Shul vs. Shul Battle Over $7.4M Torah Bells Heads to Court
Touro Synagogue and Congregation Shearith Israel are going forward with dueling lawsuits over a set of Torah scroll decorations. Mediation efforts between leaders of the historic synagogues failed to head off the suit, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Touro, in Newport, R.I., had agreed to sell a set of 18th century Torah bells for $7.4…