The Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld an eviction from the oldest active synagogue in the United States Chief Justice Suttell, for the Court. Nestled amid Newport’s narrow, winding streets and lying at the heart of this controversy is Touro Synagogue, the
Certiorari Denied In Historic Touro Synagogue Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith Israel, (Docket No. 18-530, certiorari denied 3/18/2019). (Order List.) In the case, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals held that Rhode Island’s historic Touro Synagogue, and…