This Week at Mount Zion
July 6 / 12 Tammuz
Save the dates for
Summer Fun with MZ

Mount Zion Sing-Along with Dan Chouinard
Saturday, August 5
7:00 p.m. Social Time & Nosh | 7:30 p.m. Sing-Along




Mount Zion Community Midsummer Picnic!
Sunday, August 13, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
at Rogers Lake Park, Mendota Heights, MN
This picnic is free, but please sign up, so we have enough food!


High Holy Days Dates & Times
Plan now for work/school!
In order to help plan for the High Holy Days this year, the dates and times have been added to our website. More information will be added throughout the summer, and an email will be sent in August.




This Shabbat
Friday, July 7
5:30 p.m. Kabbalat Panim - Greeting Time
6:00 p.m.
Shabbat Services
7:00 p.m. Oneg Shabbat
Saturday, July 8
9:00 a.m. Open Torah Study
10:00 a.m. Shabbat Services
Balak - Num. 22:39-25:9
10:30 a.m. Tot Shabbat
12:00 p.m.
Potluck Lunch
Connect
Community and Life Passages
Yahrzeit candle We extend condolences to...   
Michelle Morris on the death of her mother, Arlen Knopp, on June 30.

Sue (Pete) Stein on the death of her mother, Mildred Fulton, on June 29. 

May God grant peace to all who mourn and ­comfort to all who are bereaved.

Israel Trip Blog
Even though the trip is over, new posts are still being added!

MZ Garage Sale 2017

The Garage Sale will begin accepting donations on July 9 and the sale begins on July 27.


Brotherhood Event
Saint Paul Saints Game

Thursday, July 13, 7:05 p.m.


Prime Timers Event 
Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance
Sunday, July 16 at the Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis.



Learn
Israel Book Discussions
Let There Be Water by Seth M. Siegel 
Monday, July 10, 7:00 p.m. at Mount Zion
Women of the Wall 
Mondays, July 17 and 24, 7:00 p.m. at Mount Zion
A two-part series taught by Rabbinic intern Sam Schauvaney.
This class is free and open to the public. 


Act
Tzedek: Sanctuary Steering Committee Meetings   
A Mount Zion committee will be holding a series of meetings in the next month to work out how our congregation might assist community members at risk of deportation. They will meet on Thursdays, July 13 & 20 at 5:00 p.m. The first half hour of each meeting will be open to anyone in the congregation who would like to raise a question or contribute an opinion.

Habitat for Humanity Build  
Any date between August 21 - September 2

In the Community
- Summertime Jewish Learning - Talmud at the Lake! Various dates June 21 - August 23. Dip into the Talmud, that vast and varied repository of Jewish wisdom. Join us this summer to study texts connected to "The Lake." No previous experience in Talmud necessary. Come to some, come to all! All classes are free and open to everyone. List of sessions