Trial wraps up in fight for oldest US synagogue, $7.4M bells

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge overseeing a trial over control of the nation's oldest synagogue and ceremonial bells worth $7.4 million said on Friday there is no "smoking gun" in the battle between the congregation that worships at the 250-year-old Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, and the nation's first Jewish congregation, in New York. U.S. District Judge John McConnell made the comments during closing arguments in the lawsuits the congregations brought against each other. T

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge overseeing a trial over control of the nation's oldest synagogue and ceremonial bells worth $7.4 million said on Friday there is no "smoking gun" in the battle between the congregation that worships at the 250-year-old Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, and the nation's first Jewish congregation, in New York. U.S. District Judge John McConnell made the comments during closing arguments in the lawsuits the congregations brought against each other. T…