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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

Touro Synagogue

In this July 30, 2009 file photo, visitors stand outside the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, R.I., the oldest existing Jewish house of worship in the United States. (AP/Eric J. Shelton)
August 30, 2022, 4:39 am
Congregation at oldest US synagogue can stay for now, says judge
But yearslong legal dispute over 250-year-old historic Rhode Island building and a set of ceremonial bells worth millions appears far from over
By Mark Pratt
Employees Chuck Flippo, right, and Asa Montgomery walk through Patriots Park, May 28, 2015, at the Touro Synagogue, the nation's oldest, in Newport, Rhode Island (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
February 2, 2022, 1:04 pm
NY congregation aims to oust worshipers at Rhode Island’s Touro, oldest US synagogue
Move is latest in long battle between New York City’s Shearith Israel and Newport-based Congregation Jeshuat Israel for control of historic building and valuable Torah decorations
By Steve LeBlanc
Touro Synagogue, nestled in historic Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest extant synagogue in the United States, seen on September 2, 2004. (John Nordell/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images/via JTA)
March 18, 2019, 5:04 pm
US Supreme Court declines to take up fight over America’s oldest synagogue
Manhattan’s Shearith Israel declared rightful owner of Rhode Island’s Touro Synagogue after ownership dispute stemming from the Revolutionary War
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Ownership of the Touro Synagogue in Rhode Island is going to be decided in the Supreme Court. (Courtesy of Touro Synagogue via JTA)
June 16, 2018, 12:41 am
Fight over the oldest synagogue in the US heads to the Supreme Court
Congregation Jeshuat Israel files appeal after court rules that Shearith Israel of NY is rightful owner of Touro Synagogue in Rhode Island
By JTA
The Myers rimonim at the center of the Touro synagogue dispute. (Courtesy: Boston Museum of Fine Arts)
September 6, 2017, 8:10 pm
Newport congregation renews battle for artifacts at oldest US synagogue
Jeshuat Israel calls for federal court to rehear case granting custody of ornaments at Touro to NY’s Shearith Israel
By JTA
Visitors stand outside the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, July 30, 2009. (AP/Eric J. Shelton)
August 10, 2017, 4:12 am
Losing side wants review in fight over oldest US synagogue
Local community challenges ruling putting Rhode Island building, and $7.4 million decorative silver bells it houses, under control of NY-based congregation
By Michelle R. Smith
Touro Synagogue, nestled in historic Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest extant synagogue in the United States, seen on September 2, 2004. (John Nordell/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images/via JTA)
August 6, 2017, 4:48 am
Who owns America’s oldest synagogue? It’s a 350-year-old argument
Touro, built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island, looms large in US Jewish history; it has also come to signify the tension between Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews
By Ben Sales
Visitors stand outside the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, July 30, 2009. (AP/Eric J. Shelton)
August 3, 2017, 2:10 pm
Appeals court decides fate of oldest synagogue in US
Federal judges rule that Rhode Island building, and $7.4 million decorative silver bells it houses, under control of NY-based Jewish congregation
By AP
The title page of the 1516 Genoese Polyglot Psalter (courtesy of Kestenbaum & Co.)
March 10, 2017, 10:41 am
Unread copy of 16th-century multilingual Psalms, loathed by Columbus’s son, up for auction
Also on the block at NY sale next week, first printing of a George Washington speech to Congress with a shout-out to the Rhode Island Jewish community
By Ilan Ben Zion
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic candidate for vice president, visiting the historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, Aug. 17, 2016. (Facebook via JTA)
August 18, 2016, 8:37 pm
Kaine visits Touro Synagogue, takes aim at Trump
Democratic VP candidate tours oldest shul in US, 226 years to the day after Washington pledged support for religious freedom there
By JTA
Clockwise, from top left: Bob Dylan’s childhood home in Hibbing, Minnesota (Wikimedia Commons); Temple Beth Sholom in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania (Wikimedia Commons); Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles (Flickr Commons); Beth Jacob Cemetery in Galveston, Texas (Wikimedia Commons) (Images via JTA)
July 4, 2016, 4:21 am
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By Gabe Friedman and Andrew Silow-Carroll
The historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, 2005 (AP/Joe Giblin)
June 15, 2016, 9:42 am
Congregation to file appeal in fight for oldest US synagogue
Shearith Israel of New York and Touro Synagogue in Newport also battling for control of precious ceremonial bells
By AP
The historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, 2005 (AP/Joe Giblin)
May 16, 2016, 9:45 pm
Oldest US synagogue to remain in hands of congregants
Judge awards Rhode Island’s Congregation Jeshuat Israel control of Touro, rejecting ownership claims by NY Congregation Shearith Israel
By Michelle R. Smith
The Myers rimonim at the center of the Touro synagogue dispute. (Courtesy: Boston Museum of Fine Arts)
September 19, 2015, 6:58 am
Trial over US’s oldest synagogue, $7.4m Torah bells, draws to close
Judge says there is ‘no smoking gun’ in battle over Touro Synagogue’s ‘rimonim,’ hasn’t specified date for decision
By Michelle R. Smith
In this Thursday, May 28, 2015 photo, employees Chuck Flippo, right, and Asa Montgomery walk through Patriots Park at the Touro Synagogue, the nation's oldest, in Newport, Rhode Island. (AP/Stephan Savoia)
June 1, 2015, 1:24 am
A bitter battle for control of oldest US synagogue
Legal dispute threatens 250-year-old Touro Synagogue in Newport, which has hosted presidents Washington, Eisenhower and Kennedy
By Michelle R. Smith
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