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Colonial Jewish Cemetery of Rhode Island

Memorials : 11
Location : Newport, Newport County, USA
Coordinate : 41.4879265, -71.3093567
Description : Owner: Touro Synagogue, 40 Truro Street, Newport, RI 02840 (401) 847-4794 First Jewish cemetery in Rhode Island. The Hebrew congregation was formed in 1658 in Newport. This cemetery of the ancient Hebrew congregation was acquired in the year 1677. Here The inscriptions on the stones are in Hebrew, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish and English. In 1820 Mr. Abraham Touro, then a resident of Boston, visited Newport and gave directions for the erection of a brick wall, which for many years afforded ample protection to the cemetery which had fallen into decay over the preceeding years. In 1842 his brother Judah... Read More

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  • Where is Colonial Jewish Cemetery of Rhode Island?

    Colonial Jewish Cemetery of Rhode Island is located at Kay and Touro Streets Newport, Newport County ,Rhode Island ,USA.

  • Colonial Jewish Cemetery of Rhode Island cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?

    11 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Colonial Jewish Cemetery of Rhode Island?

    Latitude: 41.4879265
    Longitude: -71.3093567

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