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]

Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery chapel

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][1][3]

South side of the chapel

West side of the chapel

View of cemetery with trees

View of a row of gravestones

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
3. Restoring the past Tuesday, Jewish Advocate, November 25, 2008 "The Jewish Advocate | This Weeks Issue | Editorial". Archived from the original on 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

External links

• Mystic River Jewish Communities Project
• Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts