Congregation at oldest US synagogue reviewing legal options

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) The Associated Press

FILE - In this June 1, 2015 file photo, ceremonial bells worth more than $7 million and belonging to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., are displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. A federal appeals court announced on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, that control of the synagogue and the bells had been awarded to Shearith Israel, the nation's oldest Jewish congregation in New York City which became trustee of Touro in the 1820s after Jews left Newport. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File) The Associated Press