A premier center preserving New England Jewish history, exploring Jewish heritage, and advancing understanding of the American Jewish experience.
Jewish Neighborhood Voices
New at the JHC! Explore “Jewish Neighborhood Voices,” an online exhibit based on oral histories with individuals growing up in three historically Jewish neighborhoods of Greater Boston in the 1920s through the 1950s.
Events
Strangers and Sojourners: The Jews of Colonial Boston
July 29, 2025
As the Jewish Heritage Center continues to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking book, The Jews of Boston, and looks ahead to the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we are hosting the book's co-editor, historian Ellen Smith, for a webinar about Boston's earliest Jewish history.
Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Open House
August 7, 2025
Visit the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors in our new space and meet our expert staff, tour the Family Heritage Experience and JHC office, have a nosh and chat!
Past Events: Video Library
Missed a Jewish Heritage Center event? Want to re-watch a talk? You can explore the JHC's video library to watch recordings of past events.
In The Spotlight
Recap: JHC Benefit Dinner 2025
On June 5, 2025, the JHC hosted special evening honoring the 30th anniversary of the publication of "The Jews of Boston." The book's editors and scholars Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna and Ellen Smith joined us for a compelling panel moderated by Rabbi Daniel Judson.
Helen Alpert and Samuel Kalesky welcoming a refugee child to Boston. I-96: The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS).
HIAS Boston Port Records Update
As of a January 2025 update to the Digital Library, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records from 1953 are now available digitally.
Joanne Fox Brumberg with a goat in Lynn, circa 1949, Jewish Neighborhood Voices collection in the JHC archive.
Jewish Neighborhood Voices Exhibit
Explore the JHC's new online exhibit about Jewish immigrant neighborhoods.