Excerpt from The Jews in Philadelphia, Prior to 1800 Whatever might have been the desire for build ing a synagogue at this time, the enterprise was not accomplished, and Mr. Henry's words, that in his opinion twenty-four years would be necessary 'tobring about so great an improvement, were not far wide of the mark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.