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A place to buy just the gifts for eight nights By Robert Knox The Boston Globe December 4, 2008 For members of the region's Jewish community who look for Hanukkah candles in local supermarkets and chain stores and walk away empty-handed, Marshfield-based Shirat Hayam has an answer: Sunday's Hanukkah Bazaar... Read more » WELCOMING THE NON-JEW aMONG US By Rabbi Rachel  Congregation Shirat Hayam celebrated an amazing Rosh Hashannah this year. Among the highlights were our Tashlich Service and Rabbi Rachel's speech on Welcoming the Non-Jew Among Us... Read more » Marshfield's Cantor Brings a New Edge to Jewish Music By Robert Knox The Boston Globe July 24, 2008  The band chants lyrics in Hebrew while a guitarist prances on stage to a pulsing rock beat. If it looks and sounds like a "new day" for Jewish music - well, that's what the band's name, Yom Hadash, means in Hebrew. Marshfield-based Congregation Shirat Hayam earlier this year hired Cantor Jon Nelson, and with him they got the contemporary band he leads...Read more » New cantor brings fresh sound to Marshfield synagoguE By Liz Hoffman The Patriot Ledger July 7, 2008 MARSHFIELD — Jon Nelson is a man of many yarmulkes. He is a father of three, a religious teacher, a children’s entertainer and, occasionally, a Jewish rock star. “I do a little of everything,” he said. “I love music and I love people, and I go where that takes me.” Most recently, it has taken him to Shirat Hayam, the synagogue on Route 139, where he is the new cantorial soloist... Read more » THE NEXT WAVE By Jesse Tisch January 15, 2008 Nine months ago, when "Both Sides of the Family," a small theatre production about intermarriage, began really filling seats, turning a small theatre into an over-packed firetrap, it was every actor's dream-come-true. But the play itself isn't Broadway-bound, or even off-Broadway bound. It's bound for Akron, Ohio, and the 3,500-member Jewish community... Read more » Happy Holidays has a different meaning for blended families By Andria Farrell December 4, 2007 Marshfield - Interfaith families have become more and more prevalent in our society, and Congregation Shirat Hayam provides a blend for a family seeking both Jewish as well as Christian influences, as it shares space with the Marshfield United Methodist Church... Read more » CSH Celebrates Sukkot in Style! September 30, 2007 The holiday of Sukkot celebrates two things. While traveling in the desert from Egypt to Israel, Jews built Sukkot to give them shelter. In Israel, Sukkot were used to rest in during the harvest, when the house was too far from the field. Sukkot symbolize our impermanence, and waving the luluv and etrog symbolize that we're surrounded by the divine. The main mitzvah (good deed) of Sukkot is to BE HAPPY! Our celebration entailed children making crafts: graham cracker and frosting sukkahs decorated with candy, and stringing cereals and pretzels to hang as Sukkah decorations. We then all said the prayer in the Sukkah and each child had a chance to wave the lulav and etrog. View pictures from the celebration »
Shirat Hayam celebrates with a Havdalah Beach Service August 11, 2007  On Aug 11th, members of Shirat Hayam gathered at Duxbury Beach to celebrate Anya Gruber's transition from childhood to adulthood. Anya led us in marking another transition; the transition from Shabbat to the week; Havdalah. She shared with us a d'var torah (words of torah) about Havdalah, and then led us in this ritual. We celebrated, ate, and watched the sun set over the beach. Mazel tov to Anya!!!...Read the text from Anya's service » Presto! A magician appears Tiny congregation snags a star for Hanukkah December 14, 2006 Booking the celebrated magician David Oliver for this year's Hanukkah party is a coup for the small Jewish congregation that meets at the United Methodist Church in Marshfield... Read more » With Open Approach, Rabbi Finds a Fit Brings New Ideas to Congregation in Marshfield October 1, 2006 MARSHFIELD -- At last week's Rosh Hashanah service at Shirat Hayam , Rabbi Rachel Schoenfeld led a discussion on why a central prayer in the annual service addresses God as a king... Read more » Film Series Aims to Explore, Share Jewish Experience November 17, 2005 A Reconstructionist Jewish congregation whose membership includes many interfaith families is hosting a yearlong series of films to explore Jewish identity in a region with a relatively small Jewish population...
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