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Recent Examples of synagogue
The script is based on a 2019 incident at Chabad of Poway, an Orthodox synagogue in Poway, California, where a 19-year-old shooter entered on the last day of Passover and began firing.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
The Community Security Service, a group that trains volunteer synagogue security guards in New York City and other U.S. cities, told its network to remain vigilant and report suspicious behavior.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Perhaps these same Christians will help to carry the synagogue’s legacy forward.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
When the 1876 Adas Israel synagogue finally found its permanent home in 2018, the synagogue became something broader: the Jewish Historical Society helped to transform it into the largest artifact held by a new Capital Jewish Museum.
—Time, 3 June 2025
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
The Community Security Service, a group that trains volunteer synagogue security guards in New York City and other U.S. cities, told its network to remain vigilant and report suspicious behavior.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Perhaps these same Christians will help to carry the synagogue’s legacy forward.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
When the 1876 Adas Israel synagogue finally found its permanent home in 2018, the synagogue became something broader: the Jewish Historical Society helped to transform it into the largest artifact held by a new Capital Jewish Museum.
—Time, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
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Many of us already serve through synagogues, churches, mosques, sports leagues and nonprofits.—
Belal Aftab,
Mercury News,
13 July 2025
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The sun sets near a mosque in Doha on June 21, 2025.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 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
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At the temple the restrictions would include Fridays and the month of Ramadan, when most people show up for daily prayers.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
23 July 2025
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The Shikoku Pilgrimage, which includes 88 temples, starts here.—
Catherine Heald,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 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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The destination is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is full of temples, pagodas, and historic monuments.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 June 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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