Liz,
I hope to visit Newport soon myself. I have many relatives and family in
Newport. The last time
I was there I took a lot of pictures of local history. Newport has a rich
Colonial History and many early buildings and homes from that era. I'll post
some pictures I took of Touro Synagogue and cemetery of my last trip on Azores
google group. George
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On Apr 19, 2015, at 6:15 AM, Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you for this. Coming from Newport I had no idea of any of this. I
> will b going back to Newport in June for the summer and had planned on taking
> a tour of the Synagogue because my granddaughter wanted to but now I have a
> better reason and can't wait to tell her. Some percent Sephardic Jew came up
> on my mtdna also. That's what got her interested. Hopefully I can take pics
> to share
> Liz
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 18, 2015, at 3:47 PM, George Medeiros <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Sam in Maz and Azores google group,
>> Sam I thought you might find this PDF document interesting. I have been
>> for several years reading and studying about the Diaspora of Portuguese and
>> Spanish Jews to the Americas.The colony of Rhode Island was founded by Roger
>> Williams and established in 1649. The first Portuguese/ Spanish community in
>> North America was in New Amsterdam which was established by the Dutch which
>> later became known as New York City. The second Jewish community was
>> established by Portuguese and Spanish in Newport, R.I. and the Synagogue
>> known as Touro Synagogue is the oldest one still in use. R.I. was known in
>> the Colonial Age as the place to go for those with differing religions so
>> the Quakers and Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal came to Newport which
>> was known as the "Religious Experiment ". This city was one of the first to
>> practice separation of church and state.so this was the place to go if you
>> wanted to be free to practice your faith. Below is a PDF I found that gives
>> a history of the Early Spanish/ Portuguese Jewish. As a side note the Torah
>> in this synagogue is from Portugal and is 500 years old. George Medeiros
>>
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