美洲第一座猶太教堂落成，1763年12月2日

許多人為了宗教自由，到美洲殖民，像是貴格會、清教徒、猶太教等，有著其他信仰的人們到美洲建立社區，最後成為美洲殖民的一份子。1763年12月2日，羅德島新港市猶太社區，為證實無私的奉獻，興建了一座特羅猶太教堂，這是美洲殖民地第一所猶太教堂。這教堂被命名為艾札克‧特羅，第一位有官職的猶太領袖。特羅成為猶太社區的集會中心。


Many settlers traveled to the American colonies for freedom of worship. Quakers, Puritans, Jews, and people of other faiths arrived to create communities in what would become the United States. On December 2, 1763, members of the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island, witnessed the dedication of the Touro Synagogue, the first synagogue in the American colonies. The synagogue was named for Isaac Touro, its first officiating rabbi. Touro became the center of a thriving Jewish community.

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