The Top Jewish Sites in Greater Boston

Did you know that Boston is home to the fourth-largest Jewish community in the United States? However, according to the authors of “111 Places in Boston That You Must Not Miss,” Boston’s Jewish history started relatively late. Heather Kapplow and Kim Windyka said it wasn’t until the mid-19th-century that a critical mass of Eastern European Jewish immigrants settled in the city. “[To that end], our book works in a broad way,” Kapplow said. “Many of Boston’s Jewish sites are under the radar. You sometimes have to make these looser Jewish ties to places in Boston to tell an interesting story of the city’s early Jewish roots.”

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