How to Use synagogue in a Sentence

synagogue

noun
  • Shots fired in the parking lot of a synagogue in New York.
    Erin Ailworth, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Today, the town has two large mosques and more than a dozen synagogues.
    Tim Craig, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Members of the synagogue were split over the death penalty.
    David Nakamura The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Today, the doors of the synagogue are still locked, and a chain-link fence surrounds the property.
    Kris Maher, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2022
  • In 2017, the couple married at a New York City synagogue.
    Hannah Malach, ELLE, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Officials When the synagogue moved to repair the wall, the men tried to stop it, according to a Chabad spokesperson.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Two-thirds of Jews under 30 belonged to no synagogue at all.
    Jane Eisner, The Atlantic, 28 July 2023
  • The synagogue shooting came 24 hours after a deadly attack by Israeli forces on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank.
    Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The address given on the phone belongs to a synagogue that is livestreaming its services.
    Jeffery C. Mays, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The synagogue has been temporarily closed, and the tunnel is being filled in.
    Curbed, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Five decades ago, the luncheon for Andrew Stewart’s bar mitzvah became the first event in the Tree of Life synagogue’s social hall.
    Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • He was found guilty in June of all 63 federal charges brought against him in connection with the synagogue massacre.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Bowers was shot as police apprehended him after a shootout in a classroom on the third floor of the synagogue.
    David Nakamura The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Thursday was the fourth anniversary of that attack and was marked by a memorial service for Kaye at the synagogue.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • They were arrested in connection with a threat against a New York City synagogue.
    Brandon Tensley, CNN, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The violence left the synagogue with broken doors and windows, shattered glass and bullet holes.
    Bobby Ross Jr., BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Passover is the one major Jewish holiday where the service is conducted at home and not in a synagogue.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Police have named and charged a suspect in the Oct. 21 homicide of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Since starting the band nearly 10 years ago, Dreier has performed in nursing homes and synagogues, as well as banquet and music halls.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • In the synagogue’s deep, thick-walled cellars, classrooms and storage rooms were repurposed with cots and mattresses, and the kitchens cranked out hundreds of meals a day.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
  • He was born in Budapest, but his father was the cantor at the [Appleton] synagogue.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • For more information about the program and the synagogue, visit templeemanu-el.org.
    Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Small said the evidence shows Chokr targeted the synagogue.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 5 Jan. 2023
  • In North Brooklyn, a synagogue with an early-childhood center added an armed guard at the urging of parents, who fundraised to cover the expense.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Police presence around the synagogue has been increased.
    Jeffery C. Mays, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Nine men were arrested on Monday at the synagogue, police said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In New York, police officers have showed up at synagogues with bomb-sniffing dogs.
    Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Her children, ages 3, 5, and 7, and all on the autism spectrum, sprinted around the synagogue, pulling the slats out of the vertical blinds and leaving their mother feeling embarrassed.
    Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
  • There are several synagogues, as well as the Jewish Middle School of Nashville, within about a mile of the neighborhood.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Shop windows smashed, Stars of David and swastikas daubed on walls of Jewish properties, synagogues, and cemeteries.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023

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