Touro Synagogue
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title:
Touro Synagogue
text:
The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. As the only surviving synagogue building in the U.S. dating to the colonial era, it is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States and North America. In 1946, it was declared a National Historic Site. The first congregation was made up of Sephardic Jews, who are believed to have come via the West Indies, where they participated in the triangular trade along with Dutch a
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description:
Historic synagogue in Rhode Island, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touro_Synagogue
date created:
2004-06-13T18:09:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T01:20:27Z
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