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Vandals targeted one of the oldest synagogues in the U.S. vandals three times Tuesday, including by attempted arson, officials said. Congregation Mikveh Israel, which was founded in the 1740s in ...
The first incident happened around 2 a.m., when a man lit a dumpster on fire next to the building, damaging a window, according to a news release from the Philadelphia Police Department.
After 100 years serving the local Jewish community, the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center was destroyed in the Eaton Fire. The congregation says it will rebuild.
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 ]
It is the oldest synagogue in Philadelphia, and the longest running in the United States. The congregation moved to its current building at 44 North Fourth Street in 1976. The synagogue is located within Philadelphia's Old City Historic District and adjacent to Independence Mall. Mikveh Israel is an active community synagogue with services on ...
City of Philadelphia. 2024. Smith, Tyler (2006). "Review of Steven Fine's Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Bryn Mawr College. "Henry S. Frank Memorial Synagogue" (moving panoramic imagery of the synagogue's interior). Synagogues 360. 2024. Gruber, Samuel D. (2011).
The Eaton fire has destroyed thousands of structures and burned more than 14,000 acres in Pasadena and Altadena. Not far from the Jewish center, some of the earliest footage from the fire depicted ...
The American Architect and Building News in 1900 reported that the congregation had “purchased the houses at 928, 930, and 932 S. 6th St. and will erect a commodious synagogue on the site.” [4] The congregation would not erect its new Baroque Revival building at this site and instead laid a cornerstone at 615 S 6th Street at Kater Street in ...