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64 pp.
| Holiday
| January, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-8234-1401-9$$16.95
(3)
4-6
The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, was already nearly thirty years old when George Washington visited it in 1790. Handsome black-and-white photographs and prints along with a detailed text highlight individuals and events surrounding the centuries of worldwide discrimination against Jews and describe the long building process, the decline, and the eventual renewal of this historic synagogue. Bib., ind.