, must permeate here, must be reflected from here, must become a decree engraved on the walls of this tabernacle.—
David Isaac,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2024
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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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