COMMUNITY RESOURCES
America that encourages its participants
to explore different opportunities to take
a meaningful part in Israeli-American
society. Weekly activities, which take place
at the JCC, are held in Hebrew, planned
and executed by high school children
leading children in grades 3-9.

United Synagogue Youth (USY)
Mizrach Region
7763 Old York Rd
Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-870-7902 Bass@uscj.com
MizrachUSY.com 1300 Locust St.

Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-732-6200 hsp.org
Head of Reference: Anthony
DiGiovanni researchbymail@hsp.org
Former Balch Institute holdings are now
housed at HSP. This includes resources
on genealogy (including the library of the
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater
Phila.), synagogues and cemeteries
drawn from publications, manuscripts
and graphics.

The Robert and Molly Freedman
Jewish Sound Archive Kislak
Center for Special Collections,
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Van Pelt Library, University of
Pennsylvania 3420 Walnut St.

Philadelphia, PA 19104
yidsong@pobox.upenn.edu sceti.library.upenn.edu/freedman/
Independent research library with an
American Judaica collection.

An international, multilingual research
library collection comprised of Judaic
sound recordings in various formats. The
recordings have been catalogued in a
searchable online database displaying song
titles, authors, composers, performers,
first lines, etc. The satellite collections
are publications in which original text,
translation, transliteration and melody
line of the recorded songs and spoken
word material are available: a sheet music
collection, newspaper and magazine
articles, concert programs, playbills, song
pamphlets and assorted memorabilia. The
publications are linked to the University
of Pennsylvania library.

The Free Library of Philadelphia
Meyers Library and KI Archives
Central Library — Logan Square
1901 Vine St. Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-686-5322 freelibrary.org
at Reform Congregation Keneseth
Israel 8339 Old York Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-887-8700 etilman@kenesethisrael.org
kenesethisrael.org Talmudical Yeshiva Library
Youth Groups for high-school students
sponsored by the Conservative
movement. Encourages Jewish identity
and observance, volunteer work and
education. Sponsors local trips, regional
programs and trips to Israel. Kadima
is a youth group for middle school
age children.

■ LIBRARIES &
RESOURCES Maintains the Moses Marx Collection of
Judaica and Hebraica. Covers history and
liturgy, with some books on philosophy,
religion, the Bible and the Talmud, and
Passover Haggadahs. Russian-language
collection available at Northeast branch.

The collection is not currently available
onsite. Patrons must call ahead to schedule
access to the collection.

Goldyne Savad Library Center
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
1299 Church Road
Wyncote, PA 19095
215-576-0800 rrc.edu
director: Rabbi Alan LaPayover
kaplanlibrary@rrc.edu Houses the Mordecai M. Kaplan Library,
and the Ira and Judith Kaplan Eisenstein
Reconstructionist Archives. The Kaplan
Library serves students and the general
public with books and periodicals in
English, Hebrew and other languages. The
Kaplan Archives house documents of the
Reconstructionist movement.

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(HSP) Philadelphia Guide to Jewish Life 2022-2023
The Library Company of
Philadelphia 1314 Locust St.

Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-546-3181 Fax: 215-546-5167
librarycompany.org Contains books and historical documents
from 1847 to the present.

Philadelphia Jewish Archives
Collection Special Collections Research
Center, Temple University Libraries
Charles Library
1900 N. 13th St.

Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-8257 Fax: 215-204-3681
scrc@temple.edu library.temple.edu/scrc
Collections include records of Jewish
cultural, educational, social service,
religious and fraternal organizations from
the Greater Philadelphia area, as well as
personal papers of Jewish community
leaders. Reading room is open to the public.

6063 Drexel Road
Philadelphia, PA 19131
215-477-1000 Library of Hebrew books on the Bible,
the Talmud, Responsa, etc. Open
for in-library work to the public by
appointment. The Temple Judea Museum
8339 Old York Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-887-8700 kenesethisrael.org/museum
Rita Rosen Poley, director and curator
tjmuseum@kenesethisrael.org The Temple Judea Museum is the only
Jewish family museum in Montgomery
county and Philadelphia region that
collects, preserves and displays objects
and artwork relating to the entire history
of the Jewish people through original,
curated exhibits.

Tuttleman Jewish Public Library
Gratz College — Mandell Education
Campus 7605 Old York Road
Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-635-7300, ext. 159
or 1-800-475-4635
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