WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to intervene in a fight over the control of a historic Rhode Island synagogue and its religious bells worth millions.The justices' decision Monday not to take up the case means that a lower court ruling that a New York synagogue owns Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, stays in place.Congregation Jeshuat Israel has worshipped at Touro Synagogue since the late 1800s.
Supreme Court Won't Intervene In Touro Synagogue Dispute
The Providence Journal
Mon, 03/18/2019 - 6:32am
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