Chabad of Nashoba Valley

Over the past few decades, in some locations, Jewish communities declined. Yet some places offer new life to the community. Chabad of the Nashoba Valley is one many Chabad outreach centers that reaches out to Jews of all backgrounds and observance levels.
It is a small, haimish Chabad outreach center, which double as the community synagogue. They provide Orthodox Jewish prayer services on Shabbat (Friday night and morning) and holidays. Out here in the burbs its great to find a meaningful shul for Jewish people to come to. They have community Passover Seders, and services for the Yamim Nora’im (High Holy Days, Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur) Also a Kids’n Krafts hands-​on Jewish educational program for kids 4 to 9.
Chabad has a point of view, like any group worth respecting does. It’s an open-​hearted Orthodoxy that meets Jews where they are, offering pathways to a meaningful Jewish life. They’re not missionaries; rather, they inspire Jews to become educated about their own heritage, and to take a step up the ladder of observance, from wherever they are.
The Shabbat service could use more Shlomo Carelebach-​type melodies and harmonies. But that’s true of nearly all synagogues nowadays. It also could use a few more brief readings in English, which helps keeps people involved if they don’t know the format. This is a place very much worth coming to, and a worthy addition to the Jewish community of the Meerimack Valley/​Metrowest area,
If you’re looking for a synagogue where a larger percent of the services are in English, and/​or which is helpful to intermarried couples looking to raise their kids Jewish, nearby is Congregation Shalom (Reform) in Chelmsford, or a bit further north, Temple Beth Abraham (Conservative), in Nashua NH.