Search JTA's historical archive dating back to 1923

Philadelphia Mikveh Israel Cemetery May Become Historic#

August 7, 1953
See Original Daily Bulletin From This Date
Advertisement

A bill to establish the historic cem# Congregation Mikveh Israel here as a historic shrine has been introduced # Council.

The bill, providing an appropriation of $5,000 for the cemetery’s main# now pending in the appropriations committee which is expected to report fa# it to the council. The cemetery dates back to the pre-Revolutionary era. Solomon, American Jewish patriot of the Revolution, is buried there.

Recommended from JTA

Advertisement