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.

The taste of Shir Hatzafon

A Jewish get-together without food - it is almost unthinkable. Even Yom Kippur, the most important Jewish Lent Day, is linked to food traditions. Although most Jews fast 25 hours on Yom Kippur, but before and after fasting - it's all about food!

Shir Hatzafon is congregation that draws on traditions from all corners of the world, to the great delight of the taste buds at one of our many pot-luck buffets. All families and households have their culinary favourites, which are being offered for everyday and festive. Now these favourites can be a part of Shir Hatzafon.

Shir Hatzafon would help to disseminate good Jewish cuisine and tasty dishes which are tailored to the Jewish food traditions, therefore we invite everyone to submit their favourite recipes, which will then be assembled at Shir Hatzafon’s website.

Send your best recipes and the like with a little story about the right and / or a photo to: shirhatzafon@mail.dk. Please convert various measerements to metric measurements.

Shir Hatzafon wishes everyone a good summer

Denmark is in the sign of sun, summer and beach, and this also characterizes the Shir Hatzafons calendar of July and August.

The congregation is not quite deserted during the summer. It is possible to sign-up via Shir Hatzafon’s mail for the SHPROG study group which meets every Saturday. 13 August there will be a Kabbalat Shabbat worship service with subsequent pot-luck cake buffet; sign-up through our mail. 15 August we have our annual and very cosy swim- and barbecue day, white the good weather out. In addition informal outdoor Shabbat get-together are arranged and will be advertised on our Facebook group “Venner af Shir Hatzafon”.

For the Shir Hatzafon calendar, please click the menu item Calendar at the top of the page.

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

High Holiday Information

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 during the High Holydays.

Also this year as we enter the Jewish year of 5771 Shir Hatzafon will be offering services for our members, other residents in the Greater Copenhagen area, Progressive Jews from Scandinavia and visitors from abroad. You will find the time schedule for our services during the High Holidays in the Calendar in the top menu.

As the only egalitarian synagogue in Copenhagen, Shir Hatzafon invites all our members, friends and visitors to join us during the High Holidays. If you are visiting Copenhagen or living here but not familiar with our synagogue we encourage you to send us an e-mail: shirhatzafon@mail.dk

In some countries it is required to order tickets for the High Holiday services. This is not the case at Shir Hatzafon. Our congregation is run solely by the dues our members pay, if you would like to support our work for a strong Jewish future in this part of the world, we would appreciate any donation – large or small to our community. In ways of supporting and strengthen the only Progressive synagogue in Scandinavia please see the top menu : Support Us.