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Mikveh Israel Review
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Mikveh Israel
Religious Sites, Old City
Fodor's Review:
Nathan Levy, a Colonial merchant whose ship, the Myrtilla, brought the Liberty Bell to America, helped found this Jewish congregation in 1740, making it the oldest in Philadelphia and the second oldest in the United States. The original synagogue was at 3rd and Cherry streets; the congregation's current space (1976) is in the Sephardic style (following Spanish and Portuguese Jewish ritual) and occupies the same building as the National Museum of American Jewish History. The synagogue's Spruce Street Cemetery (about eight blocks away, beyond Old City) dates from 1740 and is the oldest surviving Jewish site in Philadelphia. It was the burial ground for the Spanish-Portuguese Jewish community. Guided tours, arranged through the synagogue, are given July and August, Tuesday to Friday and Sunday 10 to 4, and by appointment the rest of the year.
INFO
- Address: Synagogue:, 44 N. 4th St., Old City, Philadelphia, PA
- Phone: 215/922-5446
- Web site
- Open: Mon.-Thurs. 10-5, Fri. 10-3, Sun. noon-5
- Other location: Cemetery:, Spruce St. between 8th and 9th Sts., Old City, Philadelphia, PA
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