About Us

Mishkan Shalom is an activist, progressive Reconstructing Judaism synagogue. We are a radically welcoming, deeply caring Jewish community that seeks to live our values through prayer, learning, acts of caring, and repair of the world. Our members come from around the greater Philadelphia region—and also from the Manayunk/Roxborough neighborhoods. We are straight, LGBTQIA+, interfaith, interracial, multigenerational, faithful, and questioning.

Mishkan Shalom is a rare Jewish community that expects our membership will include people with varying approaches to faith—and to challenging issues such as the conflict in Israel/Palestine. We share a deep belief in the value of all human life, and the need for all to live in peace, security, dignity, and health.

We invite those who seek a caring, passionate Jewish community to join us in living out our values of caring for each other, for Jewish tradition, and for the world in which we live.