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Group: Warsaw Pact (Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance)
People: Frederick II, Duke of Austria and Duke of Styria
Topic: First Jewish-Roman War, or Jewish Revolt of 66-73
Location: Ymyyakhtakh Namsky District Sakha Republic Russian Federation

A group of Jews fleeing Brazil and …

Years: 1658 - 1658

A group of Jews fleeing Brazil and denied the right to stay in New Amsterdam are in 1658 allowed to settle in Newport.

The Newport congregation, now referred to as Congregation Jeshuat Israel, is the second oldest Jewish congregation in the United States (and meets today in the oldest standing synagogue in the United States, Touro Synagogue).