This is the Forward’s coverage of synagogues, Jewish houses of worship.
Synagogues
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News ‘From a shtetl to a diaspora’: After the fire, a Palisades synagogue forges through a year in exile
One year after the Palisades fire, Kehillat Israel's congregants — and its rabbis — await their return home
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News She helped rescue the Torahs from their burning synagogue. A year later, the congregation is thriving.
One year after a wildfire destroyed its building, the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is recovering without losing members — or momentum
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News A new bill would ban protests near synagogues. Is that legal?
The proposal would ban demonstrations within 25 feet of houses of worship
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News Synagogue protests have shocked NYC and LA. This Michigan congregation has faced them for 22 years
At Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, protests have become a weekly reality
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Fast Forward NYC synagogue protest leads to a new bill, and a rally by Jewish groups outside Park East shul
A rally Thursday on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and new legislation aim to counter chants and threats at a recent protest outside Park East Synagogue
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Antisemitism Decoded Mamdani draws lines around how Jews should use ‘sacred spaces’
The incoming mayor of New York City entered the debate over when it's acceptable to protest outside a synagogue following a demonstration at Park East
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Culture Can this LGBTQ+ Jewish organization navigate these turbulent times?
Keshet is experiencing a CEO transition and external pressures. It hopes its latest project, Shivyon, eases them
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Fast Forward First-ever empirical study of US rabbinate finds ‘shortage’ is more about fit than numbers
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study
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News Joe Kent, Trump official with white supremacist ties, resigns over Iran war and blames Israel
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