Talk:Touro Synagogue
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[edit] This is not the first congregation in America
The distinction of being the first congregation in North America belongs to the Congregation of Shearith Israel who arrived in the United States in 1654, 4 years before the congregation of the Touro Synagogue. In addition, Shearith Israel's first constructed synagogue was built on Mill Street in 1730, again before the Touro Synagogue. Info on Shearith Israel can be found here: http://www.shearith-israel.org/folder/learning_history_new.html. This change will also affect other articles such as "Jews living in the United States".
