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  • Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, November 15, 2014.
    Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, November 15, 2014.
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    Read Every Word of This Ruling That Grants Control of America’s Oldest Synagogue to Its Congregants

    The legal battle between Rhode Island’s Congregation Jeshuat Israel and New York’s Shearith Israel has been settled

    byJonathan Zalman
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    (Shutterstock)
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    Storied Congregations in Legal Battle Over Torah Bells Worth $7.4 Million

    Manhattan’s Shearith Israel and Newport, Rhode Island’s Jeshuat Israel are both claiming ownership over silver, colonial-era rimonim. A judge will soon declare the lawful owner.

    byTess Cutler
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    Lawsuit: NYC’s Shearith Israel Shul Accused of Firing Employee Because of Premarital Pregnancy

    Alana Shultz is alleging leaders of the oldest congregation in the U.S. acted ‘callously…for her apparent failure to adhere to their religious morals’

    byHannah Vaitsblit
  • First Cemetery of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel (1656-1833) in Manhattan, New York City.(Wikimedia)
    First Cemetery of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel (1656-1833) in Manhattan, New York City.(Wikimedia)
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    How to Tell If a 500-Year-Old Skeleton Is Jewish

    Move over, CSI

    byAdam Chandler
  • The Third Cemetery of the Spanish and Portugese Synagogue Shearith Israel, New York City.(Len Small/Tablet Magazine)
    The Third Cemetery of the Spanish and Portugese Synagogue Shearith Israel, New York City.(Len Small/Tablet Magazine)
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    Buried

    Three cemeteries belonging to Shearith Israel, the oldest Jewish congregation in North America, are tucked away in Manhattan, a visible legacy of New York City’s long-ago Jewish past

    byAdam Chandler
  • A New York synagogue holding D-Day services, June 6, 1944.(Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Photograph Collection , Library of Congress)
    A New York synagogue holding D-Day services, June 6, 1944.(Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Photograph Collection , Library of Congress)
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    House Divided

    The history of the synagogue in America, a new book shows, is one of rifts, splits, factions, and the ever-evolving tension between tradition and modernity

    byAdam Kirsch
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