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美洲第一座猶太教堂落成，1763年12月2日
歸結猶太在新港市的社區發展，要從1658年算起，15個家庭飄洋過海到這個發展中的港都，建立集會中心。過了一百多年，這個社區依賴在歐洲的宗教領袖，向新世界傳遞宗教訊息。身為一個商業中心，新港市由於頻繁的海上貿易而日益繁榮。
Organized Jewish community life in Newport dates to 1658, when 15 families arrived from overseas to establish a congregation in the growing seaport. For more than 100 years, the community relied on correspondence with rabbis in Europe to sustain their religious traditions in the New World. As a commercial center, Newport thrived, with merchants active in the sea trade.
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