Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue
43 Lochstead Avenue Jamaica Plain MA 02130
Phone: 617-522-3618
Web:  www.neharshalom.org
E-mail: rabbi@neharshalom.org
Rabbi: Victor Hillel Reinstein
Nehar Shalom is an intimate, joyful Jewish community growing organically in a diverse, vibrant and socially conscious neighborhood of Boston. Located in a large, beautifully preserved Victorian house by Jamaica Pond, we are Jamaica Plain's first ever synagogue. Without airs, we offer immediately accessible community in which each person has the opportunity to make a difference. Our davening, our manner of prayer, is traditional in form, primarily in Hebrew, filled with spirit and song. In keeping with the warmth and openness of the Chassidic shtibl or prayer room, the transplanted model upon which we are based, our goal is not to be rabbi-centered, but to offer leadership opportunity to all, with the rabbi serving primarily as teacher and guide. Seeking to reflect God's Oneness and to see God's image in each person, our defining values include a commitment to social justice, to inclusion, to equality of men and women, and to striving to transcend differences and recognize each other's gifts. We welcome interfaith families and offer a safe place of worship and belonging to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Jews.