Touro Synagogue - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Touro Synagogue - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel () is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States,"Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues," Mark W. Gordon, American Jewish History 84.1 (1996) 11–27 . 2019 article update. the only surviving synagogue building in the U.S. dating to the colonial era, and the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America.Buescher, John. "Jewish Immigration During the Revolutionary War." Teachinghistory.org, accessed September 25, 2011. In 1946, it was declared a National Historic Site. Read more on Wikipedia
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