In a blog post, Greater Greater Washington explores the movement of Jewish communities across the District. The post includes a neat interactive map from the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. Riggs Park was home to a sizable Jewish community in the early 1950s, when the semi-detached homes that typify a lot of the older housing stock in the neighborhood were just being developed. Priced to attract families, the homes attracted a large Jewish community to neighborhood. What is now Faith Moravian Church at 405 Riggs Road NE was once the Shaare Tefila Congregation, established in 1951, according to the historical society. In familiar history, there was a large exodus of Jewish residents from the neighborhood in the 1960s. The Shaare Tefila Congregation moved to Maryland in 1965. We know there are residents in the neighborhood who have lived here since the 1950s and 60s and remember this history. It would be cool to capture this history in some way.