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Meet the “Ordinary” People of Early Boston with Author Joanne Lloyd

Presented by Vilna Shul. Boston's Center for Jewish Culture. Inc

May 30, 2013

 Are you ever curious about the lives of the shop owners, tailors, writers, artists and the other "ordinary" people who helped make Boston the city that it is today?

The Vilna Shul and the Beacon Hill Scholars invite you to this fascinating event as we get set to explore the often untold histories of the everyday Bostonian...

NEW DATE - Giving of Ourselves: Exploring Jewish India with Jacob Sztokman

Presented by Vilna Shul. Boston's Center for Jewish Culture. Inc

May 12, 2013

Are you interested in learning about Jewish communities around the world? Come to the Vilna Shul and explore the richness of global Jewish life with an in-depth look at the Jewish communities of India and the groundbreaking work of the Gabriel Project, Mumbai. Founded in 2011 by Jacob Sztokman, a former sales and marketing manager from...

A Musical World Recaptured: Klezmer and Yiddish Music Before the Holocaust

Presented by Vilna Shul. Boston's Center for Jewish Culture. Inc

April 6, 2013

 A Concert and Commemoration to Benefit the Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

The rich and vibrant world of Yiddish music, like European Jewry itself, seemed nearly destroyed in the Holocaust, but the legacy of Yiddish music has not been lost. As we commemorate Yom HaShoah this year, we...

Violinist Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh in Concert

Presented by Vilna Shul. Boston's Center for Jewish Culture. Inc and

November 11, 2012

Join us for an afternoon of music and relaxation on November 11th at 4pm as we welcome violinist Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh and her quintet to Boston's historic Vilna Shul. Yaeko is a member of the world-renowned Klezmer Conservatory Band and has performed throughout the U.S in venues such as Avery Fischer hall, N.Y, and the Walt...

Jewish Involvement in the Civil War - A lecture by Leon Aronson

Presented by Vilna Shul. Boston's Center for Jewish Culture. Inc

May 20, 2012

A lecture on Jewish involvement in the Civil Warby Leon Aronson.

Mr. Aronson was educated in the Boston School system and majored in History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. A graduate of the Law School at Boston College and contributor to the Boston College Law Review, Mr. Aronson is an ardent historian and a life...

The Remarkable Jewish Women of Boston: Lecture and Discussion

Presented by Vilna Shul. Boston's Center for Jewish Culture. Inc

May 13, 2012

Who was the first mother elected to the Boston school committee?*
Who was a “mistress of disguises” when she repeatedly entered Jordan Marsh to organize the clerks?*
Who was one of the first American nutritionists and linked proper diet with good health?*
Who was known as: “The Last of the Red Hot...