Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
| The warmth of an old-time shtibel with modern sensibilities INCLUSIVE TRADITIONAL EGALITARIAN Rabbi Victor Hillel Reinstein |
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Welcome to the website of Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue. I am not fond of the
virtual and hope that we shall have an opportunity to welcome you in person. By the
shores of Jamaica Pond, the city at one end of our street and the country at the other,
Nehar Shalom means River of Peace. We are a small, intimate Jewish community growing
organically in a richly diverse, vibrant and socially conscious neighborhood of Boston. We
have the distinction of being Jamaica Plain’s oldest, and, yes, newest synagogue!
Remarkably, there has never before been a synagogue in Jamaica Plain.
We are a young community eager to welcome pioneering members. Without airs, we offer
immediately accessible community in which each person has the opportunity to make a
difference. Nehar Shalom is a place where mistakes are holy, and perfection eschewed in
favor of participation and empowerment. It is safe at Nehar Shalom to take risks toward
personal and spiritual fulfillment. All are encouraged to feel the nachas, the soul-
pleasure, of reading Torah, of leading prayer, of sharing insights on Torah and life.
Exactly as you are, each person is recognized at Nehar Shalom as a learner and a
teacher, the opportunity to learn new skills is offered, and the sharing of skills you have
encouraged.
A Conservative rabbi, I am proud to present and teach traditional Judaism as a source of
social critique and change, as well as of joy and comfort. 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 shtibel 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.
Please explore our website. You are most welcome to contact me if you would like to talk. I
am available for all rabbinic needs and look forward to sharing within our community the
mitzvah of caring for each other. I would be honored to welcome you in person to the
Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue.
Sincerely, and B’virkat Shalom, With a Blessing for Peace,
Rabbi Victor Reinstein
virtual and hope that we shall have an opportunity to welcome you in person. By the
shores of Jamaica Pond, the city at one end of our street and the country at the other,
Nehar Shalom means River of Peace. We are a small, intimate Jewish community growing
organically in a richly diverse, vibrant and socially conscious neighborhood of Boston. We
have the distinction of being Jamaica Plain’s oldest, and, yes, newest synagogue!
Remarkably, there has never before been a synagogue in Jamaica Plain.
We are a young community eager to welcome pioneering members. Without airs, we offer
immediately accessible community in which each person has the opportunity to make a
difference. Nehar Shalom is a place where mistakes are holy, and perfection eschewed in
favor of participation and empowerment. It is safe at Nehar Shalom to take risks toward
personal and spiritual fulfillment. All are encouraged to feel the nachas, the soul-
pleasure, of reading Torah, of leading prayer, of sharing insights on Torah and life.
Exactly as you are, each person is recognized at Nehar Shalom as a learner and a
teacher, the opportunity to learn new skills is offered, and the sharing of skills you have
encouraged.
A Conservative rabbi, I am proud to present and teach traditional Judaism as a source of
social critique and change, as well as of joy and comfort. 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 shtibel 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.
Please explore our website. You are most welcome to contact me if you would like to talk. I
am available for all rabbinic needs and look forward to sharing within our community the
mitzvah of caring for each other. I would be honored to welcome you in person to the
Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue.
Sincerely, and B’virkat Shalom, With a Blessing for Peace,
Rabbi Victor Reinstein
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