Title

Seeking Shalom in the Old Eighth Ward - With biography of Dr. Rabbi Nachman Heller

Authors

Drew Hermeling, Messiah CollegeFollow
Digital Harrisburg

Files

Description

The Old Eighth Ward was the center of Harrisburg’s Litvak–or Lithuanian Jewish–community prior to the Capitol expansion. While an older German Jewish population was already thriving in the city, the newly arriving Litvak found it difficult to integrate with the pre-existing community. Two synagogues were therefore founded in the ward, Kesher Israel and Chisuk Emuna. The presence of both of these congregations serves not only as a testament to the vibrancy of the Jewish community, but also the diversity among these co-religionists.

Publication Date

2019

Document Type

Book

Keywords

Harrisburg, Messiah College, Messiah University, Pennsylvania, Jewish, immigrant

Disciplines

Public History | United States History | Urban Studies and Planning

Recommended Citation

Hermeling, Drew and Digital Harrisburg, "Seeking Shalom in the Old Eighth Ward - With biography of Dr. Rabbi Nachman Heller" (2019). Look Up, Look Out. 3.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/look/3