Jacob Raphael Cohen (1782–1784) Eleazar S. Lazarus (1816-1820) Moses Levy Maduro Peixotto(1816–1828) Isaac Benjamin Seixas (1828–1839) Jacques Judah Lyons (1839–1877) David Haim Nieto (1878–1886) Abraham Haim Nieto (1886–1901) Isaac A. H. de la Penha (1902–1907) Isaac A. Hadad (1911–1913) Joseph M. Corcos (1919–1922) James Mesod Wahnon (1921–1941) Abraham Lopes Cardozo (1946–1986) Albert Gabbai (1983-1986) Phil Sherman Ira Rohde Prominent members Jacob Baiz – merchant and Central American diplomat Mark Blumenthal – physician, served as trustee of Shearith Israel Albert Cardozo – Justice of the New York Supreme Court Benjamin N. Cardozo – Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1932–1937 Philip J. Joachimsen – lawyer and Judge of the New York Marine Court Judith Kaye – Chief Judge of New York, 1993–2008 Emma Lazarus – poet Commodore Uriah P. Levy – the first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy Edgar J. Nathan – Manhattan Borough President and justice of the New York Supreme Court Selig Newman – Polish-born Hebraist and educator Mordecai Manuel Noah – American playwright, sheriff, diplomat, and journalist Isaac Pinto – prepared the first Jewish prayer book published in America, which was also the first English translation of the Siddur Jack Rudin – real estate developer Arthur Tracy – singer and actor See also First Shearith Israel Graveyard Jewish history in Colonial America Touro Synagogue (Newport, Rhode Island), the oldest synagogue building in the U.S., was long thought to be owned by Congregation Shearith Israel. The claim was rejected by a federal district court in a 2016 legal suit. The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, in a decision written by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, overturned this ruling in 2017. Jehudat Israel petitioned for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court. On March 2, 2019, the Supreme court denied certiorari, effectively allowing the decision in favor of Congregation Shearith Israel to stand. Oldest synagogues in the United States References Notes Bibliography Brockmann, Jorg and Bill Harris. (2002). One Thousand New York Buildings. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal. ; OCLC 48619292 External links Official Site 1654 establishments in the Dutch Empire Buildings and structures associated with the Dutch West India Company Central Park West Historic District Neoclassical synagogues New Netherland Orthodox synagogues in New York City Portuguese-American culture in New York City Portuguese-Jewish culture in the United States Religion in the Dutch Empire Synagogues completed in 1897 Religious organizations established in the