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Please note we have switched from LiveStream to YouTube

This Shabbat, May 24 -- Behar/Behoukotai

The Extended Kiddush is sponsored by the family of the Bat Mitzvah.

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Save the Dates!!

Musical Shabbat with Cantor Herman

Friday evening, June 6, 6 PM (Outside)

Cantor Herman leads an inspiringly musical Shabbat service with a wonderful instrumental ensemble.

Spirit Shabbat with Cantor Herman

Saturday, June 14, 10:30 AM (Berkowitz Family Auditorium)

A shorter service with more singing, more learning - and musical instruments! A non-traditional, creative & spiritual Shabbat morning in an intimate setting, with Cantor Herman and guest musicians. Traditional services start at 9:30 AM in the Dogole Chapel.

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Could you do a Mitzvah?

Drivers needed to help a congregant get to continued medical treatments (Penn Valley to Wynnewood) on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

If you can help, please email caring@harziontemple.org.

Make Har Zion's Business Your Business!

Annual Meeting

Tuesday, May 27 at 7 PM

Be the first to see the premiere of the historical documentary celebrating the first 100 years of Har Zion Temple!

We will present the Annual Report, and have the election of

new Board members, Officers and Trustees.

Click here for more info

Shvitz and Schnapps

Join the Men’s Club for a Night of Relaxation and Rejuvenation!

Wednesday, May 28

Southampton Spa (https://www.southamptonspa.com/)

Unwind with the guys as we raise a few and recharge at a premier sauna and spa. Experience ultimate relaxation with a variety of saunas, invigorating steam rooms, an exhilarating cold plunge, and refreshing ice rooms. Whether you’re looking to sweat it out or chill out, this is the perfect way to kick back and connect.

5 PM pick up from Har Zion and return at 11 PM

The Spa has two free shuttles that can pick up and drop off at Har Zion. Must have 7-11 people per shuttle – This would be first-come first-served and after that carpooling.

BYOB

Last chance to RSVP

Cost is $65 per person -- Payable at the spa

For questions and to RSVP, please contact Elan Elkaim, elanelkaim@gmail.com

Shavuot 5785

Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Sunday, June 1

6:45-7:45 PM – Kids Tikkun for Kindergarten thru 4th grade

RSVP to Rabbi Shawn, rabbishawn@harziontemple.org

Looking Forward -- The Next Hundred Years

6:45-7:45 PM – Study session with Rabbi Haaz and Norman Einhorn

8-8:30 PM – Shavuot Evening Service

8:45 PM-12:30 AM – Individual study sessions with Sara Zebovitz, Rabbi Max Nissen, Rabbi Isabel de Koninck, Dr. Ely Levine and Rabbi Shawn

Dessert break between classes

Watch your emails for more information



Shavuot Services

Monday, June 2

9:15 AM – Special Morning Service with our Adult Bat Mitzvah Class:

Eileen Chopnick, Ellen Pries, Penny Shuman and Sherrie Willner

Followed by Kiddush sponsored by the Bat Mitzvah Class.

6 PM – Evening Service (Yizkor recited)

Tuesday, June 3

9 AM – Yom Kef

9:15 AM – Morning Service (Yizkor recited) followed by Kiddush

A contribution has been made by Judy & Michael Solomon

in honor of their anniversary.

8:40 PM – Evening Service

Kids Tikkun

Sunday evening, June 1

6:45-7:45 PM

For Kindergarten through 4th Grades

with Cantor Herman and Rabbi Shawn

Songs, Torah stories, art, games, ice cream

RSVP to Rabbi Shawn, rabbishawn@harziontemple.org

Installation Shabbat

Friday, June 13

*5:45 PM Minha / Kabbalat Shabbat / Maariv

followed by recognition of outgoing Directors and Officers, installation of new Directors, Officers and Trustees, and recognition of Jane Fetscher Kontopodias for over three decades of service to HZT.

The evening will end with a Joy of Shabbat dinner (by reservation),

which we hope to start by 7:30 PM.

Click here to make a reservation

*Please note earlier start time for services

Shabbat and Weekly Services

Service Links

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If you're not feeling 100% healthy, please stay home and

participate in services on-line.

Friday Evening

6 PM – Minha/Ma’ariv (Dogole Chapel)

7:59 PM – Candle Lighting

Saturday Morning

9:30 AM – Morning Service (Main Sanctuary)

Milton Pomerantz Interactive Torah Study

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No Shabbat Talmud Class with Rabbi Gary Charlestein

7:55 PM – Minha/Ma'ariv/Havdalah

9:05 PM – Shabbat Ends

Click here for the yahrzeit list thru next Shabbat (May 24-31)

Click here for this week's JTS Torah Commentary

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Sunday

9 AM – Morning Service (In-person and Online)

6 PM – Minha/Ma'ariv (Online only)

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Regular Daily Minyan Schedule

7:15 AM – Morning Minyan - Monday-Friday

(with the exception of holidays)

6 PM – Evening Minyan - Sunday-Friday



SUNDAY, MAY 25

JFGRS – No School

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MONDAY, MAY 26

Memorial Day – NCCECE and synagogue offices closed

9 AM – Morning Minyan

No Sisterhood Yoga 

No Movements in American Judaism

with Dr. Michael Schatz

No NaKh: The Rest of the Bible with Dr. Ely Levine

8:30 PM – Talmud Study with Rabbi Gary Charlestein

Zoom only

Please call Gary (215-290-0405) if you need to pick up new text.

