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
2025 Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Benefit Dinner
June 5, 2025
Join us for a very special evening honoring the 30th anniversary of the publication of The Jews of Boston. Edited by Jonathan D.
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!
In The Spotlight
Learn About the Story of Passover
The holiday of Passover is often referred to as a “festival of freedom,” but what do American Jews mean by freedom? Dr. Jessica Cooperman uses materials from the JHC collections to explore some of the many ways that American Jews have interpreted the meaning of Passover in the 20th century.
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.