The Mystic River Jewish Communities Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the heritage of the
Mystic River
The Mystic River is a riverU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 in Massachusetts, in the United States. In Massachusett, means "large estuary," alluding to t ...
Jewish communities of
Chelsea,
East Boston,
Everett,
Malden,
Medford,
Revere
Revere may refer to:
Brands and companies
*Revere Ware, a U.S. cookware brand owned by World Kitchen
* Revere Camera Company, American designer of cameras and tape recorders
*Revere Copper Company
* ReVere, a car company recognised by the Classic ...
,
Somerville
Somerville may refer to:
*Somerville College, Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford
Places
*Somerville, Victoria, Australia
* Somerville, Western Australia, a suburb of Kalgoorlie, Australia
* Somerville, New Zealand, a subur ...
, and
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Winthrop is a town in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban community in Greater Boston situated at ...
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Museum project
The project is working on the restoration of the 1903 Gothic revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
chapel of the Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery
Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery is a historic Jewish cemetery located at 147 Wordsworth Street in East Boston, Massachusetts.
History
In 1844, Boston's first synagogue, the Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, asked permission from the Boston City ...
, located at Wordsworth & Horace Streets in East Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a museum.[Restoring the past
Tuesday, Jewish Advocate, November 25, 2008 ]
References
External links
Mystic River Jewish Communities Project
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts
Jewish-American history
Jewish museums in the United States
Jews and Judaism in Massachusetts
Museums in Boston
Proposed museums in the United States
Gothic Revival architecture in Massachusetts
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