Nehar Shalom means River of Peace. We are a warm and 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! Nehar Shalom is multi-generational and multi-racial. Queer and trans people make up a large part of our membership and leadership.

Committed to social justice, Nehar Shalom is a place from which Jews can respond as Jews to the needs of the wider community and of the world in which we live. Building bridges with people of other faiths and communities, Nehar Shalom values learning about and from each other, while pursuing together tikkun olam, repair of the world.