Merchant and philanthropist. Judah Touro moved to New Orleans at the age of 22 and became a successful trader. He enlisted in the war of 1812 under Andrew Jackson and was wounded in the defense of New Orleans. Touro never married but left large funds (estimated $500,000) for various philanthropic purposes. Some of them included completion of the Bunker Hill monument, enclosing the Jewish Cemetery in Newport RI and numerous almshouses and Jewish congregations in New Orleans and other cities. His funds joined with Montifiore's to help build the first housing complex outside the walls of the old city of Jerusalem Mishkenot Shananim