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FILE - In this July 30, 2009 file photo, visitors stand outside the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston announced Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, that the nation’s oldest synagogue, Shearith Israel, had won its case over the ownership of Touro Synagogue, in Newport, the nation’s oldest synagogue building. The appeals court ruled that Shearith Israel owns both the synagogue building and historical Jewish ritual objects that have gone with the synagogue. (AP Photo/Eric J. Shelton, File)

Congregation at oldest US synagogue reviewing legal options

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2009 file photo, visitors stand outside the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston announced Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, that the nation’s oldest synagogue, Shearith Israel, had won its case over the ownership of Touro Synagogue, in Newport, the nation’s oldest synagogue building. The appeals court ruled that Shearith Israel owns both the synagogue building and historical Jewish ritual objects that have gone with the synagogue. (AP Photo/Eric J. Shelton, File)

Appeals court decides fate of nation’s oldest synagogue

By Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 2015 file photo, the Touro Synagogue, the nation's oldest, stands in Newport, R.I. A federal appeals court is wading into the battle over control of the nation's oldest synagogue and ownership of a set of ceremonial bells. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Fight over control of oldest US synagogue at appeals court

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press