Isaac Touro, the Glossary
Isaac Touro (1738 – 8 December 1783) was a Dutch-born American rabbi.[1]
Table of Contents
17 relations: American Revolution, Amsterdam, Colonial history of the United States, George Washington, Hazzan, Jamaica, Judah Touro, Kingston, Jamaica, Loyalist (American Revolution), New York (state), Newport, Rhode Island, Patriot (American Revolution), Portuguese people, President of the United States, Sephardic Jews, Touro Synagogue, Touro University System.
- 18th-century American Sephardic Jews
- 18th-century American rabbis
- 18th-century Dutch Jews
- 18th-century Dutch rabbis
- American emigrants to Jamaica
- American people of Portuguese-Jewish descent
- Colonial American Jews
- Loyalists in the American Revolution from Rhode Island
- Rabbis from Amsterdam
- Rabbis from New York (state)
- Touro College people
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.
Colonial history of the United States
The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War.
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
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Hazzan
A hazzan (lit. Hazan) or chazzan (translit, plural; translit; translit) is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who leads the congregation in songful prayer. Isaac Touro and hazzan are hazzans.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).
Judah Touro
Judah Touro (June 16, 1775 – January 18, 1854) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Isaac Touro and Judah Touro are 18th-century American Sephardic Jews, American people of Dutch-Jewish descent, American people of Portuguese descent, American people of Portuguese-Jewish descent and Touro College people.
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Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.
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Loyalist (American Revolution)
Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men at the time.
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.
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Patriot (American Revolution)
Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control and governance during the colonial era, and supported and helped launch the American Revolution that ultimately established American independence.
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Portuguese people
The Portuguese people (– masculine – or Portuguesas) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation indigenous to Portugal, a country in the west of the Iberian Peninsula in the south-west of Europe, who share a common culture, ancestry and language.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Sephardic Jews
Sephardic Jews (Djudíos Sefardíes), also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).
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Touro Synagogue
The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel (קהל קדוש ישועת ישראל) is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Touro University System
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.
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See also
18th-century American Sephardic Jews
- Aaron Lopez
- Francis Salvador
- Gershom Mendes Seixas
- Haym Salomon
- Isaac Lopez Brandon
- Isaac Pinto
- Isaac Touro
- John de Sequeyra
- Judah Touro
- Luis Moises Gomez
- Moses Levy (Pennsylvanian)
- Myer Myers
- Samson Levy
- Sarah Brandon Moses
18th-century American rabbis
- Gershom Mendes Seixas
- Isaac Touro
18th-century Dutch Jews
- Abraham Caceres
- Aron von Reis
- Isaac Sardo Abendana
- Isaac Touro
- Isaac de Pinto
- Judah Cohen
- Moses ben Avraham Avinu
- Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
18th-century Dutch rabbis
- Daniel Hayyim Cleif
- Isaac Touro
- Isaac ben Mattathiah Aboab
- Saul Lowenstam
- Solomon Ayllon
- Tzvi Ashkenazi
American emigrants to Jamaica
- Alaine Laughton
- Edward Seaga
- Isaac Touro
- Keble Munn
- Ralph Thompson (poet)
- Randy Brown (fighter)
- Samuel Ringgold Ward
- Sean Kingston
- Sharon Hay-Webster
American people of Portuguese-Jewish descent
- Aaron Lopez
- Albert Cardozo
- Benjamin N. Cardozo
- Benjamin Nathan
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
- Daniela Ruah
- David L. Lopez
- Emma Lazarus
- Eslanda Goode Robeson
- Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro
- Francis Lewis Cardozo
- Francis Salvador
- Franklin J. Moses Jr.
- Gershom Mendes Seixas
- Hal Pereira
- Henri Castro
- Henry Cardozo
- Isaac Lopez Brandon
- Isaac Touro
- Jackie Walker (activist)
- Jacob Lumbrozo
- Jacques Judah Lyons
- Jao de la Porta
- Jim Eanes
- Joachim Pissarro
- Joel Rinaldo
- Josephine Lazarus
- Josh Pais
- Judah Monis
- Judah Touro
- Klaus Mann
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Louisa Benson Craig
- Mathias de Sousa
- Maud Nathan
- Mordecai Manuel Noah
- Morris Lazaron
- Nico Castel
- Paul Robeson Jr.
- Sabato Morais
- Sarah Brandon Moses
- Solomon Nunes Carvalho
- Theodore Solomons
- Uriah P. Levy
- Vic Seixas
- William Pereira
Colonial American Jews
- Abigail Franks
- Asser Levy
- David Franks (aide-de-camp)
- David Franks (loyalist)
- Elias Legarde
- Francis Salvador
- Gershom Mendes Seixas
- Haym Salomon
- History of the Jews in Colonial America
- Isaac Pinto
- Isaac Touro
- Jacob Lumbrozo
- Joachim Gans
- Joseph Simon (1712–1804)
- Luis Moises Gomez
- Mordecai Sheftall
- Myer Myers
- Samson Levy
- Shinah Solomon Etting
Loyalists in the American Revolution from Rhode Island
Rabbis from Amsterdam
- Abraham Lopes Cardozo
- Abraham Tobias Boas
- Aron Mendes Chumaceiro
- Binyomin Jacobs
- Daniel Hayyim Cleif
- David Avraham Spector
- David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born in Amsterdam)
- David de Aaron de Sola
- Elazar Rokeach of Amsterdam
- Isaac Juda Palache
- Isaac Touro
- Isaac Uziel
- Isaac ben Mattathiah Aboab
- Jessurun Cardozo
- Joseph Hirsch Dünner
- Joseph Wijnkoop
- Josiah Pardo
- Levie Vorst
- Menasseh Ben Israel
- Moses Gomez de Mesquita
- Moses Uri HaLevi
- Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto
- Raphael Evers
- Saul Lowenstam
- Solomon de Oliveyra
- Tobias Tal
- Tzvi Ashkenazi
Rabbis from New York (state)
- Aaron M. Ashinsky
- Arnold Josiah Ford
- Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam
- Benzion Klatzko
- Bernard Bergman
- Chaim Malinowitz
- Chaim Pinchas Lubinsky
- Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam
- David Twersky (Skverer Rebbe)
- Eli M. Black
- Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus
- Gedalia Dov Schwartz
- Haim Moussa Douek
- Hanan Schlesinger
- Hyman Chanover
- Isaac Touro
- Joel Landau (rabbi)
- Joel Teitelbaum
- Joshua Davidson
- Maurice Davis
- Max Landsberg
- Mordechai Dovid Unger
- Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar)
- Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe)
- Shlomo Wahrman
- Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft
- Shraga Feivish Hager
- Stanley M. Wagner
- Yakov Yosef Twersky
- Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson
Touro College people
- Anne Bayefsky
- Bernard Lander
- Isaac Touro
- Jay Sexter
- Judah Touro