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Originally Posted by McBane
Most Jews in Philly area live in various Montgomery County communities, but also Lower Bucks, the city proper, and NJ. Nothing like NYC where you have entire neighborhoods/towns that are almost entirely Jewish but I would count the following areas as "heavily to moderately Jewish."
Philadelphia
Rittenhouse Square (wealthy)
Mt Airy (crunchy)
Northeast (Russian/Israeli immigrants and Orthodox Jews)
Suburbs
Lower Merion (wealthy secular and Orthodox)
Lafayette Hill
Dresher
Elkins Park/Melrose Park
Huntington Valley
Lower Bucks County (mostly Jews who left the Northeast)
Cherry Hill, NJ
NJ Shore Towns
Margate
Ventnor
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In the 1980's the Oxford Circle Neighborhood was predominately Jewish, towards the late 80's early 90's they generally progressed northward to the Bustleton/Somerton section of the city. And as the late 90's Early 2000's came around the American Jewish population left for Huntingdon Valley, Newtown and Richboro areas. It was generally replace by Russian Jews.