This is the Forward’s coverage of synagogues, Jewish houses of worship.
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News Indiana Jews race to reclaim a synagogue that shaped the Reform movement
The Lafayette congregation pioneered egalitarian prayer and launched national rabbinic leaders. Now locals hope to reclaim the 1867 building before it’s sold
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Opinion American synagogues are being forced into a terrible choice: Collaborate with ICE or risk our own safety
Jewish federations should fund security so synagogues don’t have to accept the federal government’s conditions, a Philadelphia rabbi urges
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Fast Forward Jewish leaders escalate concerns about unclear political conditions on federal security grants
After months of inquiries from Jewish groups and lawmakers, the federal government has yet to clarify whether immigration and DEI policies could affect synagogue security funding
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Holy Ground A millennial rabbi built a synagogue where others have closed. Her maverick ideas are becoming a model.
An urban synagogue in South Philadelphia is growing fast by defying expectations — and has become a closely watched experiment in American Jewish life
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Opinion What Jackson, Mississippi’s only synagogue means to its city — in the wake of arson, and beyond
The history of Beth Israel is marked by violence, and by profound communal efforts at repair
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Fast Forward Fire at Mississippi’s largest synagogue under federal investigation after arrest
The Ku Klux Klan attacked the same synagogue in 1967 for its involvement in the civil rights movement
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Opinion An arsonist torched a Mississippi synagogue. It feels hauntingly familiar.
The fire at Beth Israel echoes a long history of synagogue attacks, including the 1958 bombing of The Temple in Atlanta
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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 Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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News Her body has been unidentified for decades. Her Ashkenazi DNA may explain why