Shir Hadash meets from September through June on almost every Shabbat in the Social Hall of the Lutheran Church of the Newtons, at the intersection of Centre and Cypress streets (1310 Centre Street), in Newton, Massachusetts, convenient to the Newton Centre T stop.

We sometimes meet elsewhere, when we need more space for a special occasion. Check our Calendar or contact us for the latest information.

Services start at 9:45 and generally finish around 12:00, followed by a kiddush. Children are always welcome at our services. For information, contact us.

Our service is typically mostly in Hebrew, with traditional melodies and nusach. Our prayer book offers transliteration as well as contemporary translation. A high point of our Shabbat morning service is the d'var Torah and discussion. We often add or subsitute creative, meaningful readings and music from both Jewish and non-Jewish sources.

We welcome everyone, and encourage everyone to participate in the service; if you would like to learn to daven, to lead services, to read Torah, we are happy to help you learn. In addition to our regular adult education programs, we offer classes in basic prayer book Hebrew, service leading, Torah and haftorah reading, and how to be a gabbai (how to organize and run a service). See our Adult Education page for more details.