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synagogue. The Jews may have introduced synagogues as regular meeting places for worship during the Babylonian exile (6th cent. BC), when they could no longer take part in the
Temple worship at Jerusalem, but the first clear evidence of synagogue building comes from Egypt in the Hellenistic period. The worship of the synagogue has always been non-sacrificial; it consists chiefly of readings from Scripture, with prayers, canticles, and sometimes a sermon. Christ took part in synagogue worship and often preached or taught in the synagogue. According to the account in Acts, it was St
Paul's normal practice first to preach in the synagogue in the places he visited and turn to the Gentiles only after the Jews had failed to respond to his message.
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ReThinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Shofar; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...life has changed. Yet synagogue boards complain that...sight. ReThinking Synagogues challenges congregations...conscious theologizing of synagogue life." Hoffman relates...enough of a reason for synagogues to exist. Other Jewish...in the Jews. So, Synagogue 2000 emphasized ritual...
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Synagogues tell story of Lower East Side's past
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...architecturally magnificent synagogues for the most part sit...One of the few older synagogues with a significant...is the Bialystoker Synagogue, housed in a former...restaurant. For some synagogues, the scars of time...1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue, located in the heart...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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SYNAGOGUES GET READY TO MEET THE FUTURE
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...such as the synagogue effective...experimentation in synagogues, the project...transformation." SYNAGOGUE 2000 boldly proclaims that "For synagogues willing to rethink...institution. Much as SYNAGOGUE 2000 is urging synagogues to move away...
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SYNAGOGUES REACHING OUT MAKE MISSION OF WELCOMING THE UNAFFILIATED
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/12/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...of leaders of the 30 synagogues that extend from Chelsea...for an alternative synagogue on Cape Ann that would...American Jews belong to synagogues. With the Jewish Federation...are unaffiliated with synagogues. Arnold Friedman...flier for Epstein's synagogue, he clicked on the...
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Synagogue study offers fresh data, but few surprises after half-century
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency; 8/14/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...of U.S. synagogues in decades...movements' synagogue lists with...housed in synagogue buildings. Of the Orthodox synagogues, 36 percent...of American synagogues would be useful...dynamics in synagogue life, Herring...
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Synagogues for Slihot
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 9/19/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...already begun in the Sephardi synagogues, which begin this special...for visiting Nahlaot and its synagogues, each with its own history...When first built, each synagogue's style of prayer (nusach...route, studded with early synagogues - far too many to mention...
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The synagogue: past, present, and future.
Magazine article from: Midstream; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...New York Times about synagogues around the world...planned series on the synagogue; it was purely coincidental...articles and pictures of synagogues in various places were...there is the Masada synagogue, which was constructed...first century CE. The synagogues at Herodian and at...
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Synagogues dispute threatens to delay completion of Israel's Gaza pullout
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...settlements _ holed up in the synagogues. Most allowed themselves...the roof of the Kfar Darom synagogue and pelted soldiers with water...rabbis have gone to inspect the synagogues in the empty settlements...delegation of rabbis visited a Gaza synagogue, and one tore his clothes...
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The Ancient Synagogue from Its Origins until 200 C.E.: Papers Presented at an International Conference at Lund University, October 14-17, 2001
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...The Origins of the Synagogue; Part 2: The Life in the Diaspora Synagogues; Part 3: The Languages of the Synagogue; Part 4: The Worship...the Origins of the Synagogue" (pp. 63-89...Architectural case for Synagogues as Associations...
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 "South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)")
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Boca Raton Synagogue creates own Web site after dispute with volunteer founder: Orthodox congregation creates own site after dispute with founder.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 8/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Zev Freidus is angry at Boca Raton Synagogue and he is holding a hostage: its old...webmaster for six years, but in 2005, the synagogue asked him to turn over brsweb.org because...business. Freidus refused. He said synagogue leaders deceived him. After months of...
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Synagogue
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...architecture have been followed in synagogue buildings. Many modern Orthodox synagogues have a small synagogue nearby, known as a bet ha...organizations (e.g. The United Synagogue, The Federation of Synagogues, and the Union of Orthodox...
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synagogue
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...common, and in many synagogues the three are combined...the national synagogue associations...Kaploun, ed., The Synagogue (1973); A. Eisenberg, The Synagogue through the Ages...H. Krinsky, Synagogues of Europe (1987...
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Synagogue, The Great
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Synagogue, The Great. Jewish institution mentioned...Avot , ‘the men of the Great Synagogue’ lived between the time of...from the time of Ezra , and the Great Synagogue was probably a representative body which...
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United Synagogue of America
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
United Synagogue of America. Association of Conservative Jewish synagogues in the USA and Canada. The organization was founded by Solomon Schechter in 1913.
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United Synagogue
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
United Synagogue. Association of Ashkenazi Jewish congregations in Great Britain. The organization was established by Act of Parliament in 1870. It supports the British Chief Rabbinate , the London Bet Din , and all the synagogues which accept the authority of the Chief Rabbi.
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