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Recent Examples of synagogue
States with synagogues all lost the Christian requirement for public office by 1792.
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Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
But Noah is in line to become the head rabbi at his Los Angeles synagogue, which makes marrying someone like Joanne, who isn’t Jewish, the biggest complication.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish people may spend the day fasting, attending synagogue or observing the holiday in other ways.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2024
Kristallnacht translates as Night of Broken Glass, a reference to the thousands of shops, businesses and synagogues destroyed by the Nazis across the two nights in November 1938.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
But Noah is in line to become the head rabbi at his Los Angeles synagogue, which makes marrying someone like Joanne, who isn’t Jewish, the biggest complication.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish people may spend the day fasting, attending synagogue or observing the holiday in other ways.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2024
Kristallnacht translates as Night of Broken Glass, a reference to the thousands of shops, businesses and synagogues destroyed by the Nazis across the two nights in November 1938.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
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Getty Home to Africa’s oldest synagogue, more than 300 mosques, a Catholic church, and a thousand-year-old village bedecked in contemporary murals, Djerba is a delightfully unorthodox—and much needed—reminder that humans thrown together in splendid isolation can get things right.Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2024
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The theory was popularized by manifestos left by perpetrators in a number of high-profile neo-Nazi and white supremacist terrorist incidents, including the killing of 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 5 Nov. 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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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
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Six buses were arrayed outside that legendary Upper West Side emporium, a culinary temple to smoked fish and secular, progressive Judaism.Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
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When the diyas are lit, they are placed in rows in temples and houses or set afloat on rivers and streams.Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
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The showcase gets more stunning each year and features a 50-foot pagoda.Sam Allard, Axios, 11 July 2024
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State media also reported that five dams, four pagodas and more than 65,000 houses were destroyed by the flooding.Reuters, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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In his hometown of Nashville, Kearney will play the Roman Theatre, a former tabernacle and home to the Grand Ol’ Opry.Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 30 July 2024
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Please, oh please, if anyone has that tabernacle or knows of its whereabouts, notify the authorities at once and turn it in at once.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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