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The Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia (Hebrew: פילאדעלפיע ישיבה) is a Haredi Litvish yeshiva in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its heads of school are Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky , Rabbi Shimon Yehudah Svei and Rabbi Sholom Kaminetsky.
The History of the Jews of Philadelphia from Colonial Times Until the Age of Jackson. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society of America. Stern, Malcolm H. (1983). "National Leaders of Their Time: Philadelphia's Reform Rabbis". In Murray Friedman (ed.). Jewish Life in Philadelphia, 1830–1940. Philadelphia, PA: Institute for the Study of ...
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 ...
Congregation Kesher Israel is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue located in the Society Hill section of Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The synagogue is home to an active congregation with Shabbat and holy day services, a Hebrew school, adult education, and community programming.
Woodcut carved by Johann von Armssheim (1483). Portrays a disputation between Christian and Jewish scholars. During the Middle Ages a series of debates on Judaism were staged by the Catholic Church – including the Disputation of Paris, the Disputation of Barcelona, and Disputation of Tortosa – and during those disputations, Jewish converts to Christianity, such as Pablo Christiani and ...
Temple Beth Israel was founded in 1840 to serve German and Polish Jewish immigrants. It was the third synagogue in Philadelphia after Congregation Mikveh Israel and Rodeph Shalom. The congregation first met at Adelphi Court and built a new synagogue in the Egyptian Revival style in 1849 [7] on N 8th Street south of Jefferson. The building was ...
The American Jewish Congress donated $3,000 in June, which was earmarked for the purchase of new bibles and prayer books. [9] The congregation received significant funding from the Philadelphia Jewish community, including the Jewish Federal of Greater Philadelphia, to rebuild. By 2002, the building had been restored. [2]
The National Museum of American Jewish History moved to its own building on the southeast corner of 5th and Market Streets on November 15, 2010. [49] Uriah P. Levy (1792–1862), who would be the first Jewish Commodore in the United States Navy, grew up in Philadelphia and celebrated his bar mitzvah at Mikveh Israel in 1807. A statue of Levy ...