John Larrabee
By John Larrabee
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Breaking News Feud Over Oldest Synagogue in Nation Heads to Closing Arguments
Lawyers for two Jewish congregations feuding over the ownership of the United States’ oldest synagogue will make their final arguments before a federal judge in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday. The long-running dispute focuses on who owns the 250-year-old Touro Synagogue, the local Newport, Rhode Island, congregation that worships there or another in New York…
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Breaking News Synagogue Leader ‘Aghast’ at Sale of $7M Torah Bells
A long-running dispute over the ownership of the oldest U.S. synagogue played out in court on Monday as leaders of the New York congregation that holds the deed to the historic Rhode Island house of worship said they were horrified that local congregants had tried to sell valuable religious artifacts. Congregants of the Tuoro Synagogue…
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