Perched on the edge of the Sonoma State Park, Congregation Shir Shalom serves the Jewish community of Sonoma. Its mission is to provide Sonoma with a "strong, stable, growing and vital home of Jewish life." The synagogue offers a variety of social services, including regular gatherings and member clubs, a comprehensive youth education program, service opportunities and adult education and personal development classes.
Interfaith relations are very important for the congregation, which shares its large leafy campus with the First Congressional Church and is very active in interfaith dialogue around town. The congregation is led by Rabbi Bella Bogart, a recognized musician, who has released 7 CDs of Jewish folk music.