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Recent Examples of synagogue
Those locations included schools, hospitals, churches, synagogues, mosques, funeral sites, weddings, marches, rallies or parades.
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April Rubin, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
From the ashes of a Pasadena synagogue, a powerful discovery is made.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
At least five churches, a synagogue, seven schools, two libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and groceries have been burned.
—Marc Sternfield, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Racist hate crimes Security has been upgraded at Jewish sites in Sydney including synagogues, schools and places of business, and authorities are adopting increasingly tough language against those accused of antisemitic crimes.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
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April Rubin, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
From the ashes of a Pasadena synagogue, a powerful discovery is made.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
At least five churches, a synagogue, seven schools, two libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and groceries have been burned.
—Marc Sternfield, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Racist hate crimes Security has been upgraded at Jewish sites in Sydney including synagogues, schools and places of business, and authorities are adopting increasingly tough language against those accused of antisemitic crimes.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
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Events in the Middle East have also prompted a surge in Islamophobic incidents across Europe, including arson, verbal and physical abuse and the targeting of mosques.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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Enforcement operations sweeping in at pick-up time outside your kid’s school, barging into local businesses or even into your church, synagogue, or mosque.—
Stephanie Rupp,
New York Daily News,
21 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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New analysis of Lidar scans revealed a dense network of thousands of structures, including temple pyramids, a palace complex, public plazas, reservoirs, and a court for playing ball sports.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Denver Post in 2022 published a three-part investigation that documented, for the first time, how local villagers dredged these valuable antiquities from a secret vault at the Plai Bat II temple in northeast Thailand and sold them to a burgeoning collector named Douglas Latchford.—
Sam Tabachnik,
The Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2025
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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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Wye Oak Tavern is located in what used to be the school's chapel, with soaring ceilings, stained glass, a tabernacle, and a sizable pipe organ.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Feb. 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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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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