Worshippers at the nation's oldest synagogue plan to ask for a rehearing following an appeals court decision that gave ownership of their Rhode Island house of worship and bells worth millions of dollars to a New York congregation, according to a filing this week with the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
A three-judge panel ruled last week that the Touro Synagogue in Newport rightfully belongs to Congregation Shearith Israel, the nation's oldest Jewish congregation, in Manhattan.
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