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Two Jewish congregations are in a legal battle over control of Newport's historic Touro Synagogue.

New York's Congregation Shearith Israel, the legal owner, is suing to control $4.7 million in trust funds.

The dispute is the latest in a decade-long conflict that included an eviction and a blocked sale of artifacts.

Newport's Touro Synagogue is inarguably a historic “jewel” that harkens back to the nation’s founding principles of religious freedom.

But that is where the agreement began and ended Thursday, Nov. 20, in Superior Court.

Two Jewish congregations are vying for control of some $4.7 million in trust funds dedicated in the 1800s by brothers Abraham and Judah Touro for the benefit of “the Jewish Synagogue in Newport.”

In 2017, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court

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