Boston Jewish Cultural Walking Tour

Explore the "Back Side"

Duration
2 hours

Highlights include:

• The Milk Street Café, a strictly Kosher Oasis in Downtown
• The Famine Memorial
• Home of The Jewish Advocate
• The Jewish “Back Side” of Beacon Hill
• Boston’s Historic Vilna Shul
• The West End House
• Puffer House Cigar-Rolling Factory
• The Holocaust Memorial
• Boston’s Immigrant Arrival Area, the North End

About

Join us for a cultural heritage walking tour through Beacon Hill’s “back side,” where Jews and African Americans resided during the nineteenth century. Visit the historic Vilna Shul in the center of Beacon Hill and pass by Jewish homes and neighborhoods. See the West End House, a settlement house where West End Jews were provided social services, and the Puffer House Cigar-Rolling Factory, typical of the work locales of Boston’s Jews.

We’ll go through Boston’s impressive and impactful Holocaust Memorial in one of Boston’s oldest neighborhoods and then conclude our tour at the entrance to the North End, which was a Jewish immigrant enclave before the arrival of Italians transformed the area into a “Little Italy” around the turn of the century.

What Is Not Included?
Food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. If you would like to purchase lunch or a snack at the tour's meeting location (a kosher cafe), please arrive early and bring extra cash!

Meeting Location

Milk St near Devonshire St (Boston, MA)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)