AD MOSAY! Still no new Shule in Boston

It pains me to say that the saga started a while ago has not produced any fruits yet. The need for a new Shule is more obvious every week. But due to inertia, summer vacations, etc the Jews of Boston still don�t have a place to call their own. This is not about a building, not even about money this is about meaning. Our town is populated by self indulgent mediocrity aspiring to corner the Jewish market. This is a unique Boston�s curse and the excuses mount very week. AD MOSAY!

And now this. Schneur Zalman of NY commenting to the Real Estate and Boston Jews:

There is growth in all Jewish communities? I am not sure where you got this idea. Places like New Haven, Bridgeport, Norwich, CT and others are having little growth. Is Worcester, MA growing? Is Providence growing? I am not sure what you mean by growth of Jewish communities. Do you mean Orthodox/Traditional or Jewish communities in general. A quick glance at the Advocate seems to show many shuls and temples in Boston and many Jewish activities.

The reason Orthodoxy is dying is that most Orthodox Jews wish to remain in about 10 cities in the USA Metro NY, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, LA, Toronto, Miami, Cleveland and Montreal. If you had a choice between living in Teaneck, NJ with at least 10 shuls, over 20 kosher eateries 4-6 day schools and high schools, hundreds of classes and youth groups and somewhere else where would you go?

The DC area real estate market is also very expensive, yet Orthodoxy is growing there. Several modern orthodox rabbis formerly in Metro NY have helped this growth. Perhaps Boston could use a more dynamic Orthodox rabbinate? Perhaps a more youth oriented intellectual rabbinate could accomplish something. Perhaps a Yeshiva gedoal could be convinced to move there. Is there a yeshiva gedola in Boston? Boston no longer has the Rav or rabbi Savitsky or even the Bostoner Rebbe shlita full time. No famous orthodox rabbinical leaders currently reside there. Could that be the problem?