Join us for our monthly Young Adult Kabbalat Shabbat celebration at the historic Vilna Shul. This month we welcome Stas Gayshan, Managing Director at the Cambridge Innovation Center and Founder of CIC Boston, as our featured speaker. New faces are always welcome at Havurah on the Hill!
Stas Gayshan recently joined CIC as Managing Director and Founder of CIC Boston. Previously, Stas was the Founder & CEO of Space with a Soul, a 20,000 square foot coworking space in Boston’s Innovation District. Stas is an entrepreneur and an attorney, and he worked in Democratic political campaigns at various levels prior to starting Space with a Soul. In his political work, Stas focused on the intersection of collaboration, technology and activism. Stas has been recognized by the Boston Globe as one of the Most Innovative People in Massachusetts Business and by CJP as one of Boston’s most influential young leaders. He holds leadership positions in several philanthropic and nonprofit organizations active in the Greater Boston area.
Schedule of Events:
6:30 PM Wine and Appetizers
7:00 PM Shabbat Services
8:15 PM Discussion with Featured Speaker, Stas Gayshan
8:45 PM Kosher Buffet Shabbat Dinner
(vegetarian and gluten free options available)
Suggested donation $10.00 per person.
Registration is now closed. Walk-ins are welcome.
Free validated parking is always available for Havurah on the Hill's monthly Shabbat celebrations at the Charles River Plaza/Cambridge Street Garage at 165 Cambridge Street. Please note that this is NOT the outdoor lot at the Whole Foods, but the garage immediately after the Whole Foods lot before the Au Bon Pain. You should receive a green parking ticket that will need to be stamped at The Vilna. The Vilna is also accessible on all MBTA lines. For parking, driving, walking and public transport directions, please visit the location page on our website.
The Vilna Shul is also easily accessible by public transportation through the MBTA Red Line to Charles/MGH stop.
Havurah on the Hill is a non-denominational, egalitarian minyan for Jews in their 20s and 30s in the Boston area. HOH meets at the Vilna Shul in Beacon Hill, one of the last remaining synagogues from the early 20th century wave of Jewish immigration and hosts monthly Kabbalat Shabbat services as well as other special holiday celebrations throughout the year.