shul
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of shul
Yiddish: synagogue, from Old High German scuola school 1
Example Sentences
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“When I am mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
“A lot of people are questioning whether to go to shul for Shabbos.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2023
Do they look like the families in “Armageddon Time” and “The Fabelmans,” who celebrate Hanukkah and eat bagels and lox but don’t go to shul regularly?
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022
Back from shul, he was breaking fast with a bagel and cream cheese, holding forth at the head of the table in our Michigan dining room.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2021
Would they be able to outrun the dead board of the shul, if it came to it?
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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