Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Philadelphia)

Congregation Rodeph Shalom
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
Hebrew: רודף שלום
	Rodeph Shalom Synagogue in 2010
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Jill Maderer; Rabbi Eli C. Freedman;
Status	Active
Location
Location	615 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
	Location in Philadelphia
Geographic coordinates	39°57′55″N 75°9′40″W
Architecture
Architect(s)	Frank Furness (1866); Simon and Simon (1928);
Type	Synagogue
Style	Byzantine Revival; Moorish Revival; Art Deco;
Date established	1795 (as a congregation)
Completed	1866 (N. Broad St. #1); 1928 (N. Broad St. #2);
Specifications
Direction of façade	West
Materials	Granite, synthetics, limestone
Website
	rodephshalom.org
	Rodeph Shalom Synagogue
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	07000797
Added to NRHP	August 07, 2007

Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Hebrew: רודף שלום, lit. 'Pursuer of Peace'), is an historic Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Established in 1795, it is the oldest Ashkenazic synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. It is noted historically for its leadership of the Reform movement among American Hebrew congregations, for its spiritual influence upon international Jewry, and for its unique 1927 Byzantine and Moorish Revival synagogue building, with Art Deco finishes, on North Broad Street, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2007.

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