Boston’s Jews are getting a ‘Jewish tavern’ to study religious text and drink beer
The Boston Lehrhaus is expected to open after the High Holidays this fall.
The Lehrhaus is inspired in part by Frankfurt's Jewish House of Free Study, where intellectuals of the early 20th century like Bertha Pappenheim, Leo Lowenthal, and Martin Buber lectured and learned(photo credit: GETTY IMAGES/JTA)ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA