Welcome to our unique experiential Web site where you will be transported back in time to where life along the Mystic River – the towns of East Boston, Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Medford, Malden, Somerville and Winthrop – was bursting with Jewish culture, music, and business. The JCAM Charitable Foundation brings to life the sights, sounds and stories of these early Jewish immigrant communities to educate, promote, and strengthen the ongoing work of transforming the Ohabei Shalom Chapel in East Boston into the Mystic River Jewish Community Exhibit. (The Ohabei Shalom Chapel is located on the grounds of the first Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts, founded in 1844). While the chapel is undergoing physical restoration, this Web site will serve as the repository that chronicles the story of the Mystic River Jews. The JCAM Charitable Foundation is committed to creating a present, living connection among the current residents of these towns across many generations and nationalities, united by experiences in places that can create social progress and social justice in present time. We are actively collecting documents, photographs and oral histories related to these once vibrant Jewish communities. We encourage those with ties to these communities to contribute materials to this project – written, visual, and aural. Our hope is that an exciting array of material and technologies will create an ongoing engagement of people, experiences, and ideas.