Learning and archive

Reading, drashot and archive material.

Background reading, selected documents, archived drashot and remembrance material from across the life of the community.

Drashot and literature

Reading around Shira's ideas and communal life.

This section gathers material for people interested in the ideas and halakhic background behind the minyan, including drashot, academic articles, publications and community resources.

Rosh Hashana

Kol Nidrei

Yom Kippur

Neilah

Yizkor

  • Yizkor, 5784 (2023) — Annette Charak, “Memory in Naming”. PDF · Recording
  • Yizkor, 5781 (2020) — Mandi Katz, “Remembering to Remember”. PDF · Recording

Pesach

Drashot by parsha

Shemot

Vayikra

Bamidbar

Devarim

Shira publications and resources

Halakhic and academic articles

Selected scholarly sources on women and Torah reading, partnership minyanim and related halakhic questions.

Books

News and coverage

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Memorial archive

In memory of Mark Baker z"l.

A home for reflections, essays and remembrance material connected with Mark Baker and the wider life of the community.

Hesped for Kerryn Baker

By Mark Baker.

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