Community Information

Here are a variety of links to Orthodox shuls and other organizations in the Greater Philadelphia Area. While not comprehensive, hopefully it will give you a start at finding your way around Jewish Philadelphia.

      Ahavas Torah
      <http://www.ahavas-torah.org>
      Nusach Sefard
      1425 Rhawn St., Philadelphia, PA 19111, 215-725-3610
      Rabbi: Mordechai Terebelo

      Beit Harambam Congregation
      Sephardic (Edot Hamizrach)
      9981 Verree Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19115, 215-677-9675
      Rabbi: Amiram Gabay, 215-969-3031

      Beth Hamedrosh
      <http://www.bethhamedrosh.org>
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      7505 Brookhaven Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19151, 215-473-1019
      Rabbi: Shlomo Caplan, 610-658-1967
      Eruv: <http://mysite.verizon.net/bethhamedrosh/resource.html#Eruv:>

      Beth Medrash HaRav Yolles
      Nusach Sefard
      7926 Algon, Philadelphia, Pa 19111, 215-342-5783
      Rabbi: Geldzehler

      Congregation Beth Solomon Suburban of Somerton
      <http://home.earthlink.net/~rebbele>
      198 Tomlinson Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19116, 215-671-1981
      Rabbi: Solomon Isaacson
      Co-rabbi: Shloime Isaacson

      B'nai Abraham
      <http://www.phillyshul.com>
      Nusach Ashkenaz (but will vary with Shaliach Tzibur)
      521-27 Lombard St., Philadelphia, PA 19147, 215-627-3123 or
      215-238-2100
      Rabbi: Yochonon Goldman

      B'nai Israel-Ohev Zedek
      <http://www.geniusiq.net/bioz>
      B'nai Halberstam
      Nusach Sefard
      8201 Castor Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19152, 215-742-0400
      Rabbi: Aaron Felder, 215-745-2968

      B'nai Jacob-Dershu Tov
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      1145-47 Gilham St., Philadelphia, PA 19111, 215-725-5182
      Rabbi: Isaac LeizerowsKi 215-725-5181, 215-725-5182

      Cherry Hill East Minyan
      1316 Hartwood Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ, 856-427-0608
      President: Dr. Howard Saul

      Community Synagogue of Richboro
      The Weathervane Complex
      95 Almshouse Rd., Suite 104, Richboro, PA 18954, 215-364-1160
      Rabbi: Dovid Max

      Etz Chaim Center
      <http://www.etzchaimcenter.org>
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      (Shabbos morning except summer)
      262 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA 191020, 215-546-TORA (8672)
      Rabbis: Dovid Wachs, Moshe Ungar, Alexander Coleman

      Kehillas Bnai Shalom
      2446 Bristol Rd., Bensalem, Pa. 19020, 215-750-0604
      Rabbi: Moshe Travitsky
      President: Boruch Kahn

      Knesset Hasefer, The Educational Synagogue of Yardley
      <http://www.knessethasefer.org>
      1237 Edgewood Rd., Yardley, PA 19067, 215-493-0286
      Rabbi: Yitzchok Feldheim
      President: Arthur Sagoskin

      Lower Merion Synagogue
      <http://www.lmsonline.org>
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      123 Old Lancaster Rd., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
      610-664-5626
      Rabbi: Abraham A. Levene, 610-664-4680
      Eruv: <http://www.lmsonline.org/eruv.asp>

      Lubavitcher Center of Northeast Philadelphia
      7622 Castor Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19152, 215-725-2030
      Rabbi: Abraham Shemtov, 215-722-0397

      Lubavitch House At University of Pennsylvania
      4032 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215-222-3130
      Rabbi: Ephraim Levin and Levi Haskelevich

      Lubavitch of Bucks County
      <http://www.jewishcenter.info>
      1444 Yardley-Newtown Rd., (Route 332), Yardley, PA 19067
      Rabbi: Yehuda Shemtov, 704 Stonyhill Road #156, 215-321-4320

      Lubavitch of Chester County: Jewish Center
      <http://www.chabadcc.com>
      946 N. Valley Rd., Devon, PA 19007
      Mailing address: 303 W. Lancaster Ave., #218 Wayne, PA 19087
      Rabbi: Yossi Kaplan, 610-971-9977 Fax: 610-977-9099

      Lubavitch of The Main Line
      <http://www.LubavitchMainLine.org>
      139 Montgomery Ave., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
      Rabbis: Shraga Sherman, Gedalliah Lowenstein,
      610-660-9192 Fax:610-660-9193

      Lubavitch of Montgomery County
      1484 Schirra Dr., Ambler, PA 19002
      Rabbi: Shaya Deitsh, 215-591-9310

      Mekor Baruch
      Sephardic (Edot Hamizrach)
      8 Merion Rd., P.O. Box 158, Merion Station, PA 19066, 610-664-1890
      Rabbi: Joshua Toledano

      Mesilat Yesharim
      Sephardic (Edot Hamizrach), Shabbos services only
      Located at B'nai Israel-Ohev Zedek B'nai Halberstam on the second floor
      8201 Castor Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19152, 215-742-0400
      Rabbi: Moshe Suissa

      Mikveh Israel
      <http://www.mikvehisrael.org>
      Sephardic (Edot Hamizrach)
      Independence Mall East
      44 N. Fourth St., Philadelphia, PA 19106, 215-922-5446
      Rabbi: Albert E. Gabbai

