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December 03, 2008

Boston Jewish Center Closes Because of Shift in Population

Shifts in the population of Boston’s Jewish residents from the city to the suburbs have forced local Jewish officials to sell one community center, reports The Boston Globe.

The Striar Jewish Community Center, in Soughton, is being sold to the Old Colony YMCA, the paper reports.

“There’s no need for a lot of resources to go into a building that’s not serving the needs of the Jewish population,” says Barry Shrage, president of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, which owns the Striar JCC building.

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