Kesher Shalom
Shireinu Meets at Abington Arts Center
515 Meetinghouse Road • Jenkintown, PA 19046
215-207-9349 • Keshershalom@gmail.org • www.rabbisigal.org
1295 South Avignon Drive • Gladwyne, PA 19035
610-581-0237 • Fax: 610-581-0238
shireinu@aol.com • shireinu.com
Often meets at the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, 272 South Bryn Mawr
Avenue, Bryn Mawr.

Heymish Heymishphilly@gmail.com • www.facebook.com/groups/heymish
An egalitarian, traditional lay-led havurah, that meets in homes in Center City and
South Philadelphia the 3rd Friday of each month. Made up of people from various
genders, sexualities, and religious backgrounds. Services are in Hebrew and incor-
porate lots of singing. People at all levels of observance are welcome.

RABBINICAL ORGANIZATIONS
Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia
LNMinyan@gmail.com • www.LNMinyan.org
An observant Zionist minyan committed to both halacha and equality. Meets once a
month on Friday night at the Levering Mill House, 327 Levering Mill Road, allow-
ing women to participate in tefillot to the full extent allowed by halachah.

2100 Arch Street • Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-832-0675 • bor@jfgp.org
Primarily serves as a forum for professional support and development for rabbis
in the Greater Philadelphia area. Provides representation on Philadelphia’s Reli-
gious Leaders Council and also takes part in some public events, such as the
annual Holocaust Memorial Ceremony.

Jewish Congregation of Graterford Prison
Rabbinical Assembly-Mid-Atlantic Region
P.O. Box 244 • Graterford, PA 19426 • 610-489-4151, Ext. 2347
P.O. Box 332 • Fort Washington, PA 19034
215-643-6510 • awohlberg@tsinai.com
The regional or ganization of Conservative rabbis. Provides classes for those seek-
ing to convert to Judaism, weekly Torah-study programs in various locations, and
arranges Jewish divorces.

Lechu Neranena: Partnership Minyan of Bala Cynwyd
Makom Kadosh: The Jewish
Fellowship of Chester County
The Farmhouse at Temenos
685 Broad Run • West Chester, PA 19382
TheJFCC@gmail.com • TheJFCC.com
Independent Jewish community incorporating the best of all streams of Judaism.

(Congregation) Mesilat Yesharim
8201 Castor Avenue, 2nd Floor • Philadelphia, PA 19111
215-745-0130 or 347-462-0292 • Rabbi.Abergel@gmail.com • jcor.org
Rhawnhurst's only Sephardic/Moroccan minyan. Located on the second floor of the
B'nai Israel-Ohev Zedek building.

Minyans at Penn Hillel
Steinhardt Hall • 215 South 39th Street • Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-7391 • pennhillel.org
Conservative, Orthodox, Reform and Sephardic minyanim.

Minyan Sulam Yaakov at the Gershman Y
714 South Sixth Street • Philadelphia, PA 19147 • 267-350-6528
info@minyanSulamYaakov.org • minyanSulamYaakov.org
Meets at the Gershman Y, 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147. Lay-led,
with no “official” clergy.

Minyan Tikvah
info@minyantikvah.org • minyantikvah.org
Traditional, egalitarian lay-led minyan meeting one Shabbat morning each month
for services, followed by a kiddush. People of all ages, affiliations, backgrounds and
forms of observance welcome. Meets at the William Way Center, 1315 Spruce Street,
Philadelphia, PA.

Narberth Havurah
P.O. Box 65 • Narberth, PA 19072 • 609-206-2043
mickspiv1@comcast.net • www.narberthhavurah.org.

Reconstructionist Jewish community. Meets at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 404
Levering Mill Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Frank and Joyce Podietz Synagogue
Rabbinical Council of Greater Philadelphia (Orthodox)
c/o Congregation Mikveh Israel
44 North Fourth Street • Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-922-5446 • Fax: 215-922-1550
info@mikvehisrael.org • rabbis.org
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
1299 Church Road • Wyncote, PA 19095
215-576-5210 • Fax: 215-576-8051 • info@therra.org
therra.org CONGREGATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS Jewish Learning Venture — Reshet Networks
Mandell Education Campus • 7607 Old York Road
Melrose Park, PA 19027 • 215-320-0360 • Fax: 215-635-8946
info@jewishlearningventure.org • jewishlearningventure.org
Assists synagogues in developing leaders by bringing synagogue teams together
to discuss, learn, plan and implement change using strategies in synagogue
strengthening. Jewish Reconstructionist Communities
and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
1299 Church Road • Wyncote, PA 19095
215-576-0800 • Fax: 215-576-6143
JewishRecon@rrc.edu • JewishRecon.org
Represents the Reconstructionist movement in advocacy within the Jewish
community and beyond. Provides consulting services to congregations
on issues including education, governance, growth strategy and leadership
development. Abramson Center for Jewish Life
1425 Horsham Road • North Wales, PA 19454
215-371-1818 • 888-791-5075 • abramsoncenter.org
Union for Reform Judaism Knowledge Network
Rothenberg Shul
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ)
Law firm of Allen L. Rothenberg • 1420 Walnut Street, 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA
19102 • 1-800-624-8888
Daily Orthodox afternoon minyan. Rabbi Abraham Powers. Gabbai William
McCaulley. President Arno Weinstein.

Mid-Atlantic District
856-649-4515• stofman@uscj.org • uscj.org
Organization of the Conservative movement.

1-855-URJ-1800 • urj1800@urj.org • urj.org
Organization of Reform congregations.

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