# Philadelphia <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Philadelphia (English)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>39°57′N 75°10′W</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and one of the oldest centers of Jewish life in North America, with a Jewish presence dating to the colonial era and Congregation Mikveh Israel founded in 1740. It became a major port of entry and settlement for Eastern European Jewish immigrants from the 1880s onward, especially in South Philadelphia, growing into one of the largest Jewish communities in the United States with a dense network of synagogues, institutions, and neighborhoods. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Philadelphia; Wikipedia — History of the Jews in Philadelphia.</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Ettel Freida Siegel (b.1930)]] | Born 11/27/1930 | | [[Cynthia Shender (b.1932)]] | Born 01/10/1932 | | [[Chaim Mendel Moser (b.1962)]] | Born 05/31/1962 | | [[Lipa Moser (d.1983)]] | Died 1983 | | [[Max Levi Newcombe (b.2015)]] | Born 01/29/2015 | | [[Leah Bernstein (d.1990)]] | Born |