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The Jewish Exponent has been published continuously since April 15, 1887. [2] [3] [4] A predecessor newspaper, The Jewish Record, had been published since 1875.[3]The paper was founded by 43 prominent Philadelphians—among them Henry Samuel Morais—who pledged that it would be "devoted to the interests of the Jewish people."
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia headquarters in Jewish Community Services Building. From a period immediately after the Revolutionary war efforts have been made to collect money for the charitable organizations by appealing to the general public. Lotteries were held early in the 19th century; subscription lists were constantly being ...
Tobin was executive editor of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia from 1998 through 2008. Prior to that, he was executive editor of The Connecticut Jewish Ledger. In 2003, Tobin told an interviewer that Jewish journalism had improved in quality over the preceding 20 years.
Philadelphia Jewish Voice: English Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 2005–2019 ... The Jewish Exponent: English Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1887–Present 24,000 [25]
The founding of Akiba was met with opposition from some within Philadelphia's Jewish community, particularly from the reform Jewish community. [3] Philadelphia Jewish leaders believed in American assimilation through the public school system and judged Jewish day schools to be parochial, un-American, and ghettoizing. Philadelphia's Jewish ...
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 ...
He wrote numerous books on Judaism, wrote several prayer books, and many newspaper columns. He wrote a weekly column for The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1978 to 1982 and for Philadelphia's Jewish Exponent from 1982 until late in his life. He also served on the editorial boards of The Jewish Digest and The Reconstructionist.
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).