Kahal Kodosh Mikveh Israel

Kahal Kodosh Mikveh Israel is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1991.

Philadelphia County · dedicated 1991 · 313 Cherry St. at Orianna St., Philadelphia

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In 1782 this congregation built Philadelphia's first synagogue at this site. Established about 1740, it had first worshiped in rented quarters here. The congregation built a larger synagogue 1824, and has been elsewhere in the city since 1860.

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