Tag: Rhode Island

New York's Congregation Shearith Israel says the congregation has failed to be a good steward of the site.

Also this weekend, the US Surgeon General this weekend urged the average American to stop. buying. masks.

“The hard-working soldiers of the IDF put themselves in harm's way in the service of Israeli citizens and are dedicated to keeping the peace,” LaTurner said.

The five institutions were selected out of 17 applicants. The next time for nonprofits to apply for the grant is spring 2020.

Advantage Shearith Israel, in the ongoing court battles between the oldest congregation in NY City and America, and Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, the oldest synagogue building in America.

At least 4,000 flights have been canceled up and down the Eastern Seaboard in advance of Snowstorm Stella.

A red Nazi swastika sprayed on the sign of a synagogue has riled residents of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

At stake are a pair of silver Torah ornaments worth over $7 million.

The Rev. Ezra Stiles was born on November 29, 1727 in Connecticut and graduated from Yale University in 1746. He then studied theology at Yale and was ordained in 1749. After working as a tutor at Yale for a year, he began some mission work among the Indians. In 1752 he was forced to give this up due to ill health. He turned to the study of law and in 1753 took the attorney's oath. He practiced law in New Haven until 1755, whereupon he returned to the ministry, accepting the position of pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island, serving there from 1755 until 1777.

It's a story that's familiar to every student of American history. In 1620, the Pilgrims fled England aboard the Mayflower and founded the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, where they could freely practice their religion. A little known, but equally significant, historical event took place just a few years later in 1658, when another group seeking a haven from religious persecution sailed into Newport Harbor in Rhode Island and founded Congregation Jeshuat Israel.

Since the time of Avraham Aveinu, Jews have observed the mitzva of having their sons circumcised on the eighth day after birth.