Touro may refer to:
People
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Isaac Touro Isaac Touro (1738 – 8 December 1783) was a Dutch-born American rabbi. He was a Jewish leader in colonial America. Born in Amsterdam, in 1758 he left for Jamaica. In 1760, he arrived in Newport, Rhode Island to serve as hazzan and spiritual leader ...
(1738–1783), a Jewish leader in colonial America.
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Judah Touro (1775–1854), a Jewish leader in colonial America and son of Isaac Touro.
Institutions
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Touro Synagogue
The Touro Synagogue or Congregation Jeshuat Israel ( he, קהל קדוש ישועת ישראל) is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States, the only surviving sy ...
, the oldest Synagogue in the United States, located in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Touro Synagogue (New Orleans), a synagogue in New Orleans
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Touro College, an Orthodox Jewish college in New York City.
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Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, a law school in Central Islip, New York.
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Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) is a private medical school with a main campus in the neighborhood of Central Harlem in New York City and an additional campus in Middletown, New York. It is a division of Touro College and ...
, a medical school in Harlem, New York
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Touro University College of Medicine, a proposed medical school in Hackensack, New Jersey
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Touro University California, a medical, pharmacy and physician assistant's school in Vallejo, California.
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Touro University Nevada
Touro University Nevada (TUN) is a private university in Henderson, Nevada. It is part of the Touro College and University System. Touro University Nevada is a branch campus of its sister campus Touro University California.
History
Touro Univ ...
, a medical, pharmacy and nursing school in Henderson, Nevada.
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Touro University Rome, a Business and Management school in Zagarolo, Italy.
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Touro Infirmary
Touro Infirmary is a non-profit hospital located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded by Judah Touro in 1852, it is a part of the LCMC Health System.
Organization
Touro Infirmary is affiliated with the Louisiana State University Health Science ...
, a hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana
Locations
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Touro, Spain, a municipality in Galicia, A Coruña, Spain
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Touro, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, a neighborhood
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Touro,
Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim (, ) is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho and Douro rivers. In 2001, there were 63, ...
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
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, a square and a monument
Other uses
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Touro (HGST), family of
HGST
HGST, Inc. (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) was a manufacturer of hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and external storage products and services.
It was initially a subsidiary of Hitachi, formed through its acquisition of IBM's disk dr ...
cloud storage backup products.
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