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On the first day of the trip, Planer also took the students to visit Touro Synagogue, one of America's oldest synagogues, which also happened to be the same place her parents, Jonathan and Karen, were married.
Robyn Carolyn Price: Repairing the World One Garden at a Time Robyn Carolyn Price 2011
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On the first day of the trip, Planer also took the students to visit Touro Synagogue, one of America's oldest synagogues, which also happened to be the same place her parents, Jonathan and Karen, were married.
Robyn Carolyn Price: Repairing the World One Garden at a Time Robyn Carolyn Price 2011
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The annual reading of George Washington's letter to the Jews—which took place this weekend at the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I.—will echo with extra significance this year, as a campaign is now under way to make the original letter available for public viewing.
A Missing Monument to Religious Freedom Seth Lipsky 2011
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On a detour to Newport, we will visit Touro Synagogue and read President Washington's letter assuring the congregation that all faiths are equal in this country - a point he would later emphasize in the Treaty of Tripoli which expressly states that "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."
Bennet Kelley: Sarah Palin's Christian Nation and the Road to Providence 2010
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She interceded with the Rhode Island General Assembly when she petitioned the state legislature on behalf of preserving Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue building in North America.
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The president's position will be remembered by later generations of Americans with the same high regard as President George Washington's letter in 1790 to the Jews of Rhode Island who built the Touro Synagogue in that state.
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His position will be remembered with the same regard as George Washington's letter to the Jews who built the Touro Synagogue.
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George Washington set the proper tone for religious tolerance for future Patriots in an exchange he had with congregants of the Rhode Island's Touro Synagogue in 1791:
Brian Levin, J.D.: Islamophobia Threatens Tea Party's Ties to Its Origins and Future 2010
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George Washington set the proper tone for religious tolerance for future Patriots in an exchange he had with congregants of the Rhode Island's Touro Synagogue in 1791:
Brian Levin, J.D.: Islamophobia Threatens Tea Party's Ties to Its Origins and Future 2010
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She interceded with the Rhode Island General Assembly when she petitioned the state legislature on behalf of preserving Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue building in North America.
Personal Information for Rebecca Hays Lopez Jewish Women's Archive 2010
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