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|Country=U.S.A.|CITY INTRO=A recent count of the Jewish population in the greater Philadelphia region, counted more than 200,000.|COMMUNITY WEBSITES==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.|KEY SHUL'S=|KASHRUS INFO=Philadelphia Yeshiva
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