BOSTON– “We are here because the meek shall inherit the earth,” stated Steven Greenberg, the executive director of the Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture, as we sat on the Vilna’s front patio.

Contents: Restoring Community Announcements Calendar of Events Havurah on the Hill—Aliyahs VilnaScribe Spring 2012

Contents: Can Dreams Come True? Please Help Us Preserve and Perpetuate Our Jewish Identity The Value of What We Do European Art ScholarVisits Vilna Shul - A Tribute to Richard Mintz A Tuesday Shabbat in Gröbzig Brown Bag Lecture Breaking Ground: Remarkable Jewish Women of Boston’s West End Havurah on the Hill VilnaScribeFall2011.pdf

Contents: Vilna Shul “On the map” To Do and To Learn Beacon Hill Memories The Vilna Property: 1855 to 1919 The Starr Study Series Conversations at the Vilna Havurah on the Hill Sping 2011 issue of the Vilna Scribe

Published October 22, 2010 on BeaconHill.Patch.com By Travis Lovett Panelists at Beacon Hill’s Vilna Shul debate who will emerge the victor in the social media arena. Place your bets: Its Facebook vs. Google in a war for control over the Web and, ultimately, your social life. A panel of social media experts at Beacon Hill’s Vilna Shul: The…

Contents: Please Spread the Word We Should All Be Proud Not Painting the Walls Was Our Wedding Mitzvah to the Vilna Shul The Vilna Property with Houses: 1728 to 1855 Looking Forward Converting to Judaism Rabbi Sam Teaching Havurah on the Hill Download Fall 2010 issue of the Vilna Scribe

Contents: Board of Directors Articulates Different and the Same Tracing Routes to the West End A Year in Berlin Vilna Shul Murals Update The Vilna Property from 1626 to 1730 Havurah on the Hill

Contents: Me’ah In Focus Just Beneath the Surface Partners in Preservation Letter from the President Vote for Vilna History of the Vilna Shul Property Havurah on the Hill

The Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture, will be honoring Rabbi David Starr, PhD on Sunday, September 13th, 2009 with the Zvi R. Cohen Leadership and Legacy Award. Dr. David B. Starr,Vice President of Community Education at Hebrew College in Newton, MA. is an expert on the subjects of modern Jewish history, Jewish education and…

June 16, 2009, the Vilna Shul along with eleven other historic sites in Greater Boston received a grant as part of the Partners in Preservation program, funded by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The winners of the grant were determined by online voting and a committee of local leaders and preservationists. Work…

Spring 2009 issue of the Vilna Scribe. Contents: Partners in Preservation Letter from the President Things are Happening at the Shul Who is This Lady and Former Neighbor? An Open Question to the Vilna Shul Community From our Window Havurah on the Hill

Jeffrey Bussgang, Flybridge Capital Partners, moderates a panel discussion with startup CEOs: Nabeel Hyatt, CEO of Conduit Labs, Dave Balter, CEO of BzzAgent, and two others.

Date: November 5th, 2008 Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm Jeff Taylor is a founder of the online jobs site Monster.com and currently the CEO of Eons, Inc., a website for people over age 50. Recently he founded Tributes.com (a spin off from Eons.com). Taylor is a frequent speaker at colleges and universities, and co-authored the book, Monster Careers.…

Over 75 young Jews Attend Monthly Learning Service, Revitalizing Boston’s Oldest Synagogue Boston - Friday June 28th - The Havurah on The Hill, a branch of The Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture, held its third monthly learning service at The Vilna Shul, Boston’s oldest synagogue located in the heart of Beacon Hill. Over 75 of Boston’s…

Professors Stephen H. Norwood and Eunice G. Pollack, editors of The Encyclopedia of American Jewish History will be at the Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips Street, Boston, MA 02114 on Sunday June 15, 2008 from 2 – 5 PM to discuss their new publication. The encyclopedia contains essays and short entries written by leading scholars of American Jewish…

Tuesday, May 27, 2008: Ed Zander will step down as the Chairman of the Board of Motorola at the end of May, a position he has held since 2004 and has served as the CEO at Motorola from 2004 through January 2008. Before coming to Motorola, Zander was with Silver Lake Partners from 2002-2004 after a successful 15-year stint at Sun Microsystems…

Tuesday, May 20, 2008: This panel discussion will be moderated by Bill Aulet, Senior Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Entrepreneur in Residence, and include three leading Venture Capitalists and three leading Entrepreneurs.

“The Vilna Shul Speakers Series” features leading voices from Boston and beyond, including voices from journalism, technology, law, finance, biotechnology and life sciences, arts and culture, and other fields. Speakers have included Scott Kirsner, Columnist for the Boston Globe; Ken Novak, vice chairman of America Online (AOL) / Time Warner,…

The Vilna Shul on Beacon Hill in Boston, MA

'Although it’s a bit off the beaten downtown Boston path, if you don’t know where it is, you may walk by or near it all the time and not see it or realize what it is. But now that the exhibit on the Jewish history of Boston has been open since December, the Vilna Shul Boston Center for Jewish Heritage is a site worth…