The historic Vilna Shul on Beacon Hill in Boston, MA

The Boston Center for Jewish Heritage has succeeded in purchasing and is now restoring the once-abandoned Vilna Shul for use as Boston's historic Jewish museum and as a gathering place for community and cultural events. The city's only surviving immigrant-era synagogue, the Vilna Shul is just steps from Boston's famed Freedom Trail.

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• museum
• synagogue
• Boston

[dianemerq]

@verdefull can you please call them jewish the Jews. Its rude to call them Jews thank you

[susanabl]

Western European and later Eastern European Jews were an important part of the immigrant fabric of Boston!!! No one says there were the first settlers although not in high numbers some can be traced back along with the earliest waves of arrivals.

[verdefull]

@susanabl beacon hill was first settled by europeans not jews. :)

[susanabl]

An incredible and inspiring place that deserves to be fully restored! Please send whatever to you can to ensure that this gem becomes a centerpiece of Boston's Jewish history.