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
Event
"Cut" From the Archive: Tu B'Av Collaging and Cardmaking
August 4, 2025
Join the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center (JHC) at Lehrhaus to celebrate Tu B’Av and make a collage for someone special or for yourself!
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
L to R: Obermayer Judaica Collection cover page, Arthur Obermayer in lab setting, Arthur Obermayer "Tree Incident" clipping.
Now Available Online: Arthur S. Obermayer Papers
The papers, available digitally as of Summer 2025, contain correspondence, business records, news clippings, photographs, sound and video recordings, awards, reports, and notes documenting the personal, professional, political, and charitable work of Arthur S. Obermayer, a Boston-based scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
L and R, postcards sent from William to Minnie. At center, a photograph of William and Minnie just married.
Now Available Online: Marcus and Feldman Family Papers
The papers, available digitally as of July 2025, consist of William Marcus’s service and naturalization records, correspondence between William Marcus and Minnie Feldman over a one-year period of time while William was serving in WWI, and more.
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.