This is the Forward’s coverage of synagogues, Jewish houses of worship.
Synagogues
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News Miami Beach wants to shut down this synagogue. Those who pray there say it’s not a synagogue.
City officials point to an industrial-size coffee urn and other evidence to show that a group of Jews is violating its zoning code
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Looking Forward Is it time to hit the panic button in our synagogues?
After FBI warns of 'credible threat,' 60% of preschoolers at my synagogue didn't show up this morning
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Fast Forward Individual who threatened synagogues in New Jersey identified by law enforcement
Officials say suspect was 'neutralized' and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wants Friday evening services to proceed as usual
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Opinion Last Halloween, someone tried to burn down our synagogue
The alleged arsonist was only 18 years old at the time of the fire. How could someone so young be filled with rage?
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News Why go to one synagogue service when you can go to many? Congregants confess their love of virtual shul hopping
Now Jews can daven across time zones and denominations, checking out services at multiple congregations over the course of a few hours
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Fast Forward Biden to Jewish audience: ‘I probably went to shul more than many of you did’
Biden hosted Jewish leaders at the first White House Rosh Hashanah reception and made his traditional call to rabbis
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Culture So, what’s up with all that kissing in synagogue? (No, not the people — the Torah!)
Born into a Christian cult, a Jewish writer discovers the meaning behind a practice she once found puzzling
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News A Long Island synagogue’s renovations uncover a massive work of art
At the High Holidays, many Merrick Jewish Centre congregants will get a first look at a forgotten treasure
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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News Floyd Mayweather showered cash on Jewish causes — and now he’s suing their ‘Robin Hood’ alleging $175 million got diverted
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Opinion How can I live freely as a Jew in a world where strangers rip my mezuzah off my doorframe?
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Opinion Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story?
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Culture In the course of his 104 years, he resisted the Nazis, fought against blood libel and became a towering Jewish intellectual
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Culture That time Allen Ginsberg wrote a Socialist poem — about Bernie Sanders