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Beit Harambam Congregation was founded in 1978 as a Sephardi minyan by Rabbi Amiram Gabay in the basement of his house in the Rhawnhurst neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia. [2] Gabay is a long-time owner of a Judaica gift shop and art gallery in Philadelphia and also serves as a police chaplain. [ 3 ]
Beth Sholom Congregation (transliterated from Hebrew as "House of Peace") is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 8231 Old York Road in Elkins Park, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the only synagogue designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
An example of a rabbi trust applying where an employee receives compensation the taxation of which is deferrable is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan.. A rabbi trust may be applicable when one business purchases another business but wants to set aside part of the purchase price and defer payment as well as taxability to the payee upon the satisfaction of conditions to which both ...
Tree of Life Congregation was formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1864 as a breakaway group from Rodef Shalom, an Orthodox synagogue founded in 1854 which began adopting Reform practices following the visit of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise to the city. [5] [6] The initial group of 16 members met in the home of Gustavus Grafner. [5]
J. Leonard Levy, a dynamic leader with an internationalist outlook, became Rodef Shalom's Rabbi in 1901. He had served congregations in Bristol, England; Sacramento, California; and Philadelphia. Rabbi Levy was known for his work to strengthen interfaith communication in Pittsburgh and beyond.
Alamy By most standards for a safe city in America, Pittsburgh, Pa., generally gets high marks. And it's getting safer. The city of about 330,000 people recorded just 39 murders in 2009, down from ...
The South Philadelphia Shtiebel (Hebrew: סאוט פילאדעלפיא שטיבל) is a Jewish congregation, synagogue, and community center, located in the East Passyunk neighborhood of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The congregation is led by Hadas "Dasi" Fruchter, and offers educational, community, and religious ...
Beth Or was established in 1955 in Mount Airy. [1] [2] In 1974, the congregation moved to Spring House, [3] until relocating in 2006 to its current home in Maple Glen.The dedication of the new synagogue on May 15, 2006, was attended by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.