YPC Shari-Eli facts for kids
Quick facts for kids YPC Shari-Eli |
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YPC Shari-Eli synagogue, in 2015
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Conservative Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | Rabbi Dr. Gail Glicksman |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 728 West Moyamensing Avenue, Whitman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19148 |
| Country | United States |
 Location in Philadelphia
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| Date established | 1948 (as a congregation) |
YPC Shari-Eli is an unaffiliated Conservative synagogue located in the Whitman neighborhood of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Congregational services are lay-led. YPC Shari Eli was founded in 1948. It is South Philadelphia's last active Conservative synagogue and only synagogue located south of Snyder Avenue.
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. YPC Shari-Eli established a building fund in 1953 with a goal to raise $25,000. 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 and served for approximately thirty years.
See also
- History of the Jewish Quarter of Philadelphia
