Shalom!

Welcome to Shir Hatzafon - Progressive Judaism in Denmark

Shir Hatzafon is the Progressive Jewish synagogue and community in Denmark, based in Copenhagen. Shir Hatzafon combines Jewish tradition and religious learning with modern life, and we emphasize transparency, gender equality and innovative interpretation of our several-thousand-year-old Jewish history.

Shir Hatzafon is a welcoming and inclusive community. To all, who have Judaism as their religious, cultural and identity standpoint, we say: welcome!

If this is the first time that you visit a progressive synagogue, please feel free to send us an email, and then a member would be helpful to guide you through our worship and to answer any questions. You can find contact info menu item Contact / Newsletter. Times for Shir Hatzafon’s worship services and other events see Calendar.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

We take somber note of the reality that in 1933 Europe contained the world's largest Jewish community. Until that time, Progressive Jews participated actively and productively in European society, adding much to the quality of life in science, art, music, medicine, law, teaching, commerce and many other fields. In the ensuing 12 years, six million Jews were wiped out, and the people of the world - with many laudable exceptions - watched in silent assent.

With a deep sense of reverence, the World Union for Progressive Judaism, representing 1.8 million Jews in 1,200 communities and 47 countries around the world, joins the United Nations in marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2012.

No commemoration can atone for the horrors perpetrated against the Jews of Europe during that period. The Hitler regime brutally ended the lives of two out of every three European Jews. 4/5 of Europe's rabbis and communal leaders perished.

And now, with unflagging determination, the World Union for Progressive Judaism is working to rebuild meaningful Jewish life - community by community - in Europe and around the world. For us, each Jewish community that grow from the soil once parched and purged of Jewish life is truly a miracle. For us, each child that grows to find his or her way to a proud Jewish identity is - in the words of the prophet Zechariah - "אוד מוצל מאש - a brand plucked from the fire." (Zechariah 3:2)

Because of our sad and inextricable connection to the Shoah, the World Union for Progressive Judaism applauds the efforts of the United Nations to commemorate the horrors of the Holocaust. We encourage all people everywhere to pause on January 27 to remember the depths of evil to which humanity can descend. We also urge people to ponder on this day examples of the heights of goodness toward which human beings can reach and resolve to emulate them at every opportunity.

World Union for Progressive Judaism
Rabbi Stephen Lewis Fuchs, President
Michael Grabiner, Chair
Dr. Philip Bliss, Vice-Chair and Chair of Advocacy Task Force

Rabbi Tirzah Ben David's High Holy Day sermons

Since the very beginning of Shir Hatzafon nearly 10 years ago our community has seen it as our pride and duty to have an open and welcoming door at our services.

Shir Hatzafon is giving others the opportunity to share in the rabbi Tirzah’s words by uploading her talks to our website. You can find Rabbi Tirzah’s sermons in PDF format in the menu: About Shir Hatzafon > Rabbi

Calendar

By clicking on "Calender" in the top menu you can see when there is a worship service in Shir Hatatzafon or other kinds of activities in the community as well as events outside Shir Hatzafon but with an interest for the Jewish audience.

The calender is bilingual - Danish and English.

If you are hosting an event, which you think could be interesting for the Jewish community, you are welcom to contact us at shirhatzafon@mail.dk