MUSIC
Congregation Mikveh Israel Cemetery
610-297-6730 jewkeboxtemple@gmail.com • jewkebox.wordpress.com
Student-run Jewish a cappella group at Temple University in partnership
with Hillel at Temple. Frequently performs at synagogues and community
centers in the Greater Philadelphia area.

Eighth and Spruce St.s • Philadelphia, PA 19107 • 215-922-5446
A national shrine and part of Independence National Historical Park. One of
the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the United States, with graves dating from
1740. Interred here are Haym Solomon, Rebecca Gratz and 21 veterans of the
American Revolution. Mikveh Israel has two other cemeteries with historical
significance: 11th and Federal streets, which dates to the Civil War, and
55th and Market streets.

Nashirah, the Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia
Monument to the Six Million Martyrs
Jewkebox P.O. Box 22492 • Philadelphia, PA 19110 • nashirah.org
Community-based chorale in the Greater Philadelphia area performing
exclusively Jewish and Jewish-themed music. Brings choral music of many
lands, languages and cultures together.

Philadelphia Workmen’s Circle Chorus (Arbeter Ring)
215-572-0971 • 856-816-7489 • phillywcc.conductor@gmail.com
Promotes and perpetuates Yiddish music, language and culture via
performances of at community events, synagogues, public libraries,
senior centers and other venues throughout the Delaware Valley.

Bookings accepted all year long. New singers always welcome.

Shabbatones 847-372-8971 • contact@pennshabbatones.com • pennshabbatones.com
Student-run Jewish a cappella group at the University of Pennsylvania in
partnership with Hillel at UPenn. Frequently performs at synagogues and
community centers in the Greater Philadelphia area.

LANDMARKS Beth Sholom Synagogue
Beth Sholom Preservation Foundation
8231 Old York Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-887-1342, Ext. 157 • tours@bethsholomcongregation.org
bethsholompreservation.org Created to preserve the Beth Sholom Synagogue, a National Historic Landmark.

Only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The foundation’s
mission is to preserve the Wright-designed building, furniture and landscape
setting to tell the stories of this synagogue to a wide variety of audiences.

Frank Synagogue
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
5501 Old York Road • Philadelphia, PA 19141 • 215-456-6055
Modeled after first- and second-century synagogues discovered in the Galilee
region of north central Israel, this small, historically certified synagogue was
originally dedicated in 1901, and reflects the Einstein Healthcare Network’s
cultural heritage.

16th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
This memorial sculpture was the first public Holocaust monument in
the United States.

(Congregation) Rodeph Shalom
615 N. Broad St. • Philadelphia, PA 19123
215-627-6747 • Fax: 215-627-1313
info@rodephshalom.org • rodephshalom.org
Oldest congregation in the U.S. descended from Western European Jews.

The synagogue is entered in the National Register of Historic Places.

THEATER Anne Frank Theater Project
Holocaust Museum and Educational Center
KleinLife • 10100 Jamison Ave., Room 210
Philadelphia, PA 19116 • 215-464-4701 • Fax: 215-464-4703
info@hamec.org • hamec.org
Provides theater pieces educating viewers about prejudice, intolerance and
bigotry, as well as heightening awareness that moral courage can move one to
action and assist in improving the lives of others. Offers two plays dealing with
the Holocaust and how everyday people were affected by the Nazi regime.

Theatre Ariel
P.O. Box 0334 • Merion Station, PA 19066 • 610-667-9230
info@theatreariel.org • theatreariel.org (for bookings)
Brings Jewish theater to synagogues, schools, conferences, community centers
and organizations. Productions enable audiences to explore Jewish stories/texts,
history, identity, culture and ethics. Touring repertoire includes productions
for children, families, teens and adults. Special programs include Salon Ariel
and the scholar-in-residence program, as well as readings of new works.

Hebrew Mutual Burial Association Cemetery
1850 Cemetery Lane • Philadelphia, PA 19142
Founded in 1857 by a group of Dutch Jews, the site contains about 440 graves
of Dutch Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews, including many Civil War and
Spanish American War veterans.

Congregation Mikveh Israel
44 North Fourth St. • Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-922-5446 • Fax: 215-922-1550 • info@mikvehisrael.org • mikvehisrael.org
Spanish-Portuguese synagogue founded in 1740. Located on Inde pen dence
Mall and known as the “Synagogue of the American Revolution,” it is the oldest
formal congregation in Philadelphia and the oldest continuously operating
synagogue in the United States.

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