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COMMUNITY RESOURCES Wynnewood and its neighboring communities are blessed with every resource than an observant family needs: eruv, mikvah, Jewish day schools, yeshivot, outreach organizations, chevra kadisha, kosher shopping and dining, and much more. Here is a partial description of available resources: Eruv: Our community is blessed with an eruv that encompasses both our previous neighborhood in Philadelphia and our new location in Lower Merion. We’ve recently completed an expansion of our eruv that triples its size, bringing it into many new areas in Lower Merion Township as well as a portion of Narberth borough. For more information, follow this link. Shopping: Within our immediate community are R&R Produce
& Fish, Bestcake Bakery, Shalom Pizza, and New York Bagels. All of
these establishments are under the supervision of the Community
Kashrus of Greater Philadelphia and they cater to the special needs
of our community by offering quality products and personal service.
Our own Rabbi Shlomo Caplan is a member of the Community Kashrus of
Greater Philadelphia. Also, Rita’s Water Ice and Baskin-Robbins are
within the community and the great majority of items there are
approved by Rabbi Caplan. Also within the community is the
Kaiserman Branch of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater
Philadelphia, two beautiful public parks, and branches of both the
Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township public libraries. Education: Just outside our community are such institutions as the world-renowned Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Community Kollel, the Mitzvah Factory, Aish HaTorah of Philadelphia, and the Torah Academy (the local Orthodox day school for girls and boys pre-nursery to 8th grade, as well as the Girls’ High School). Each of these institutions is within minutes of our community. Please see our Education Page for more information. Mikvaos: The Women's Mikvah is located at Torah Academy, Wynnewood & Argyle Roads in Ardmore, (610) 642-8679. The Men’s Mikvah is located at Congregation Raim Ahuvim, 5854 Drexel Road in Philadelphia, (215) 878-8477. The entrance is in the rear of the building. The keilim (dish) mikvah is located at the Torah Academy. It is accessible during the day. You will need the door combination to gain access. Under NO circumstances may it be used during Women's Mikvah hours. Contact Rebbitzin Tzippy Caplan at (610) 658-1967 or Rabbi Naftali Eisemann at (215) 473-4153, or try (610) 642-7870. Housing: The community offers a wide variety of housing within the eruv, with even a larger selection now available following our eruv expansion. Lower priced row homes are available in Overbrook Park (Philadelphia). Larger single-family and twin (semi-detached) homes are available in the portions of Lower Merion Township’s Wynnewood, Merion, and Ardmore communities that are within the eruv, as well as in the Greenhill Farms neighborhood in Philadelphia . Homes are available in many different styles and in many price ranges and are more affordable than comparable homes in the other Main Line Jewish communities. (Homes in the Philadelphia area are also far more affordable than most other Orthodox communities in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic as well!) Rentals are also available, especially in Overbrook Park . For detailed information about rentals, please contact Fahrad Tehrani at 610 399 3257. The Chevra Kadisha, usually referred to as the "Chevra" or the Jewish Burial Society, is the “sacred society” that prepares Jewish bodies for burial. There is a womens' Chevra who assist the needs of women and a mens' Chevra who assist the needs of men. Working with the local Jewish undertakers, we provide the steps proscribed by Jewish law for a traditional Jewish funeral and burial. Should one need our services, they can get in touch with us through undertakers or at the following telephone numbers: Men: (215) 342-5204 Jewish Community Center: The Kaiserman JCC at City Avenue and Haverford Avenue offers a full program of organized youth sports and cultural programs for all ages. There are also athletic facilities including a workout room, gyms, indoor track, and indoor pool, jacuzzi, and sauna. Call 610-896-7770. Kashrus:
Community Kashrus of Greater Philadelphia
(formerly the Orthodox
Vaad of Philadelphia) Community Kashrus of Greater Philadelphia (the “Keystone-K”) is a non-profit kashrus organization with the participation of many of the leading Orthodox rabbis in Philadelphia, including our own Rabbi Caplan. Community Kashrus supervises numerous retail and wholesale establishments in the Philadelphia area. For supervised retail establishments in our area as well as additional kashrus information, see the Shopping Page. Other Miscellaneous Community Resources: Funeral Homes & Cemeteries Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael Sacks Inc. Joseph Levine & Sons Inc. Har Jehuda Cemetery Rabbi Moshe Trager Rabbi Naftali Eisemann Outreach Organizations Philadelphia Community Kollel Chabad of Penn Wynne Lubavitch House of the University of
Pennsylvania Aish HaTorah of Philadelphia Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Studies Shatnez Laboratory Moshe Goodman |
