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SHA'AREI SHALOM, founded in 1995, is a member-driven, diverse congregation offering the warmth of a small community. We recognize the wide range of views in our congregation and provide both tradition and innovation, giving us the opportunity to learn and grow as a community. We encourage and support efforts to reach out to those in need both within and outside of our membership family.

Upcoming Events and Services

Friday, January 27th

Shabbat Service

7:30 pm at the Ashland Community Center

Join us for Shabbat. Community Oneg to follow.

Tuesday, January 31st
Papa Gino's Night
Ashland Square Shopping Center
372 West Union St (Rt. 135), Ashland


Stop by Papa Gino's on Tuesday, January 31st between 4pm and 9pm and help support Sha'arei Shalom. Bring in this flyer (click here) and Papa Gino's will donate a percentage of their sales to our congregation.

Friday, February 10th
Tu B'shvat Seder at 7:30
pm
Ashland Community Center

Please join us for our annual Tu B'shvat seder as we celebrate our connection to nature.

 

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162 West Union Street
Ashland Community Center
Ashland, MA

All are welcome!

All are invited to attend the Oneg Shabbat immediately following most services.



We are all connected by the support we give and the support we receive.
For information on upcoming service projects visit our Social Action Web Page.

If you are in need of support visit our Helping Hands Page
or our
Jewish Community Services contact list.

 

Dear Friends,
I write to you on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, a day that remembers Dr. King’s legacy and urges us to carry it forward.

This past Friday, in honor of Dr. King’s birthday and in memory of Professor Paula Hyman, a professor of Jewish feminism at Yale who passed away last month, I shared a dvar torah about models in the Torah of how we can create both personal and political change. Since some of you requested to read my sermon and some others weren’t able to be there, I share the gist of it here.

On January 8th, several of our newer member families gathered at my home, along with some of our Board members and their children, for our annual New Member Brunch. It was a lovely afternoon of good company and good food in a casual atmosphere. Thank you to Marcy Arms, Mindy Murray, and Sheila Watnick for cooking, shopping, and organizing this wonderful “get to know you” event. Everyone mingled, the children all played together, and the adults struck up varied conversations and even found some unexpected points of commonality. We learned that Barry Ostrow is a marathon runner. We learned that Evan Gordon used to play bass in a jazz band. We learned that Dara Weinberger makes a fabulous cinnamon-roll and apple dessert!

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