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…
"Steve Greenberg, executive director of the Vilna Shul Center for Jewish Heritage, speaks about the former Orthodox synagogue turned Jewish museum on Phillips Street in the West End. See story on Page 3."... Jewish_Advocate_Article_Feb_29_2008v3.pdf
The Boston Center for Jewish Heritage has succeeded in purchasing and is now restoring the once-abandoned Vilna Shul for use as Boston's historic Jewish museum and as a gathering place for community and cultural events. The city's only surviving immigrant-era synagogue, the Vilna Shul is just steps from Boston's famed Freedom Trail.
The Boston Jewish Experience: Reconnect to the Tapestry, is an exhibit that is now open to the public and receiving acclaimed reviews.
January 8th, 2008: A panel discussion moderated by Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy Columnist from the Boston Globe, entitled ““The Venture Capital Industry: Looking Back on 2007 and Looking Forward to 2008”” with Larry Bohn, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners, Jonathan Seelig, Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners and…
Boston - Friday September 20th - The Havurah on The Hill, a branch of The Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture, held its fifth monthly learning service at The Vilna Shul, Boston’s oldest synagogue located in the heart of Beacon Hill. Over 130 of Boston’s young Jews attended a Friday night learning service, followed by guest speaker, Israeli…
“Private Lives Founding a Spiritual Start-Up”
Steven Greenberg Appointed Vilna Shul Director
“Jewish Living - What’s Nu?” by Carol Marlin jewish_living.pdf