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Congregation Shearith Israel was the first Jewish congregation established in North America, and the only Jewish congregation in New York City from 1654 until 1825. Between 1654 and 1730, it used…
Contributor:
Esther Oppenheim
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New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)
Date:
1730 and 1818
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At a meeting of the Elders and Parnassim this day Mr Heyman Levy paid the fine for refusing serving Parnass Last year, it was at the same time voted by…
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Shearith Israel
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New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)
Date:
1757–1758
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This brass Hanukkah lamp is thought to have been used in the First Mill Street Synagogue of Congregation Shearith Israel, which opened in New York in 1730 and was located on present-day South William…
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Artist Unknown
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New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)
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1730
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Torah finials are a pair of ornaments used to decorate the upper ends of the rollers on which the Torah scroll is wound. The Hebrew term rimonim, which means “pomegranates,” references the…
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Myer Myers
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Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies (Philadelphia, United States of America)
Date:
1776
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The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is home to the second-oldest congregation in the United States. As Sephardic Jews began emigrating from the Caribbean to colonial America in the…
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Peter Harrison
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Newport, British America and the British West Indies (Newport, United States of America)
Date:
1763