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 Joseph Costin

YPC Shari-Eli is a Conservative synagogue located in the Whitman neighborhood of South Philadelphia. As of 2015, congregational services are lay-led. YPC Shari Eli was founded in 1948. It is South Philadelphia's last active Conservative synagogue and the 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.[1]

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 [2] and served for approximately thirty years.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Meyers, Allen (1998). The Jewish Community of South Philadelphia. Arcadia Publishing. p. 127.
  2. ↑ "Other places of worship". southphillyreview.com. March 17, 2005.
  3. ↑ Ruderman, Wendy (December 30, 2006). "God, mammon, and casinos". Philadelphia Inquirer.
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