aaron lopez was the colonial leader in rhode island that welcomed a jewish community to newport.
aaron lopez was the colonial leader in rhode island that welcomed a jewish community to newport.
who was the colonial leader in rhode island that welcomed a jewish community to newport?
aaron lopez
after graduating from rabbinical school, rabbi gutstein became rabbi of the famed touro synagogue of newport, rhode island, the oldest continuously functioning synagogue in america. while serving as rabbi of the touro synagogue, he studied the history of the early colonial jewish community of newport, authoring several historical works, including "the touro family in newport", "the story of the jews of newport", and the biographical treatise "aaron lopez and judah touro". always proud of the united state founding principals, and the jewish contribution to the birth of the nation, he declared before an event at the bunker hill monument in 1935, that the declaration of independence merited "inclusion in the great literatures of religion" and should be embraced by both jews and christians as "the american song of redemption." he was instrumental in the effort to obtain recognition for the touro synagogue as a national historic site, a designation that was bestowed by congress in 1946. he continued his graduate studies concurrently, obtaining orthodox ordination from rabbi eliezer lipa weisblum in 1937 and a ph.d. in history in 1939 from webster university. from 1940 to 1943, rabbi gutstein also served as a civilian chaplain for american soldiers and sailors stationed in the narraganset bay area. in the years leading up to and during world war ii, rabbi gutstein, worked tirelessly to bring jews living in nazi germany to safety in the united states by acting as a formal sponsor for the immigrants, training them in jewish communal work and ultimately arranging positions for them in other congregations.
morris gutstein
bullet::::- coventry, rhode island









































bullet::::- cranston, rhode island









































bullet::::- cumberland, rhode island, particularly the valley falls section.









































bullet::::- east providence, rhode island has a very big percentage of portuguese.









































bullet::::- hope valley, rhode island









































bullet::::- hopkinton, rhode island









































bullet::::- jamestown, rhode island









































bullet::::- lincoln, rhode island









































bullet::::- little compton, rhode island









































bullet::::- middletown, rhode island









































bullet::::- narragansett, rhode island









































bullet::::- new shoreham, rhode island









































bullet::::- newport, rhode island









































bullet::::- north kingstown, rhode island









































bullet::::- north providence, rhode island









































bullet::::- pawtucket, rhode island









































bullet::::- portsmouth, rhode island









































bullet::::- providence, rhode island in the fox point neighborhood.









































bullet::::- richmond, rhode island
portuguese-american neighborhoods