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Boston is not only incredibly hospitable to college students from all walks of life, but home to a diverse, connected and welcoming Jewish community. The main Jewish neighborhoods\u2014Brighton, Brookline, and Newton, as well as some surrounding neighborhoods like Allston\u2014are all within relative walking distance, and the community\u2019s expansive eruv means you can walk for miles and still be within bounds.<\/p>\n

Learn about Brighton at the OU Jewish Communities Fair on April 30<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBrighton has a fast-growing community of young families, and there are shuls of every kind, lots of kosher food, especially bakeries, and we are building a brand new building to house our shul and mikveh,\u201d said Rabbi Jason Strauss, who leads Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe. Other shuls include the Young Israel, the area\u2019s largest Modern Orthodox shul, several Sephardic and yeshivish minyanim, and Congregation Beth Pinchas, the Bostoner Shul.<\/p>\n

Brighton is especially advantageous for couples and young families who\u00a0are priced out of Brookline and Newtown, where real estate has soared and which offers many estate homes but fewer condos or apartment buildings.<\/p>\n

Ari Geier, who grew up in Newton and moved with his wife to Brighton after their wedding, praises Boston\u2019s Jewish community as intellectually rigorous.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many people who live here attended MIT or Harvard, and that fosters a certain kind of inquisitiveness and knowledge that often makes for a lively Shabbat table discussion,\u201d said Ari.<\/p>\n

Ari also highlights the fact that while Boston is a vibrant city, he and his wife only need to drive a short while to enjoy the great outdoors. \u201cYou drive 20, 30 minutes, and you go from the city to the woods,\u201d said Ari. \u201cDuring the recent snowstorm, we drove just 40 minutes to go cross-country skiing in New Hampshire. That’s a great asset about Boston that isn’t so easily attainable in other cities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The area\u2019s kosher dining scene is not its strongest selling point\u2014although, for delicious bagels and ice cream, you can\u2019t do much better than Kupel\u2019s or JP Licks, and Pure Cold Press, a newer store, offers fresh and healthy salads, juice and acai bowls. There is also a robust kosher catering scene\u2014even non-kosher consumers often utilize them\u2014and plenty of kosher food available in local supermarkets.<\/p>\n

With quick transportation to downtown Boston via the T, a booming industries for tech and finance, and some of the best healthcare facilities in the world, Boston is convenient for many professionals.<\/p>\n

Boston is also home to numerous storied colleges and graduate schools, and many Jewish students came to Boston intending to leave after they graduated but, instead, found they loved the community so much that they made their homes and started families here.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoston is one of the most walkable, job-search friendly, and storied cities in the U.S.,\u201d said Rabbi Strauss. \u201cIf you\u2019re seeking a great city outside the tri-state area with a warm and diverse Jewish community, you can do no better than here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out more Torah communities outside the NYC metropolitan area at our biannual Communities Fair on April 30!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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