Mystic River Jewish Communities Project Explained

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]

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]}

External links

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.jcam.org/Pages/Foundation/EBIC-restoration.htm 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 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/05/13/saving_the_legacy_of_mystic_river_jews/'
3. Restoring the pastTuesday, Jewish Advocate, November 25, 2008 Web site: The Jewish Advocate | This Weeks Issue | Editorial . 2008-11-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090412043701/http://jadvocate.tclhosting.co.uk/this_weeks_issue/editorial/?content_id=3135 . 2009-04-12 .