Join Us for Virtual Shabbat on 11/20

November 12, 2026/ 2 Kislev 5787

Included in This Newsletter

Shabbat Service - 11/20

Weekly D'var Torah

Adult Learning

December Book Club - 12/9

Here There Are Blueberries trip

Spotlight Calendar

Members and guests are always welcome to attend our Shir Ami services, classes and special events (fees may apply)

November

Soul Spa: Paths of Peace (virtual)

Saturdays, November 14, 21 and 28

10:00am

Shema-nic Journeys: Hearing and Healing the Soul (virtual)

Tuesday, November 17

7:00 PM

Shabbat Service (virtual)

Friday, November 20

7:00 PM

December

Shema-nic Journeys: Hearing and Healing the Soul (virtual)

Tuesdays, December 1, 15 and 29

7:00 PM

Chanukah Shabbat

Friday, December 4

Details to follow

Soul Spa: Paths of Peace (virtual)

Saturdays, December 5, 12, 19 and 26

10:00am

Shir Ami Book Club

Wednesday, December 9

6:30 PM

Shabbat Service

Friday, December 18

7:00 PM

Details to follow

Email Address

shirami.info@gmail.com.

Website

www.congregationshirami.org

Donations and Payments

congregationshirami.org/donate.html

Mailing Address

1273 E. Putnam Ave

PO Box 312

Riverside, CT 06878

Virtual Shabbat Service

Friday, November 20

7:00 PM

Join your Shir Ami community for an online-only pre-Thanksgiving shabbat celebration themed to Jacob's famous ladder dream of spiritual ascent.

BYO candles, wine/juice, oneg yummies and a dream that has stayed with you: we'll share them together.

2026-2027 Calendar is available on our website

Click here

To Make Donations or Payments:

To make donations or register for classes or events, please visit our website's donation page.

congregationshirami.org/donate.html

Rabbi's D'var Torah

Spirituality's Re-Balancing Vacuum

Parashat Toledot 5787 (2026)

Human systems tend to self-correct (or at least try, with varying degrees of success), whenever their balance is disrupted.

By leaning into these self-correcting impulses and their often subtle ways, we can help them along, even in difficult situations.

A good thing, too: sometimes they need our help. Read more...

Shir Ami Classes

Let’s Go to the Theater

Here There Are Blueberries is playing on Broadway. Inspired by a mysterious photo album sent to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and based on true events, Here There Are Blueberries tells the story of these photographs in what the Los Angeles Times calls “the greatest detective story ever told.” Seeing this together will surely be enlightening and meaningful.

We’ve chosen two Sundays, December 20th and 27th at 3 PM, as possibilities. Please email ASAP to joangreen@outlook.com to say you’ll join the party and specify which date suits you best. If you are available both Sundays, say so.

If we have 10, there’s a group discount. The sooner we know, the sooner tickets can be bought — either in a group or individually.

Then let’s eat!

Shir Ami's Book Club is an intimate gathering over food and conversation that explores extraordinary modern writers and cutting-edge perspectives on Jewish life. Together we dive deep into belonging and identity, ethics and culture, loss and love.

Our next selection is As a Jew by Sarah Hurwitz, former speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama.

We welcome anyone who missed our first gathering. Members only, though. No Zoom option.

Facilitated by Wendy Nadel and Joan Green.

“If you want to understand the situation American Jews find themselves in right now, stop whatever you’re doing and read this book.” ~ Dara Horn

Community News and Events

September Issue of

Greenwich Jewish News

Please click here to read the digital version.

November Issue of

New Jewish Voice

Please click here to read the latest digital version.

Blessings and Simchas

Blessings for a Happy Birthday to our members with November birthdays:

Peggy Sturman - 11/2

Ronnie Polansky - 11/10

Ronny Kaplan - 11/27

Jackie Marschall - 11/29

In our weekly Blessing and Simchas, we invite members to offer congratulations on a special event in someone’s life, blessings for healing, or to remember a loved one.

If you choose to make a donation, you may do so by visiting our website's donation page or by mailing a check to Congregation Shir Ami, 1273 East Putnam Avenue, P.O. Box 312, Riverside, CT 06870-9998.