# Shir Hayim

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**Shir Hayim** ("A Song of Life") was a [Reform](/source/Reform_Judaism) [Jewish](/source/Judaism) congregation and [synagogue](/source/Synagogue), located at 37a [Broadhurst Gardens](/source/Broadhurst_Gardens), in [West Hampstead](/source/West_Hampstead), in the [Borough of Camden](/source/London_Borough_of_Camden), [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England), in the United Kingdom. Established in 1975, the congregation closed in 2020 when it was merged with Willesden Minyan to form the Makor Hayim congregation.

## History

The congregation was established in 1975 as the **Hampstead Reform Jewish Community** until 1988.[1] Since c. 1986, its services were held at Hashomer House, in West Hampstead. Rabbi Larry Tabick was its first [rabbi](/source/Rabbi), from 1976 to 1980, and its last rabbi, from 1990 until his retirement in 2017.[1]

In 2018, *[The Jewish Chronicle](/source/The_Jewish_Chronicle)* described the congregation as being very welcoming.[2]

In 2020 the congregation merged with Willesden Minyan[1][3] to form Makor Hayim, a new Reform congregation.[4]

## See also

- [History of the Jews in England](/source/History_of_the_Jews_in_England)
- [List of former synagogues in the United Kingdom](/source/List_of_former_synagogues_in_the_United_Kingdom)

## References

1. ["The former Shir Hayim, Hampstead Reform Jewish Community, West Hampstead, London NW6"](http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/london/hampstead_shir_ref/index.html). *Jewish Communities and Records - UK*. [JewishGen](/source/JewishGen) and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

1. Wolfson, Rina (26 September 2018). ["The Secret Shul-Goer No 28 – Shir Hayim"](https://www.thejc.com/comment/blogs/the-secret-shul-goer-no-5-wimbledon-reform-1.442633). *[The Jewish Chronicle](/source/The_Jewish_Chronicle)*. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

1. ["New shul for North London is main course of Reform dinner"](https://www.thejc.com/community/community-news/new-shul-for-north-london-is-main-course-of-reform-dinner-1.489022). *[The Jewish Chronicle](/source/The_Jewish_Chronicle)*. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

1. ["Home page"](https://www.willesdenminyan.com/). *Willesden Minyan*. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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