THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Oldest Synagogue Marks Bicentennial

NEW YORK — Cong.
Shearith Israel in New
York, the oldest synagogue
in the country, marked the
Bicentennial this week with
a commemeration of the
Jewish role in the American
Revolution.
The congregation, known
as sympathetic to the rebel
cause, was forced by the

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The congregational record
book, which kept a history
of the synagogue and its
members, was on display
during this week's cere-
mony.
Since the Sephardic con-
gregation reopened in 1784,
"services have been con-
ducted uninterruptedly to
this day and have remained
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ner of reading and chant-
ing," according to Rabbi
Louis C. Gerstein, spiritual
leader of the synagogue.

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