How to Use synagogue in a Sentence

synagogue

noun

• The synagogue where the Siegels worshipped was among the temples burned to the ground.
  — Ethan Sacks, NBC News, 13 July 2024
• 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
• One rock wall bears an engraved Star of David that may have been part of a synagogue.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2022
• 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
• The first synagogue dates from 1528 and was built by German Ashkenazi Jews.
  — Chris Warde-Jones, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
• Listed on the back were the names and numbers of a church, a synagogue and a nonprofit on Martha’s Vineyard.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2022
• 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
• With few survivors, the Hai Taieb synagogue was hollowed out.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
• There was no citation for that claim, and the synagogue didn’t respond to an email seeking one.
  — Zachary M. Seward, Quartz, 13 Sep. 2022
• 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
• In that sense, the people in the synagogue are a good alternative to Yogev and his brother.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• Standing under an outdoor tent at the largest synagogue in Michigan, a group of rabbis on stage held up a piece of black cloth.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2022
• In Pittsburgh, the Tree of Life synagogue, site of a 2018 shooting, was torn down to make way for a new sanctuary and memorial.
  — Ted Anthony, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 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
• Images show large holes through the front windows and shattered glass covering the entrance to the synagogue.
  — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 30 June 2024
• In January, a British national held four hostages for more than 10 hours at a synagogue in North Texas.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 10 July 2022
• Rosh Hashanah celebrations don’t just take place within the walls of a synagogue.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
• Its synagogue in Derbent was also set ablaze and gutted by flames.
  — Charles Maynes, NPR, 25 June 2024
• For Crosley, as for Lola, there are no coincidences—and this man, now standing outside the old synagogue, is the proof.
  — Time, 24 May 2022
• 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
• The defacement at the synagogue near East 66th Street and Madison Avenue was captured on security cameras, showing a man drawing the evil eye symbol with a marker and fleeing on foot, police said.
  — Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
• The Lloyd Street Synagogue is Maryland’s oldest synagogue, having welcomed its first congregants in 1845.
  — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024