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Reform Congregation Kneseth Israel
was built in 1864, one of the first synagogues to adopt a Moorish-Middle
Eastern style of architecture. The congregation moved from its downtown location
at Broad and Columbia streets to the nearby northeastern neighborhood Elkins
Park in 1957.
| ID |
46 |
| state |
PA |
| city |
Philadelphia |
| synagogue name |
Kneseth Israel |
| date erected or
dedicated |
1864 |
| postmark |
unknown |
| produced by |
J.Murray Jordan,Philadelphia |
| architect |
unknown |
| affiliation |
Reform |
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by the National Museum of American Jewish History
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