This is the Forward’s coverage of synagogues, Jewish houses of worship.
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
Nik Jakobs, a cattle farmer in rural Illinois, is building a new synagogue and Holocaust museum using sacred objects rescued from shuttered congregations across America
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News Indiana synagogue that shaped Reform movement is sold — and will become a coffee shop, event space
A grassroots effort to reclaim the 1867 Lafayette building fell short. Its new owner says he will preserve the structure while giving it a new life
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Books A New Jersey congregation was already falling apart. Then came Oct 7.
In the novel ‘Partly Strong, Partly Broken,’ a rabbi tries to keep her congregants together in the weeks leading up to October 7
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Fast Forward Police eye Iran involvement as 3 London synagogues are targeted in arson attacks
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis decried 'a sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community'
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News A Jewish gun club teams up with the NRA, in pursuit of self-defense
The ‘Lox and Loaded’ partnership comes as anxieties fuel interest in firearms and concerns about ripple effects
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Fast Forward Long Island town ordered to pay $19M after blocking Chabad synagogue construction
The settlement marked the end of a legal battle that stretched nearly two decades
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Fast Forward NYC Council approves ‘buffer zone’ legislation insulating houses of worship from protests
A separate law aimed at protecting schools could be subject to Mayor Zohran Mamdani's veto.
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Culture For this unconventional Jewish organization, tradition takes a back seat to community
With its mostly online and often atypical programming, Judaism Unbound wants to bring egalitarian Jewish life into the 21st century
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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