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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	F158.9.J5 N47 2010		AVAILABLE

Author	Nesvisky, Linda.
Title	Jewish Philadelphia : a guide to its sights & stories / Linda Nesvisky.
OCLC	502676280
ISBN	9781596299030
	1596299037
Publisher	Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.
Description	153 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
	Historic sites -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Guidebooks.
	Walking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Guidebooks.
	Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Guidebooks.
	Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Guidebooks.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Personalities, places, resources -- The Holocaust Memorial on the Parkway -- The Rosenbach Museum and Library: the jewel in the crown -- Louis Kahn: "our architect" -- The Gershman Y: a festive place -- The Jewish renaissance at Temple University -- Three archives: on the record -- UPenn's Museum: old wine in old bottles -- Congregation Rodeph Shalom: Moorish and modern -- Beth Sholom's jubilee year -- Keneseth Israel's remarkable rabbis -- The walking tour -- Walking tour map -- Welcome Park -- Haym Salomon -- The way to Elfreth's Alley -- Elfreth's Alley -- Christ Church Cemetery -- Mikveh Israel Synagogue -- The National Museum of American Jewish History -- The Liberty Bell -- Mikveh Israel Cemetery -- Appendices -- Synagogues -- Dining.

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