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DAN PANORAMA, TEL AVIV — DAN PANORAMA, HAIFA
DAN PEARL, JERUSALEM* — DAN CAESAREA

A walking tour of Jewish Philadelphia begins at Elfreth's Alley.

Any combination of Dan Hotels for a minimum of seven nights.

A Traveler's Reward:
A Philedelphia Story

*Scheduled opening Summer 1995

Rates valid as of March 1, 1995
(varies by season)

GABRIEL LEVENSON SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

In 1682, Penn established his
colony on the west bank of the
Delaware River. A practising
Quaker whose non-conformist
sect had been persecuted in Eng-
land, Penn wanted to create a
sanctuary of tolerance—both for
his own beleagured compatriots
and for other religionists, like the
Jews.
Jewish citizens of the city were
substantially involved in all the
historic events which occured
there, from the American Revo-
lution, the adoption of a Consti-
tution, the creation of the
Declaration of Independence, the
abolitionist movement, the Civ-
il War and many of the "firsts"
that took place in Philadelphia.
Greater Philadelphia's Jewish
population has grown from the
handful who found religious lib-
erty with William Penn in the
New World to nearly 250,000 at
present, making it the fourth
largest Jewish community in the
United States. The community
supports a wide range of syna-
gogues, day schools, cultural or-
ganizations, special events.
exhibits and performances.
A walking tour of historic
Philadelphia — and, more specif-
ically, of historic Jewish Philadel-
phia—begins far downtown, close
to Penn's Landing (where the
founding father first docked), at
Art.
Among the masterpieces in the Elfreth's Alley. It was built be-
show are major works by Jewish tween 1711 and 1811 and is the
artists like Pissarro and Mo- oldest, continuously occupied
digliani, as well as breathtaking street in America.
From Colonial and early Fed-
Cezannes, Manets, Monets and
eral times onward, many Jews
Renoirs.
Jewish life in Philadelphia is lived here, in one or another of
interwoven with the development the block-long alley's 30-plus
of the city, and indeed of the en- houses. A small museum, with a
tire nation. As early as the 1650s, permanent exhibit of Colonial
Jews, who had only recently land- furniture and other artifacts of
ed in New Amsterdam, were al- the period, is located in one of the
ready in the Delaware Valley, houses, midway between Front
trading with the Indians of the and Second Streets.
region.
TRAVELER'S REWARD page 72

T

he late, great W.C. Fields
had it all wrong. Now buy-
ing drinks for the house —
of thirsty angels — up
there in that Great Big Saloon-
in-the-Sky, the bibulous comedi-
an made a brilliant career during
his lifetime in badmouthing the
City of Brotherly Love. For
shame, Bill!.
The tiny settlement William
Penn established on the west
bank of the Delaware River is, to-
day, a world-class metropolis. No
more than two hours' drive from
Manhattan, it has its own sepa-
rate charima. As an easily acces-
sible and wonderfully attractive
weekend getaway destination,
Philadelphia is richly rewarding,
Fields to the contrary notwith-
standing.
If Philadelphia is a feast for the
senses — young men sculling on
the Schuylkill River; the spot-
lessly clean, stainless steel street
stands purveying fresh fruits; the
Sunday strollers in Rittenhouse
Square; the busloads of school-
kids in Independence National
Historical Park — then a tour of
historic Jewish Philadelphia is a
main course; and a splendid
dessert to top off the day's sight-
seeing is a final, afternoon hour
viewing the Barnes Collection of
Impressionism at the Museum of

per person

in double room
including breakfast

KING DAVID, JERUSALEM — DAN TEL AVIV — DAN CARMEL, HAIFA
DAN ACCADIA, HERZLIYA — DAN EILAT*

Any combination of Dan Hotels for a minimum of seven nights.

• ( )pcning July 199.-)

Rates valid as of March 1, 1995
(varies by season)

For information and reservations,
please call your travel agent or
Israel Hotel Representatives
(212) 75243120 or outside New York
State Toll Free: 800 - 223 - 7773/4
or FAX: (212) 759-7495

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