Philadelphia

KOSHER & JEWISH TRAVEL DESTINATIONS

Philadelphia
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CITY INTRO

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.

SHULS IN THIS AREA

• A Mincha Gedolah in NE Philadelphia (7814 Castor Ave)
• Bais Medrash Harav (7926 Algon Ave)
• Beis Shlomo (198 Tomlinson Road)
• Beit HaRambam (9981 Verree Road)
• Bnai Israel-Ohev Zedek (8201 Castor Ave)
• Center City Mincha Minyan (1818 Market StreetLobby Level (glass doors on left))
• Center City Synagogue/Mekor Habracha (2000 Chestnut2nd floor)

• Congregation Lubavitch-Philadelphia (7622 Castor Ave.)
• Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania (4037 Pine Street)
• Mikveh Israel (44 North 4th Street)
• Orthodox Community at Penn (215 South 39th StreetSecond floor on shabbos, third on weekday)
• Philadelphia Yeshiva (6063 Drexel Rd)
• Vilna Congregation (509 Pine Street)

KOSHER FOOD IN THIS AREA

• Cafe Espresso (7814 Castor Avenue)
• Comcast Center (1701 JFK Blvd)

• Mama's Vegetarian (18 S. 20th Street, Pareve)

YIDTRAVEL SITES IN THIS AREA

• National Museum of American Jewish History (101 South Independence Mall East)

• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (3260 South Street)

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