Liberal Synagogues See Trump Bump As Pews Fill Up

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

"Liberal synagogues, especially those where rabbis are outspoken about the values espoused by President Trump, are finding that attendance and membership are up – way up – since last November.
Call it the “Trump bump.”
It’s happening against the backdrop of the long-term trend of shrinking membership in liberal synagogues. In many places it includes millennial Jews, which makes the change all the more noteworthy. And it’s happening all across the country."

To read more:

http://forward.com/news/373291/liberal-synagogues-see-trump-bump-as-pews-fill-up/?attribution=home-hero-item-text-3

[american_ideals]

1. Nice.

But, pews in a synogogue?

[guillaumeb]

2. Well, a pew IS defined as a bench with a back.

So in that sense, one assumes that a bench in a synagogue could be called a pew.