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- I looked forward to going to synagogue services with my maternal grandparents, with whom I was especially close.†
p. 16.8 *synagogue = a place of worship for a people of the Jewish faith
- After services in the synagogue, people would sit on their porches, chatting and chewing pumpkin seeds.†
p. 19.2
- Those of us who were Jewish spoke Yiddish at home, Polish in public, and Hebrew in religious school or at the synagogue.†
p. 23.8
- Every Friday night and Saturday morning at Sabbath services in the synagogue, I would stand next to my grandfather, bowing my head when he did and following his lead through the prayers.†
p. 25.9
- I was especially drawn to Krakow's grand parks and historic buildings, such as the Old Synagogue, which dated back to the 1400s, and St. Mary's Basilica, a majestic fourteenth-century Gothic church that towered over the main square.†
p. 34.9
- In September 1938 we celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish year, and observed Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in a beautiful Reform synagogue, one of more than a hundred synagogues scattered throughout the city.†
p. 39.3
- In September 1938 we celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish year, and observed Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in a beautiful Reform synagogue, one of more than a hundred synagogues scattered throughout the city.†
p. 39.4synagogues = places where members of the Jewish faith worship
- Then came the worst news yet: In Germany and Austria, on the night of November 9-10, 1938, synagogues and Torah scrolls were burned and Jewish property destroyed.†
p. 42.3
- Later this night would be referred to as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, because of the thousands of windows that had been shattered in synagogues, in Jewish homes and businesses.†
p. 43.1
- A mob gathered at one of the remaining synagogues, shouting slurs, and then came to our building to throw rocks at the windows.†
p. 171.9
- Elsewhere in the city, rioters looted a synagogue and burned the Torah scrolls.†
p. 172.6synagogue = a place of worship for a people of the Jewish faith
- I began to accept invitations to share my story at churches, synagogues, schools, and political, military, civic, and philanthropic organizations, locally and across the United States and Canada.†
p. 200.1synagogues = places where members of the Jewish faith worship
Definitions:
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(1)
(synagogue) a place of worship for a people of the Jewish faith
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)