Thk u, johnny. The hostj tlemen ah, i know, we havent gotten off to a great start this week with our finals, but i have a feeling that today will be different. It all depends on susan, maggie, and doug. [ clenches teeth ] dont let me down. [ laughter ] lets go to work in the jeopardy round, the easiest round of play. One daily double awaiting you in one of these categories. Yes. Its. You have to name the tv show represented by the kids we will provide in the clue. Doug, start. New england for 1,000. Doug . What is maine . Maine. Thats right. New england for 800. Built in 1763 and still active, Touro Synagogue in this rhode island resort city is americas oldest jewish house of worship. Doug again. What is newport . Right. Uh, new england for 600. Doug. What is the Coast Guard Academy . Right. New england for 400. Susan. What is champlain . Correct. New england for 200. Doug. What is boston . Boston. Right. Uh, from the dutch for 200. Maggie. What is caboose . Caboose. Good. Uh, kids, 20
Surviving through colonial times. As we learn more about this historic building. This and i got is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States of america. It has a wonderful story. First of all, it is most important for you to understand that above all the Touro Synagogue is a place of worship. This happening all year round. The story starts in 1492 in spain. Linking ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered a degree. What they wanted at that particular time was to have a purely catholic country. They gave jewish people no choice. The first one was to convert to catholicism, the second was to leave. Those who converted were called conversos. Some chose to remain jewish in secret. If found out, they would havent tortured and put to death. To give you a sense of how the spaniards thought of jews at the time, their nickname was swine. What about the others . 90,000100,000 jews left spain. Awayhad to give everything to the spanish government. Several years after that, the king o
Times. Join us on American History television as we learn more about this historic building. This synagogue is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States of america. And it has a wonderful story. First of all, it is most important for you to understand that above all, the Touro Synagogue is a place of worship. We have this happening all year round, a fulltime rabbi, a congregation. There are about 120 members, and it is orthodox in its service. That is what we are doing today. The story starts in 1492 in spain. King ferdinand and Queen Isabella issued the alhambra decree. What they wanted at that particular time was to have a purely catholic country. They gave jewish people two choices. The first one was to convert to catholicism, the second was to leave. Those who converted were called conversos. Some, however, chose to remain jews in secret. They had all of their ritual objects. If they were to be found out, they would have been tortured and put to death. To give you
Building in the United States of america. It has a wonderful 600 year story. First of all, it is most important for you to understand that above all, the synagogue is a house of worship. We have services here all year round, a fulltime rabbi, a congregation of about 120 members, and it is orthodox in its service. That is what we are doing today. The story starts in 1492 in spain, when eating of ferdinand and clean isabella issued and Queen Isabella issued a decree. It was they wanted a purely gavelic country, so they the jewish people two choices. Convert to catholicism or leave. Those who converted were called conversos. Others chose to remain jews in a secret. Objects. Their ritual if they have been found out, they would have been tortured and put to death. To get a sense of how spaniards of jews at the time, their nickname was morano, ort swine. They had four months to get there affairs in order, which meant you of everything away to the spanish government, such as their land or any
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