Affiliation Jewish Status Active Year consecrated 1948 | Rite Conservative Judaism Leadership Joseph Costin | |
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Location 728 West Moyamensing Avenue,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Address 728 W Moyamensing Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148, USA | ||
YPC Shari-Eli is a Conservative synagogue located in the Whitman neighborhood of South Philadelphia. As of 2015, congregational services are lay-led. YPC Shari Eli was founded in 1948. It is South Philadelphia's last active Conservative synagogue and the only synagogue located south of Snyder Avenue.
Congregation History
Young People's Congregation (YPC) Shari-Eli was founded in 1948 when a group of younger members of Shaari Eliohu (8th and Porter Streets), under the leadership of Kelman Israel, broke away, formed a Conservative congregation, and moved into the building of the former Shaare Torah synagogue at Franklin Street and Moyamensing Avenue.
Shari Eli remodeled its building in 1961. The congregation replaced the removable ceiling opening to the second-floor women's section balcony with a permanent ceiling. Israel Wolmark became the congregation's part-time rabbi in 1973 and served for approximately thirty years.