The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia
2008-2010 Delancey St. • Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-732-1600 • info@rosenbach.org • rosenbach.org
The collection includes the first Haggadah printed in America and letters of the
Gratz family of P hiladelphia. Open to the public, but access to specific objects
and books is by appointment only.
The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage
610 Washington Ave. • P.O. Box 517 • Woodbine, NJ 08270
609-626-3831 • Jane.Stark@stockton.edu • thesam.org
Celebrates more than a century of Jewish history in northwest Cape May
County in the restored Brotherhood Synagogue in the Baron de Hirsch
Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey. The museum documents the legacy
of Russian Jewish settlers in this area. Admission is free. Groups welcome.
Special tours by appointment.
Temple Judea Museum of Keneseth Israel
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
8339 Old York Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-887-2027 or 215-887-8700 • Fax: 215-887-1070
tjmuseum@kenesethisrael.org • kenesethisrael.org/museum
Houses a collection of objects and presents three original exhibitions annu-
ally that feature Judaica, Jewish history, Israel and contemporary art. Artist
members are part of the TJMuseum Collaborative. Admission is free, and
groups are welcome by appointment. Tours are available of “The Prophetic
Quest,” Jacob Landau’s stained-glass installation.
MUSIC Israel Scout Friendship Caravan
caravan@israelscouts.org • israelscouts.org/friendship-caravan
Sponsors programs which develop and maintain a connection between the
Tzofim (Israel Scouts) movement in Israel and North American Jewry.
ChaiLights A Cappella
c/o Tribe 12, 1900 Market St., 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103
267-652-0088 • thechailights@gmail.com • tribe12.org/2017/05/21/the-chailights
Post-collegiate Jewish a cappella group. Young adults who perform Jewish and
American music a cappella. It is a member of KEYhillah and Contemporary A
Cappella League.
Jewkebox jewkeboxtemple@gmail.com • @JewkeboxTU (Facebook, Instagram)
Student-run Jewish a cappella group in partnership with Hillel at Temple.
Frequently performs at synagogues and community centers in the Greater
Philadelphia area.
Nashirah, the Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia
info@nashirah.org • nashirah.org
Community-based chorale in the Greater Philadelphia area performing
exclusively Jewish and Jewish-themed music.
Philadelphia Workmen’s Circle Chorus (Arbeter Ring)
215-572-0971 • phillywcc.conductor@gmail.com
Promotes and perpetuates Yiddish music, language and culture via perfor-
mances 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.
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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.
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
615 N. Broad St. • Philadelphia, PA 19123
215-627-6747 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.
Congregation Mikveh Israel
44 N. 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 Independence
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.
Congregation Mikveh Israel Cemetery
Eighth and Spruce Sts. • 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.
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.
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.
Monument to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs
Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza
16th St. and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
This memorial sculpture was the first public Holocaust monument in the
United States. The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation worked
on preserving the existing monument and redeveloping the site around it—The
Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza—with historical artifacts and
educational elements. The expanded plaza was completed in October 2018.
215-898-7391 • 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.
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