Congregation Shearith Israel
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Congregation Shearith Israel is the historic Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation in New York City, recognized as the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Congregation Shearith Israel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20987910 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Congregation Shearith Israel Context triple: [Beth Olam Cemetery, ownedBy, Congregation Shearith Israel]
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A.
Congregation Mikveh Israel
Congregation Mikveh Israel is one of the oldest and most historically significant Sephardic Jewish congregations in the United States, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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B.
Kahal Adath Jeshurun
Kahal Adath Jeshurun is a historic Orthodox Jewish congregation best known for its landmark 19th-century synagogue on Eldridge Street in New York City’s Lower East Side.
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C.
Beth Sholom Congregation
Beth Sholom Congregation is a prominent Conservative Jewish synagogue in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, renowned for its striking modernist sanctuary designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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D.
Congregation Jeshuat Israel
Congregation Jeshuat Israel is a historic Jewish congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, best known as the custodian of the landmark Touro Synagogue, the oldest standing synagogue in the United States.
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E.
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim is a historic and prominent Orthodox Jewish synagogue and community in Westmount, Quebec, known as one of the oldest and largest traditional congregations in Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Congregation Shearith Israel Target entity description: Congregation Shearith Israel is the historic Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation in New York City, recognized as the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States.
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A.
Congregation Mikveh Israel
Congregation Mikveh Israel is one of the oldest and most historically significant Sephardic Jewish congregations in the United States, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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B.
Kahal Adath Jeshurun
Kahal Adath Jeshurun is a historic Orthodox Jewish congregation best known for its landmark 19th-century synagogue on Eldridge Street in New York City’s Lower East Side.
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C.
Beth Sholom Congregation
Beth Sholom Congregation is a prominent Conservative Jewish synagogue in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, renowned for its striking modernist sanctuary designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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D.
Congregation Jeshuat Israel
Congregation Jeshuat Israel is a historic Jewish congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, best known as the custodian of the landmark Touro Synagogue, the oldest standing synagogue in the United States.
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E.
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim is a historic and prominent Orthodox Jewish synagogue and community in Westmount, Quebec, known as one of the oldest and largest traditional congregations in Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.