The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel (Hebrew: קהל קדוש ישועת ישראל) is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest...
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Touro's father Isaac Touro of Holland was chosen as the hazzan at the Touro Synagogue in 1762, a Portuguese Sephardic congregation in Newport, Rhode Island...
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congregation built the Touro Synagogue, which is the oldest synagogue in the United States. When the American Revolution broke out, Touro was a Loyalist, and...
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been in continuous use as synagogues, while others have been converted to other purposes, and a few, such as the Touro Synagogue, were shuttered for many...
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son of Isaac Touro, the namesake of the country's oldest synagogue, Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. The New Orleans Touro Synagogue is one of the...
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of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, US Cast-iron Bimah of the Old Synagogue in Kraków, Poland Bimah of Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue in Abu...
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Isaac Touro. Touro Synagogue, the oldest Synagogue in the United States, located in Newport, Rhode Island. Touro Synagogue (New Orleans), a synagogue in...
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Touro Synagogue Cemetery (also known as the Jewish Cemetery at Newport), dedicated in 1677, is located in the colonial historic district of Newport, Rhode...
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Belcourt Castle. Also there is the Touro Synagogue, dedicated on December 2, 1763, considered by locals to be the first synagogue within the United States (see...
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Jewish congregation in the United States. They meet in Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in America. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations...
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