Har Zion Temple

ActiveEst. 1922

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Locations

54th and Woodcrest Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19131

West Philadelphia

1936 – 1949

2258 Georges Lane

Philadelphia, PA 19131

Wynnefield

1950 – 1951

54th Street and Wynnefield Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19131

Wynnefield

1952 – 1975

Hagys Ford Road at Hollow Road

Penn Valley, PA 19072

1976 – 1991

1500 Hagys Ford Road

Penn Valley, PA 19072

Current1992 – present

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Leadership

Rabbi Simon Greenberg

1936 – present

Rabbi David A. Goldstein; Herman E. Grossman

1949 – present

Rabbi David A. Goldstein

1950 – 1968

Rabbi Gerald I. Wolpe

1969 – 1998

Rabbi Jacob Herber

1999 – 2002

Rabbi Jay M. Stein

2003 – 2010

Senior Rabbi Seth M Haaz

2018 – 2026

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Lay Leaders

No lay leaders on record

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Staff

No staff on record

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History

Members followed custom of "Rimplen" to raise funds for a new building. Rimplen gathered pledges by rotating the weekly Sabbath "Kiddush" among the members of the cong. Built at 54th & Wynnefield in 1926 and rebuilt after a fire in 1947. In the 1970's moved to current home.

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