Sephardic Jewish community of Newport

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Jewish community Sephardic Jewish community religious congregation

The Sephardic Jewish community of Newport was an early American Jewish congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews that became historically significant for its role in colonial religious life and the establishment of the Touro Synagogue.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jewish congregation of Newport (as architect of Touro Synagogue)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish community ⓘ Sephardic Jewish community ⓘ religious congregation ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding	Touro Synagogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDenomination	Congregation Jeshuat Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDocument	George Washington’s 1790 letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	dedication of Touro Synagogue ⓘ
builtSynagogue	Touro Synagogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economicActivity	Atlantic commerce ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Sephardic Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish and Portuguese Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Sephardic Jewish refugees from Iberia ⓘ Spanish and Portuguese Jewish merchants ⓘ
governedBy	parnasim and mahamad (traditional Sephardic lay leadership) ⓘ
hasMainSynagogue	Touro Synagogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Aaron Lopez NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses Seixas NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	linked to the oldest standing synagogue building in the United States ⓘ part of the historic Jewish heritage of the United States ⓘ
historicalRole	helped establish Jewish communal life in colonial New England ⓘ participated in Atlantic mercantile trade ⓘ
influencedBy	Sephardic communities of Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ Sephardic communities of London ⓘ Sephardic communities of the Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Ladino ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations NERFINISHED ⓘ Newport County, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
observes	Jewish holidays ⓘ Sephardic liturgical customs ⓘ
partOf	American Jewish community NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish community of Rhode Island ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Judaism ⓘ
religiousRite	Spanish and Portuguese rite ⓘ
religiousTradition	Sephardic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish and Portuguese Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	associated with early advocacy of religious liberty in America ⓘ important in colonial religious life in Rhode Island ⓘ one of the earliest Jewish congregations in colonial America ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ colonial era ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Touro Synagogue → foundedBy → Sephardic Jewish community of Newport ⓘ

Peter Harrison (architect) → employer → Sephardic Jewish community of Newport ⓘ

subject surface form: Peter Harrison

this entity surface form: Jewish congregation of Newport (as architect of Touro Synagogue)