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Recent Examples of shul
Recently, in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, a ye-olde Tudor-style mansion at 770 Eastern Parkway made headlines when a group of young Hasidic men were filmed brawling with police after emerging, improbably, out of a homemade subterranean passageway in a basement shul.
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Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
The nonprofit has trained more than 1,000 people, including 47 volunteers who qualify under FBI standards who help patrol community schools and shuls.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
Bacall and his team had gone shul to shul, trying to avert panic as news of the attack spread through the rumor mill.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
In Los Angeles alone, the sect boasts dozens of shuls, including special centers for Russian and Persian-speaking refugees.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
The nonprofit has trained more than 1,000 people, including 47 volunteers who qualify under FBI standards who help patrol community schools and shuls.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
Bacall and his team had gone shul to shul, trying to avert panic as news of the attack spread through the rumor mill.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
In Los Angeles alone, the sect boasts dozens of shuls, including special centers for Russian and Persian-speaking refugees.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shul
Noun
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Six of the injured in what federal officials have described as a terror attack were from the same synagogue, Bonai Shalom.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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My parents were some of the founders of the Riverdale Temple, which is a Reform synagogue.—
Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
Noun
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His manifesto during the 2023 general election included a ban on all mosques, Islamic schools, the use of Qurans, and anyone wearing a Hijab entering government buildings in the Netherlands.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
3 June 2025
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In Ioannina, a lively university town where Byzantine churches co-exist with Ottoman-era mosques, sits the 3Portes Gallery.—
Helen Iatrou,
AFAR Media,
29 May 2025
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“Shul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shul. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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