Pockets of diverse Jewish life exist throughout the city and its suburbs, offering a variety of unique and meaningful opportunities for students at the College to connect and build community.
Jewish social groups:
- Jewish Graduate Student Network
- Tribe 12
- Moishe House Philadelphia
- Russian Speaking Jewish (RSJ) Moishe House
Jewish cultural, volunteer, and educational organizations:
- The Jewish Exponent weekly newspaper
- Jewish Relief Agency
- Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media
- Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
- Feinstein Center for American Jewish History
- Old City Jewish Arts Center
- Gratz College
- Center City Kehillah
- Kaiserman JCC
- Kleinlife
- Jewish Learning Venture
Synagogues:
There are dozens of congregations in the Philadelphia region, including 12 Reconstructionist congregations and havurot affiliated with Reconstructing Judaism:
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Congregation Beth Israel, Media (Delaware County), PA
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Congregation Kol Emet, Yardley (Bucks County), PA
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Congregation Shireinu, Gladwyne (Montgomery County), PA
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Kehilat HaNahar, New Hope (Bucks County), PA
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Kol Tzedek, West Philadelphia (Philadelphia), PA
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Leyv Ha-Ir, Center City (Philadelphia), PA
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Minyan Dorshei Derekh, West Mount Airy (Philadelphia), PA
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Mishkan Shalom, Manayunk (Philadelphia), PA
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Or Hadash, Fort Washington (Montgomery County), PA
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Temple B’nai Abraham, Bordentown, NJ
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Temple Beth El, Allentown, PA
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Tzedek v’Shalom, Newtown (Bucks County), PA