      Ner TAmid Jewish Center of Chester County
      <http://www.ntjc.homestead.com>
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      611 East Street Road, West Chester, PA 19382
      Main office: 610-399-1265
      Rabbi: Rabbi Eliezer Abrahamson

      Od Yosef Chai
      Sephardic (Edot Hamizrach)
      8543 Bustleton Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
      President & Founder: Yaakov Mizrachi

      Ohr Somayach Kiruv Community Center
      <http://www.jlephilly.com>
      Nusach Sefard, Shabbos services only:
      Gorin Building,7600 Summerdale Ave., Phila., PA 19111,
      215-725-1460, ohrsom@verizon.net
      Rabbi: Eli Kopel

      OCP - Orthodox Community of the University of Pennsylvania
      <http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~ocp>
      Penn Hillel House, University of Pennsylvania
      215 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 215-898-7391

      Raim Ahuvim
      Nusach Sefard
      5854 Drexel Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19131, 215-878-8477
      Rabbi: Israel M. Axelrod, 215-477-3743
      Associate rabbi: Harvey Gornish

      Rothenberg Minyon
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      Torah Study Group led by Rabbi Powers, followed by Mincha
      starting at 1:30 pm weekdays
      Rothenberg Tower, 1518 Walnut, Philadelphia, Pa 19102
      1-800-624-8888

      Satori Group Thursday Mincha Minyan
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      Lunch and a shiur at 12:15 followed by Mincha at 1:00PM
      1100 East Hector Street, Suite 100, Conshohocken, PA 19428
      610-862-6300
      Contact: Matthew S. Wieder, mwieder@satorigroupinc.com

      Sons of Israel
      <http://www.sonsisrael.com>
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      720 Cooper Landing Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08002, 856-667-9700
      Rabbi: Ephraim Epstein

      Vilna Congregation
      <http://www.phillychai.org/vilna.htm>
      Nusach Ashkenaz (but will vary with Shaliach Tzibur)
      509 Pine St., Philadelphia, PA 19106, 215-592-9433 or 215-574-9280
      Rabbi: Menachem Schmidt

      Young Israel of Cherry Hill
      <http://www.yicherryhill.org>
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      817 Cooper Landing Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002, 856-667-1979
      Rabbi: Yisroel Teichman

      Young Israel of Elkins Park
      <http://www.yiep.org>
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      7715 Montgomery Ave., Elkins Park, PA 19117, 215-635-3152
      Rabbi: Dov Aaron Brisman, 215-722-0239

      Young Israel of the Main Line
      <http://www.yiml.org>
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      273 Montgomery Ave., PO Box 117, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, 610-667-3255
      Rabbi: Avraham Steinberg

      Young Israel Synagogue of Oxford Circle
      Nusach Ashkenaz
      6427 Large St., Philadelphia, PA 19149, 215-743-2848
      Rabbi: Julius Meles, 215-725-7087

      Philadelphia Community Kollel
      <http://www.philly-direct.com/kollel>
      Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
      Phone: 610-668-9557
      Email: pc.kollel@verizon.net

      Philadelphia Shatnez Lab
      <http://home.comcast.net/~shatnez/phillylab.html>
      Phone:  610-896-6645 

      Talmudical Yeshica of Philadelphia
      6063 Drexel Rd.
      Philadelphia, PA 19131
      Phone: 215-477-1000

      Mesivta Bais Dovid of Cherry Hill
      31 Maple Avenue
      Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
      Phone: 856-482-8230

      Aish HaTorah
      <http://www.aish.com/branches/philadelphia>
      356 Montgomery Ave.
      Merion, PA 19066
      Phone: 610-668-9600

      The Etz Chaim Center
      <http://etzchaimcenter.org>
      262 S. 16 St.
      Philadelphia, PA
      Phone: 215-546-8672

      Mikvaos:
      Main Line:
          Women and Kalim at Torah Academy
          Women and Kalim at Lower Merion Synagogue (Shabbos and Yom Tov)
          Men at Raim Ahuvim
      Northeast Philadelphia:
          Women and Kalim at old Ahavas Torah building, 7525 Loretto Ave.
          Men at Lubavitcher Center
      Bucks County:
          Women and Kalim at 2454 Bristol Road, Bensalem, PA 19020.
          Men can use it before yom tov. Call for times: 215-891-5565.
      Cherry Hill, New Jersey:
          By appointment only at Sons of Israel Mikvah: 856-667-3515.


       Real Estate:

          Philadelphia Inquirer

          Main Line Times

          Dovid Irons
          Coldwell Banker
	  <http://www.cbpref.com/show_press_release.html?release_id=209>
          1207 Fayette Street, P.O. Box 414
          Conshohocken, PA 19428
          Phone: (215) 880-0714

          Mrs. Rachel Levin
          Prudential Fox Roach Real Estate
          Work: (610) 896-7400
          Home: (610) 649-5228
          E-mail: ruchie@aol.com


       JCC: Kaiserman Branch
       45 Haverford Road
       Wynnewood, PA 19096
       Phone: (610) 896-7770

       JCC: Gershman Branch
       401 South Broad Street
       Philadelphia, PA 19147
       (215) 545-4400
       
       JCC: Klein Branch
       10100 Jamison Avenue
       Philadelphia, PA 19116
       (215) 698-7300