✡ Neziner Congregation

The Neziner Congregation was an unaffiliated Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Southwark neighborhood of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. The congregation was founded in 1896 by immigrants from the city of Nizhyn, Ukraine who met in members’ homes. The congregation purchased the building at 771 S 2nd Street in 1905 and held services and community events there until 1984 when it closed and merged with Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel. The building was originally constructed by and was the home the Third Baptist Church and included a congregational burial ground behind the building. Third Baptist sold the building in 1897 to an Independent Polish Church. The former church and synagogue building was repurposed into residential apartments in 1986 which it continues to be in the present day.