Jewish Philadelphia : a guide to its sights & stories / Linda Nesvisky
- Author
- Nesvisky, Linda
- Published
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.
- Physical Description
- 153 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Contents
- Personalities, places, resources. The Holocaust Memorial on the Parkway ; The Rosenbach Museum and Library : the jewel in the crown ; Louis Kahn : "our architect" ; The Gershman Y : a festive place ; The Jewish renaissance at Temple University ; Three archives : on the record ; UPenn's Museum : old wine in old bottles ; Congregation Rodeph Shalom : Moorish and modern ; Beth Sholom's jubilee year ; Keneseth Israel's remarkable rabbis -- The walking tour : wlking tour map. Welcome Park ; Haym Salomon ; The way to Elfreth's Alley ; Elfreth's Alley ; Christ Church Cemetery ; Mikveh Israel Synagogue ; The National Museum of American Jewish History ; The Liberty Bell ; Mikveh Israel Cemetery -- Appendix. Synagogues ; Dining.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781596299030
1596299037 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-149) and index.
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