Dictionary

cybersynagogue en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsaɪbəɹˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ/ (General-American)
• /ˌsaɪbəˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From cyber- (prefix denoting cyberspace or the Internet) + synagogue.

Meanings

1. (Internet, Judaism) A synagogue that exists only in cyberspace or on the Internet.
   • Synagogues, too, have undergone radical change over the past 2,000 years: from village synagogues, to urban synagogues, to suburban synagogues, to exurban synagogues, and now possible cybersynagogues. A cybersynagogue must address the three traditional functions of a synagogue: a house of assembly, a house of study, and a house of communal prayer. 2003, Tsvi Bisk, Moshe Dror, “The Jewish Community in Cyberspace”, in Futurizing the Jews: Alternative Futures for Meaningful Jewish Existence in the 21st Century, Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 226:
   • One might have thought that virtual worship space was typical only of new religious movements, such as the First Church of Cyberspace[…]. This is clearly not the case, as [Anastasia] Karaflogka notes the existence of / cyber-churches, cyber-sanghas, cyber-synagogues, and cyber-mosques, each giving the opportunity to its followers to be part of the 'community' when physical contact, for whatever reason, is not possible or desirable. Anastasia Karaflogka (2002), “Religious Discourse and Cyberspace”, in Religion: A Journal of Religion and Religions, volume 32, number 4, Amsterdam, North Holland: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 283
   • Our cybersynagogue will soon be in the World Wide Web – surfing the Jewish world looking forward to the next 150 years. 2000, Wilfred Shuchat, “The Young and the Old Continued”, in The Gate of Heaven: The Story of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim of Montreal 1846–1996, Montreal, Que.; Kingston, Ont.: […] [F]or the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim by McGill–Queen’s University Press, →ISBN, page 330:

Forms

Coordinates

cyberchurch · cybersangha · cybermosque

Translations (1)

fi kybersynagoga (synagogue that exists only in cyberspace or on the Internet)