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Congregation Shearith Israel v. Congregation Jeshuat Israel (2025)

Citation
Congregation Shearith Israel v. Congregation Jeshuat Israel (2025)
Parent Document
Congregation Shearith Israel v. Congregation Jeshuat Israel (2025)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
2025-04-10
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10376170/congregation-shearith-israel-v... ↗

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  Each year, George Washington’s letter to the Newport Hebrew Congregation is
read in the Touro Synagogue. Washington was responding to a letter from Moses
Seixas, warden of the congregation. Echoing Seixas’ words, Washington wrote that
the government of the United States “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no
assistance * * *.”