YPC Shari-Eli

YPC Shari-Eli Synagogue
Basic information
Location 728 West Moyamensing Avenue,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Geographic coordinates 39°55′13″N 75°09′35″W / 39.9203844°N 75.159674°W / 39.9203844; -75.159674Coordinates: 39°55′13″N 75°09′35″W / 39.9203844°N 75.159674°W / 39.9203844; -75.159674
Affiliation Jewish
Rite Conservative Judaism
Year consecrated 1948
Status Active
Leadership Murray Costin
Joseph Costin

YPC Shari-Eli is a Conservative synagogue located in the Whitman neighborhood of South Philadelphia. Congregational services are lay-led. YPC Shari Eli was founded in 1948. It is South Philadelphia's last active Conservative synagogue[1] and only synagogue located south of Snyder Avenue.

Congregation History

Young People's Congregation (YPC) Shari-Eli was founded in 1948 when a group of younger members of Shaari Eliohu (8th and Porter Streets), under the leadership of Kelman Israel, broke away, formed a Conservative congregation, and moved into the building of the former Shaare Torah synagogue at Franklin Street and Moyamensing Avenue.[2]

Shari Eli remodeled its building in 1961. The congregation replaced the removable ceiling opening to the second-floor women's section balcony with a permanent ceiling. Israel Wolmark became the congregation's part-time rabbi in 1973 [3] and served for approximately thirty years.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stern, Marissa (July 5, 2017). "Last South Philadelphia Conservative Synagogue Continues to Survive". Jewish Exponent. Philadelphia. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ Meyers, Allen (1998). The Jewish Community of South Philadelphia. Arcadia Publishing. p. 127.
  3. ↑ "Other places of worship". southphillyreview.com. March 17, 2005.
  4. ↑ Ruderman, Wendy (December 30, 2006). "God, mammon, and casinos". Philadelphia Inquirer.
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