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Isaac Touro Isaac Touro (1738 – 8 December 1783) 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 in Newport, Rhode Island to serve as hazzan and spiritual leader ...
(1738–1783), a Jewish leader in colonial America.
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Judah Touro
Judah Touro (June 16, 1775 – January 18, 1854) was an American businessman and philanthropist.
Early life and career
Touro's father Isaac Touro of Holland was chosen as the hazzan at the Touro Synagogue in 1762, a Portuguese Sephardic cong ...
(1775–1854), a Jewish leader in colonial America and son of Isaac Touro.
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Touro Synagogue
The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel ( he, קהל קדוש ישועת ישראל) is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States, the only surviving s ...
, the oldest Synagogue in the United States, located in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Touro Synagogue (New Orleans) Touro Synagogue is a Reform synagogue in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was named after Judah Touro, the son of Isaac Touro, the namesake of the country's oldest synagogue, Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island.
The New Orleans Touro Synagogue is ...
, a synagogue in New Orleans
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Touro College
Touro University is a private Jewish university system headquartered in New York City, with branches throughout the United States as well as one each in Germany, Israel and Russia. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac ...
, an Orthodox Jewish college in New York City.
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Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, commonly known as Touro Law Center, is an ABA accredited law school. It is located on Long Island, New York, in the hamlet of Central Islip. The Law Center is part of Touro University, a private, ...
, a law school in Central Islip, New York.
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Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) is a private medical school with a main campus in the neighborhood of Central Harlem in New York City and an additional campus in Middletown, New York. It is a division of Touro College and ...
, a medical school in Harlem, New York
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Touro University College of Medicine
Touro University College of Medicine was a proposed medical school to be based out of Hackensack, New Jersey. Its hospital affiliate was to be Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC). The medical school disbanded in December 2009.
Proposal ...
, a proposed medical school in Hackensack, New Jersey
** Touro University, a division of Touro College
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Touro University California
Touro University California is a private graduate school focused primarily on health professions and located on Mare Island in Vallejo, California. It is part of the Touro College and University System and is jointly administered with its si ...
, a medical, pharmacy and physician assistant's school in Vallejo, California.
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Touro University Nevada
Touro University Nevada (TUN) is a private university in Henderson, Nevada. It is part of the Touro College and University System. Touro University Nevada is a branch campus of its sister campus Touro University California.
History
Touro Unive ...
, a medical, pharmacy and nursing school in Henderson, Nevada.
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Touro University Rome Touro may refer to:
People
* Isaac Touro (1738–1783), a Jewish leader in colonial America.
* Judah Touro (1775–1854), a Jewish leader in colonial America and son of Isaac Touro.
Institutions
* Touro Synagogue, the oldest Synagogue in the Uni ...
, a Business and Management school in Zagarolo, Italy.
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Touro Infirmary
Touro Infirmary is a non-profit hospital located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded by Judah Touro in 1852, it is a part of the LCMC Health System.
Organization
Touro Infirmary is affiliated with the Louisiana State University Health Science ...
, a hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana
Locations
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Touro, Spain
Touro is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
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, a municipality in Galicia, A Coruña, Spain
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Touro, New Orleans
Touro is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: St. Charles Avenue to the north, Toledano Street to the east, M ...
, Louisiana, United States, a neighborhood
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Touro,
Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim (, ) is a Portugal, Portuguese city in Norte Region, Portugal, Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho River, Minho ...
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
, a square and a monument
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Touro (HGST), family of
HGST
HGST, Inc. (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) was a manufacturer of hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and external storage products and services.
It was initially a subsidiary of Hitachi, formed through its acquisition of IBM's disk d ...
cloud storage backup products.
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