Mystic River Jewish Communities Project

Mystic River Jewish Communities Project

The Mystic River Jewish Communities Project is a non profit organization dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Mystic River Jewish communities of Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, Somerville, and Winthrop, Massachusetts.[1]

Museum project

The project is working on the restoration of the 1903 Gothic revival chapel of the Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery, located at Wordsworth & Horace Streets in East Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a museum.[2][3][4]

External links

References

  1. ^ The Mystic River Jewish Communities Project
  2. ^ Saving the legacy of Mystic River Jews, Proposal aims to make East Boston chapel into museum, Boston Globe, Brian MacQuarrie, May 13, 2006 [1]
  3. ^ The Mystic River Jewish Communities Project
  4. ^ Restoring the past Tuesday, Jewish Advocate, November 25, 2008 [2]


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