Touro may refer to:
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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 lead ...
(1738–1783), a Jewish leader in colonial America.
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Judah Touro
Judah Touro (June 16, 1775 – January 18, 1854) was an American businessman and philanthropist.
Early life and career
Touro's father Isaac Touro of Holland was chosen as the hazzan at the Touro Synagogue in 1762, a Portuguese Sephardic congr ...
(1775–1854), a Jewish leader in colonial America and son of Isaac Touro.
Institutions
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Touro Synagogue
The Touro Synagogue is a synagogue built in 1763 in Newport, Rhode Island. The building has been occupied by several different congregations over the years. The current occupant is known as Congregation Ahavath Israel (). As the only surviving s ...
, 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
Touro University is a private Jewish university system headquartered in New York City, with branches throughout the United States as well as one each in Germany, Israel and Russia. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac a ...
, 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, a medical school in Harlem, New York
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Touro University College of Medicine, a proposed medical school in Hackensack, New Jersey
** Touro University, a division of Touro College
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Touro University California
Touro University California is a private graduate school focused primarily on health professions and located on Mare Island in Vallejo, California. It is part of the Touro College and University System and is jointly administered with its sist ...
, 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, United States. It is part of the Touro College and University System. Touro University Nevada is a branch campus of its sister campus Touro University California.
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, a medical, pharmacy and nursing school in Henderson, Nevada.
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Touro University Rome Touro may refer to:
People
* Isaac Touro (1738–1783), a Jewish leader in colonial America.
* Judah Touro (1775–1854), a Jewish leader in colonial America and son of Isaac Touro.
Institutions
* Touro Synagogue, the oldest Synagogue in the Unit ...
, 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 Scien ...
, a hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana
Locations
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Touro, Spain
Touro is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It has a population of 3,382 inhabitants as of 2024. Touro has an area of 115.34 km2. See also
List of municipalities in A C ...
, a municipality in Galicia, A Coruña, Spain
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Touro, New Orleans
Touro is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: St. Charles Avenue to the north, Toledano Street to the east, ...
, Louisiana, United States, a neighborhood
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Touro,
Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim () is a Portugal, Portuguese city in Norte Region, Portugal, 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 River, Minho ...
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
, 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 driv ...
cloud storage backup products.
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Surnames of Sephardic origin