The Vilna Shul was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 18 Phillips Street, on the north slope of Beacon Hill, in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States.

The front of the Hill has always[clarification needed] been filled with stately homes and faces the Boston Common.

An argument broke about whether the synagogue should be sold and the proceeds given to another congregation, turned into a community center for the residents of the neighborhood, or preserved as a monument or museum to the immigrant generations of Jews.

[6] The building opens certain weekdays and weekends is a regular part of the Beacon Hill and Boston tourist circuit.

Besides being a historic, cultural, and community site, it serves as a location for regular Jewish religious services including major holidays, young family Shabbats, and is the home of Havurah on the Hill.