This Week at Mount Zion

September 28 / 17 Tishrei

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Festive Shabbat and

Simchat Torah Services

Friday, October 2

5:30 pm Spaghetti and Salad in the Sukkah and fun Torah-related crafts and activities! New this year! Register

6:30 pm Festive Shabbat and Simchat Torah service! Dancing with the Torah! Followed by Oneg and a Sundae Bar!

Spaghetti! Salad! Service! Dancing! Unrolling the Torah! Sundaes!

Join us for a congregational spaghetti and salad Sukkot/Shabbat dinner before the service, and then after the service, enjoy a special oneg, featuring a sundae bar and our traditional caramel apple lollipops!

Simchat Torah is a congregational favorite for kids and adults. Invite your friends and family to join us as we renew our Torah cycle, dance to live music with the Torah scrolls, and read the end and then the beginning of the Torah with the entire scroll unrolled around Margolis Hall.

Shabbat and Sh’mini Atzeret Festival Service (including Yizkor prayers)

Saturday, October 3, 10:00 am

Mark Goldberg, co-chair of Mount Zion’s Safety and Security Committee, reflects movingly on his personal role during Operation Metro Surge. (Six minute video.)

Community Life Passages

We extend condolences to our member Wendy Harris (James) Shapiro on the death of her mother, Marilyn Dee Harris, on September 19.

Mount Zion Open House

Sunday, October 11, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm

This Open House is for unaffiliated Jews, new members, and long-time members looking to re-engage. Invite your friends and co-workers!

• Discover over 170 years of Mount Zion’s rich history.
• Learn about Mount Zion’s dedication to worship, learning, music, and social justice.
• Meet our clergy, lay leaders, and members.
• Tour our building and religious school.
• Get a taste of our organizations and activities.

Childcare provided. Light refreshments will be served.

Register

MZ Small Groups

Mixed Roots Adults Social

Saturday, October 10, 7:00 pm

Contact member Steve Fang for location.

We never let finances be a barrier. Scholarships available for all classes. Contact Kate Tucker for confidential financial assistance.

Israel Election Seminar

A Four-Part Educational Seminar

Wednesdays, September 23, 30; October 7, 28, 12:00-1:15 pm via Zoom

(All sessions will be recorded).

Instructor: Mike Hollander

Cost: $54/Members; $72/Public

This four-part series is designed to help understand the nature of Israeli democracy and how the uniquely Israeli political system and elections work. Three sessions will be offered during the campaign and before the elections, and the fourth will be shortly after the dust settles and a coalition is made to form a new Israeli government.

You can still sign up.

We can send a recording of the first class. And if you only want the recordings, please sign up and we will then email recordings after each one.  

Join our new

Living the Jewish Calendar Cohorts! 

Cohorts will meet monthly to engage in meaningful discussion exploring the “why” and “how” behind the Jewish holidays. Our rabbis will facilitate and be available to answer your questions. Share your stories, thoughts, questions, and personal traditions as you explore together how to live through the structure of the Jewish calendar. Stay connected with group members between sessions through optional, lay-led texting groups.

When: Monthly from October through May. Choose a cohort:

• Monday evenings: Oct 5, Nov 2, Dec 7, Jan 4, Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 5, May 3, 6:00-7:00 pm (on Zoom);  Facilitator: Rabbi Renetzky
• Wednesdays noon: Oct 21, Nov 18, Dec 16, Jan 20, Feb 17, Mar 17, Apr 14, May 19, 12:00-1:00 pm (in person);  Facilitator: Rabbi Adler
• Thursday evenings: Oct 8, Nov 12, Dec 17, Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13, 6:30-7:30 pm (in person);  Facilitator: Rabbi Spilker

Register

Chevruta – Shabbat Rituals:

The Oldest New Way to Friday

Wednesdays, 6:00-7:15pm, October 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, Nov 11

Cost: Members: $54; Non-members: $72

Explore Friday night ritual — not only the words and practices, but where they come from, why we say them, and what they are meant to do. Get inspired to experience ritual in a way that reflects you—with meaning and intention.

Register

Taste of Honey

Wednesday evenings, October 14 – February 24, 7:00-8:30 pm.

There will be no class on November 25.

Rabbi Esther Adler

Cost: Member: $72, Public: $180

This course provides students with a basic ­understanding of Jewish practice and belief. Topics ­include Jewish history, life cycle, ­Shabbat, theology, home ­observance and more! For anyone interested in ­learning more about ­Judaism and/or thinking about ­conversion.

Register

This Shabbat

Friday, October 2

6:30 pm Festive Shabbat and Simchat Torah Services



In person or online via Livestream and Facebook

Saturday, October 3

9:00 am Torah Study

In person and via Zoom Meeting ID: 949 308 718

10:00 am Shabbat and

Sh'mini Atzeret Festival Services

In person or online via Livestream

Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17

GOTV Postcard and Pastries Party

Sunday, October 4, 10-12:00 pm at Mount Zion

Are you looking for ways to get involved in the upcoming election? To help ensure that every citizen can execute their right to vote? This year, Mount Zion is again participating in the Religious Action Center (RAC) of Reform Judaism's “Every Voice, Every Vote” campaign. We write postcards to engage under-represented voters in states impacted by voter suppression. Research has shown that receiving a handwritten postcard is effective in increasing voter turnout! In this non-partisan effort, you will receive everything you need to reach about 30 voters, including postcards, stamps, instructions (including a specific script), and a list of voters. If you are interested in participating, please email Sharon DeMark at sdemark@comcast.net or Rick Linsk at rlinsk@gmail.com.

In the Community

• Twin Cities Jewish Renewal Community (TCJRC) is excited to partner with Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS) on a new grassroots community for in-person meditation sits in the Twin Cities. All sits are lightly facilitated by members of the community. Next sit: Tuesday October 6, 7-8 PM, Minneapolis A WhatsApp group is our main mode of communication; please fill out this interest form to join us. Learn more about Shevet, and email tcjewishrenewal@gmail.com with questions.