This is the third installation of Nicholas Dello Russo’s “A Shtetl in the City”, following part one and part two. There has always been a Jewish presence in the North End. Jews were probably living here since Colonial times, but the height of Jewish immigration to Boston was from about 1870 to 1920 when Eastern Read More…
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A Shtetl in the City, Part 2, “Shabbas Goy”
A while ago I wrote a column about the Jewish North End and this is a follow up to that article. Today’s picture was taken on Salem Street in 1909. It shows a young Italian boy calling up to some Jewish neighbors offering to light their stove fires. It’s a Saturday morning, the first day of the Read More…
Jewish Music at 2011 Historic Unity Celebration
If you like Jewish music, you will love this video from the 2011 Historic Unity Celebration, sponsored by the Saint Joseph Society. The performance was held on July 27, 2011 at the Prado / Paul Revere Mall. As part of the celebration, Richard Egbert was honored for his contributions to the Jewish community in the Read More…