Category:Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia)

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<nowiki>Congregation Mikveh Israel; كنيس مصلين مكفيه اسرائيل; کنیسه مایکوه; קהל קדוש מקווה ישראל; 以色列希望公理会; Synagogue in Philadelphia; בית כנסת בפילידלפיה, פנסלבניה, ארה"ב; synagoge in Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten van Amerika; קהל קדוש מקוה ישראל; קהלת קדש מקוה ישראל</nowiki>
Congregation Mikveh Israel 
Synagogue in Philadelphia
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LocationPennsylvania
Inception
  • 1976
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Map39° 56′ 57.12″ N, 75° 08′ 51″ W
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Wikidata Q5160655
VIAF ID: 132590987
Library of Congress authority ID: n85173308
IdRef ID: 140511407
J9U ID: 987007307893105171
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Congregation Mikveh Israel, Mikveh Israel synagogue, officially called Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel (Hebrew: קהל קדוש מקוה ישראל‎, which translates as "Holy Community of the Hope of Israel) is a synagogue located at 44 N. 4th Street between Arch and Market Streets in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, which was founded in the 1740s, and is known as the "Synagogue of the American Revolution". It is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. Currently home to a Sephardic community originally established by Spanish and Portuguese Jews, the congregation continues to practice according to the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardic rite.

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