Isaac Touro
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Amsterdam |
Netherlands | |
Date of died | December 8,1783 |
Died | Kingston |
Jamaica | |
Children | Judah Touro |
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ID | 2050348 |
Isaac Touro Life story
Isaac Touro was a Dutch-born American rabbi. He was a Jewish leader in colonial America. Born in Amsterdam, in 1758 he left for Jamaica. In 1760, he arrived to serve as hazzan and spiritual leader of Jeshuath Israel, a Portuguese Sephardic congregation in Newport, Rhode Island.