OHABEI SHALOM
Photographs by Jim Correale
The inside of the Ohabei Shalom Chapel, on the grounds of the oldest
Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts. The land was purchased in 1844 by a small
group of immigrants on the then-remote island of East Boston. The chapel is
in the early stages of a $3.5 million renovation.
The stained-glass window of the chapel.
Lisa Berenson, development director for the Jewish Cemetery
Association of Massachusetts, points out the details of gravestones to a
visiting group at the Ohabei Shalom Cemetery.
Lisa Berenson, development director for the Jewish Cemetery
Association of Massachusetts, talks to a visiting group about the Ohabei
Shalom Cemetery and its chapel, in the background.
Jim Correale
is founder and editor of
The Eastie Jolt
and
The Hubster Blog.
He's lived 89% of his life in East Boston, where he's been program director
at the Salesian Boys
& Girls Club and taught English at Savio Preparatory
High School. He also worked as a reporter and editor while living
in
southern Maine.
