YPC Shari-Eli

YPC Shari-Eli is an unaffiliated Conservative synagogue located in the Whitman neighborhood of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Congregational services are lay-led. YPC Shari Eli was founded in 1948. It is South Philadelphia's last active Conservative synagogue^[1] and only synagogue located south of Snyder Avenue.

YPC Shari-Eli
YPC Shari-Eli synagogue, in 2015
Religion
Affiliation	Conservative Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Dr. Gail Glicksman
Status	Active
Location
Location	728 West Moyamensing Avenue, Whitman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19148
Country	United States
Location in Philadelphia
Geographic coordinates	39°55′13″N 75°09′35″W
Architecture
Date established	1948 (as a congregation)
Website
hypcsharieli.mailchimpsites.com

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.^[2] YPC Shari-Eli established a building fund in 1953 with a goal to raise $25,000.^[3] 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^[4] and served for approximately thirty years.^[5]

See also

• Philadelphia portal
• Judaism portal

• History of the Jewish Quarter of Philadelphia