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A recent count of the Jewish population in … A recent count of the Jewish population in the greater Philadelphia region, counted more than 200,000.
==Jewish History==
Jewish settlement dates back to 1737. Communal life can be traced back to 1740, when a grant of ground was secured for Jewish burial on Spruce street between eighth and ninth streets. The earliest document of a Jewish Congregation - Mikveh Israel - is from 1773.
In 1802 an Ashkenazi Congregation - Rodeph Shalom was formed.i Congregation - Rodeph Shalom was formed. +
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