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Scrolls of the Torah are carried in circuit at the synagogue of Congregation Mikveh Israel, Broad and York sts. The ceremony marked the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the first Jewish settlers in America.

Cheder students in Zhitomir, Ukraine

The Kesher Israel Synagogue was originally built in 1793. Its earliest members consisted primarily of Russian Jews who were later joined by other Eastern European Jews. In the 1870's, the building was abandoned, and then was purchased in 1889 by …

Pictured is the exterior of Neziner synagogue located on 2nd street and South street in Philadelphia.