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Religion February 1, 2016 August 28, 2016

The Touro Synagogue: Peter Harrison, George Washington, and Religious Freedom in America

by Joseph Manca

The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island is the only Jewish house of worship that survives from the American colonial period. Built at the…

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