Michael Stuhlbarg

I was raised in a reform synagogue. I think we all bring with us a sense of when hard things happen to us, we find ourselves asking questions of why are these things happening to me at this time in my life. I think in that sense, there's a certain resonance that I carry. It's more of a spiritual resonance as opposed to particularly of Judaism.

American Actor

Leonard Cohen

I have a deep tribal sense. I grew up in a synagogue that my ancestors built. I sat in the third row. My family was decent. They were good people; they were handshake people. So I never had a sense of rebellion.

Canadian Singer

Karen Salmansohn

Religious people are simply following major core practices of happy people. For example, one benefits from the guaranteed social support that can be found in a church, synagogue, or mosque.

American Author

Mary Antin

One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.

Russian Activist

Ezra Furman

I'm in this effort to unify my life and to live day to day in a disciplined way, to be real at all times, not just in front of people, or not just in a synagogue.

American Musician

A. B. Yehoshua

Our synagogues are spread all over the world, and we want people to respect them and look after them. And we have to respect the places of prayer of others.

Israeli Novelist

Alan Watts

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.

English Philosopher

Jacky Rosen

No one should have to go to school with a bulletproof backpack or be afraid to go to synagogue or church or a restaurant.

American Politician

Jessica Hecht

I'm Reconstructionist; I don't serve the Sabbath, but I go to synagogue.

American Actress

Chris Gibson

Churches, synagogues, and mosques should be treated the same.

Synagogue is central in Jewish community life, hosting cultural, educational, and social events.

Cultural Importance

The term ‘synagogue’ encompasses a range of Jewish denominations, each with their own practices.

Varieties of Synagogue

Synagogues have historic value, many with unique architecture and rich histories.

Historical Significance

 I've taken to churches and temples and synagogues to provide evidence of the importance of trees growing not on my ecological values but rather the words of the Holy Scriptures of the people in the congregation themselves another thing that we're doing is mapping trees and churchyards where we go to a churchyard we offer to map and document

Nalini Nadkarni: For the...

 For folks who look like me, the easiest and most comfortable thing to do is to not pay attention -- to assume our criminal legal system is working. But if it's not our responsibility to question those assumptions, whose responsibility is it? There's a synagogue here that's taken on learning about mass incarceration,

The human stories behind...

 and I study the kinds of contexts that make that happen, whether it's at work, at school, church, in your synagogue, you know, all of the types of contexts that can either intentionally or inadvertently make us feel otherwise, which causes that anxiety. Yeah. And so, let's say someone's dealing with anxiety

Valerie Purdie-Greenaway:...

 than men actually interestingly for those who can't walk we were unable to get there right now people started to organize walks in cities in their own communities in Cincinnati for instance they organized a walk from a church to a mosque to a synagogue and then all had

The walk from "no" to...

 is never a theist don't even do that there is no scientist or atheist picketing outside of your church or synagogue or mosque you know that might not necessarily be true there is no such tradition so what is the motivation to

Neil deGrasse Tyson on...

 or the church or the synagogue down the street; or someone from the other side of the abortion conflict; or maybe your brother-in-law who doesn't believe in global warming -- anyone whose lifestyle may frighten you

Take "the Other" to...

 churches and mosques and synagogues. We are your mothers and brothers and sisters and sons. And when someone that you love or a family member comes out, it may be easier to support their quest for equality.

Yoruba Richen: What the...

 to building this charter, launching it and propagating it so that it becomes -- I'd like to see it in every college, every church, every mosque, every synagogue in the world,

Karen Armstrong: 2008...

 we're here in Venice Beach California taking rabbi Fink surfing his synagogue is right on the beach and he's never been in the ocean

The Surfing Rabbi PIPE...

 for understanding our place in the world. Now there is, in Judaism, a gorgeous story of a rich man who sat in synagogue one day.