The legal battle between Rhode Island’s Congregation Jeshuat Israel and New York’s Shearith Israel has been settled
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.
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’
Move over, CSI
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
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
