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Touro Cemetery — Touro Synagogue Cemetery, also known as the Jewish Cemetery at Newport, dedicated in 1677, is located in the historic district of Newport, Rhode Island, not far from the Touro Synagogue and other Jewish graves are found nearby in the Common… … Wikipedia
Synagogue Touro (Newport, Rhode Island) — La Synagogue Touro est la plus ancienne synagogue d Amérique du Nord et la seule datant de l époque coloniale américaine toujours en activité. Elle .est située à Newport dans l État de Rhode Island. Sommaire 1 … Wikipédia en Français
Touro Synagogue — This article is about Synagogue in Rhode Island. For Synagogue in New Orleans, see Touro Synagogue (New Orleans). Touro Synagogue National Historic Site … Wikipedia
Touro, Judah — (1775 1854) American philanthropist, brother of Abraham Touro. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island. He worked as a merchant and supported Christian and Jewish charities … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Isaac Touro — The Reverend Isaac Touro (1738 ndash; 1783) was a Jewish leader in colonial America. In 1758, he left Amsterdam for Jamaica. In 1760, he arrived to serve as hazzan and spiritual leader of Congregation Jeshuath Israel in Newport, Rhode Island.… … Wikipedia
RICE, ABRAHAM JOSEPH — (1802–1862), U.S. Orthodox rabbi and businessman. Rice (Reiss) was born in Germany, where he was ordained at the Wurzburg yeshiva. Since he lacked a university education, he could not be a rabbi in Bavaria, so he taught Talmud at the Zell yeshiva … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of the oldest synagogues in the United States — Touro Synagogue, (founded c. 1658) Newport, Rhode Island, 1759 building … Wikipedia
Geschichte der Juden in den USA — Die Geschichte der Juden in den USA beginnt im 17. Jahrhundert mit der niederländischen Besiedelung von Nieuw Amsterdam (New York City). Von Anfang an fanden Juden in Nordamerika größere Freiheit zur Bewahrung ihrer religiösen und kulturellen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
NEWPORT — NEWPORT, city in Rhode Island located at the southern tip of Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. Newport was founded in 1639 by religious dissenters from Massachusetts Bay Colony. Roger Williams, also an outcast from the Puritans dominion, had… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