Click here to join via Zoom

Zoom Mtg ID: 965 3493 8417

Password: 1111

Dial in: 1-929-436-2866

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TUESDAY, MAY 27

4-5:30 PM – Sisterhood Rosh Hodesh Group

Hosted by Debbie Golden – RSVP to Debbie, goldendagg@gmail.com

Great Jewish Books

Come prepared to tell the group about why a particular book is great or important to you and why it is a Jewish book. Plan to read an excerpt from a book or play that you have chosen to present. It is not necessary that the book be the work of a Jewish author.

Please don’t forget to bring personal hygiene items to donate to the Mitzvah Food Pantry. Menstrual products are especially needed.

7 PM – Annual Congregational Meeting and Screening of the Centennial Documentary

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28

8:15 AM – TISCH with Rabbi Shawn

In-person and Zoom

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Meeting ID: 852 2116 6353

Password: 5785

1-929-205-6099

5:30 PM – Day Camp Counselors Meeting

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THURSDAY, MAY 29

10:30 AM – Commentaries on Exodus with Rabbi Ira Flax

In-person and Zoom

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Meeting ID: 823 3847 4750

Password: 5785

Dial-in: 1-929-205-6099

Please bring along a dairy lunch and stay and shmooze until

Dr. Levine's class starts.

12 PM – Jewish Books in Christian Bibles with Dr. Ely Levine

In-person and Zoom

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Zoom Mtg ID: 865 668 4896

Password: 18

Dial-in: 1-929-205-6099

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FRIDAY, MAY 30

8:15 AM – Legally Speaking with Rabbi Shawn

In-person and Zoom

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Meeting ID: 852 5218 5606

Password: 5785

Dial-in: 1-929-205-6099

5 PM – Shabbat Sha-Blue Jeans (Sayer-Berkowitz Pavilion)

SAVE THE DATE!

Sisterhood Closing Campaign Luncheon

Tuesday, June 10, 11:30 AM

Ellen Pries and Robin Zatuchni, Co-chairs

Look for your invitation in the mail!

Sisterhood Yoga Get-Together

Mondays, 11 AM

No class on May 26 and June 2

Bring your mat, towel and any other 'props' you like to use!

RSVP to sisterhoodpresident@harziontemple.org 

We will practice together in the Benjamin B. Levin Room with Cantor Lizzie Shammash and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (via Zoom from here)! 

Click here for more details

Shop the Landau Gift Box

Regular hours are

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10 AM-3 PM

Or by appointment -- please call Helene Nelson

for more information: 610-416-9850

Commemorative HZT blankets for sale in the Landau Gift Box!

Har Zion Stands in Solidarity with Israel

Six things you didn’t know about the science of smell

Here are some of the coolest things Israeli researchers have sniffed out about the underappreciated sense of smell.

Click here for more information

Community News

American Cancer Society Bike-A-Thon

Sunday, June 1

Our own Alan Seeherman will be riding in this year's Bike-a-thon!

For more information click here

or contact Alan: aseeherman@aol.com.

PJFM and Weitzman NMAJH Film Screening

Wednesday, June 4, 7 PM

The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is proud to co-sponsor a film screening of "OCTOBER 8" with Philadelphia Jewish Film + Media and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. The film offers a look at the rise of antisemitism on college campuses, on social media, and in the streets of America, beginning the day after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.

Click here for more info

Click the image above for reservations and more information.

Theatre Ariel

There’s never been a better time to join us than for this historic season full of thrilling stories and exciting experiences. For more info and tickets: www.theatreariel.org

Social Programs for Positive Aging through June 2025

The Brodsky Enrichment Center, 345 Montgomery Ave, Bala Cynwyd, PA

All events and programs are RSVP only. Space is often limited, so opportunities to participate are on a first-come,first-served basis. RSVP to Stephanie Walls at 215-320-0351 Line #2. Please leave a message if there is no answer with your name and the date of the program you wish to attend.

Click here for the list of programs

NEW HUB FOR OLDER ADULTS

Gems at the JCC is the adult and older adult hub that inspired participants to live independently and actively through programs and activities that enhance well-being, promote engagement and foster community. Click here for upcoming programs!

Join us at our new location: Kaiserman JCC, 45 Haverford Road, Wynnewood

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New Horizons Senior Center

New Horizons Senior Center provides supportive programs and services that enable older adults to live independently in their own homes, form meaningful connections with others, and engage in lifelong learning.

We offer lots of fun and interesting programs. Join us!

Click here for more info

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Gratz College’s Exciting Continuing Adult Jewish Education Classes

to Enrich Community Learning 

Click here for more information and to register for Gratz College's Continuing Adult Jewish Education Classes, or contact Rabbi Daniel Levitt at dlevitt@gratz.edu.

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The Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations

The Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph's University is pleased to offer several educational events on Catholicism, Judaism and more. Click here for info.

Do You Need a Ride?

Do you need a ride to attend services, High Holiday services, meetings or programs?

Just drop us an email at caring@harziontemple.org.

Tell Us What’s Happening!

The Har Zion Caring Connection would love to hear from our Har Zion Family. Just drop us an email (caring@harziontemple.org) and let us know how we can help, reconnect or celebrate with you, join you at daily Minyan, Shabbat and Yom Tov services.

Let's celebrate together ....at Har Zion.

Cleaning out your closets for spring?

We have a drop-off bin in the south parking lot near the Sayer-Berkowitz Pavilion (Isen entrance side of the building). Your donations benefit Har Zion Temple.

Celebrating Community!