This is the Forward’s coverage of synagogues, Jewish houses of worship.
Synagogues
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Culture A pitch clock is shortening baseball games. What if synagogues did the same?
These ‘nu’ rules are intended to speed up services
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Opinion What I wish I had said to a young non-Zionist Jew about Israel
On Israel’s 75th birthday, your questions are exactly what we need
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Yiddish World My shul is named after a shtetl. Read how one woman survived after the Nazis came in.
The author, a member of Toronto’s First Narayever Synagogue, retells the story she found in the town’s memorial book.
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Opinion Was I wrong about antisemitism?
After two antisemitic shootings in Los Angeles, time to rethink
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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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Holy Ground A millennial rabbi built a synagogue where others have closed. Her maverick ideas are becoming a model.
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Fast Forward Chabad ‘let me down,’ suspect said, in hours before allegedly attacking their headquarters
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Opinion A death knell for the American Jewish dream of a melting pot — in the 1920s, and today
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News Antisemitism group keeps board member who emailed Epstein on the legality of transporting minors for sex
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Fast Forward Mamdani appoints Phylisa Wisdom, progressive Jewish leader, to run Office to Combat Antisemitism
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