A Reconstructionist Synagogue Weaves Itself Into Manayunk’s Industrial Fabric
The congregation of Mishkan Shalom promotes sanctuary and social reform inside a 137-year-old textile mill on Freeland Avenue. Scotty Meiser has the story > more
Conkling-Armstrong House & Jewelers Row District Go Before Designation Committee
Starr Herr-Cardillo has this roundup of local register nominations on the agenda at the February meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission's Designation Committee > more
Harvey Finkle: Photographer Seeks Justice For The Other
New photography exhibition explores South Philly's Jewish communities and the city's transitioning immigrant populations. Joe Brin has the story > more
Row House Synagogue In South Philly Reborn
Joe Brin checks in at our favorite 109-year-old row house synagogue, Shivtei Yeshuron, where membership is flourishing and programming is humming along > more
Brooms, Buttons, & Busking: Memoir Of A Young Russian Immigrant In Philadelphia
Contributor Amy Cohen gives us an intimate glimpse of immigrant life in the late 1800s with excerpts from a diary written by her great-grandfather Saul Kaplan > more
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