Religious Centers (Archive)

Jain Sangh of New England

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 28 September 2018.

Phone: 781-221-7864
Email: contact@jsne.org
Website: http://www.jsne.org
History The Jain Sangh of New England was founded in 2000 by a group of Svetambar Jain families, who decided to separate from the Jain Center of Greater Boston with the goal of promoting more traditional Jain practice for the Svetambar Jains in the Greater Boston area. The opening of the derasar (temple) was marked by a ceremony of... Read more about Jain Sangh of New England

Al-Hamra Academy

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 30 July 2014.

Phone: 508-845-7000
Email: SadiaK@alhamraacademy.org [home], info@alhamraacademy.org [home]
Website: http://alhamraacademy.org/
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Friends Meeting at Cambridge

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 24 June 2014.

Phone: 617-876-6883
Website: http://www.fmcquaker.org
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History

The Religious Society of Friends (also called Quakers) has been a presence in Boston since the first Quaker arrived in 1656. The first Cambridge congregation of the Religious Society of Friends gathered in 1914 at Phillips Brooks House in Harvard Yard. In 1937, the Meeting (congregation) purchased Alice Longfellow’s house, which is now used... Read more about Friends Meeting at Cambridge

Wat Boston Buddha Vararam

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 13 August 2018.

Phone: 781-271-0989
Email: watboston1998@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.watboston.org
History The Boston Buddha Vararam Temple was established on February 2, 1998 with the support of many Thai people in the Boston area and the direction of Phrakhra Kittivorakhun, a well-known leader in the Dhammayut order. Its first location was at 523 Pleasant Street, a three story home on a half-acre of land in residential Malden,... Read more about Wat Boston Buddha Vararam

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