In 1982, a small group of people desired to establish a Jewish community for those residing east of Woodward. In time, we selected as our name Congregation Shir Tikvah (Song of Hope), reflecting the strong roles that music and prayer, learning and laughter, faith and healing play in our community. Today, the Shir Tikvah family consists of members from the western edge of Oakland County to the eastern edge of Macomb County, and to the northern-and southern-most points of I-75. We built our building in 1998 located only one mile north of Somerset Mall in Troy.