NEWPORT, R.I. – Public tours inside Newport’s Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the United States, have come to a halt after the foundation that administers the tours was blocked from ...

Tours of historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I. to restart, now led by N.Y. congregation Public tours of the nation’s oldest synagogue came to a halt earlier this week when the Touro ...

The New York-based landlord of Touro Synagogue, the nation’s oldest synagogue, has closed the historic building to tours just as the busy summer season kicks off.

Moses Michael Hays courageously stood before the ruling government and religious authorities in Newport to assert his right to religious freedom.

Meanwhile, Solomon stressed that tours of the synagogue will resume this Friday, but not with the Touro Synagogue Foundation. He said Congregation Shearith Israel found someone else to host the tours.

The Touro Synagogue is open for short tours Sunday through Friday from May until Oct. 30. Between Oct. 31 and the end of April, tours are only offered during select times.

Disagreements between the Newport Foundation, which runs the synagogue, and the New York synagogue that owns the building have caused tensions large enough to halt tours at the Touro Synagogue in ...

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