This Week at Mount Zion
June 21 / 8 Tammuz
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Hundreds of Jewish Organizations Join Together to Urge the Administration to End “Zero Tolerance” Family Separation Policy
New York, NY
– Almost 350 national, state, and local Jewish organizations—including the Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative and Orthodox movements—sent
a joint letter
urging the Administration to immediately rescind the “zero tolerance” policy of criminally prosecuting all adults who cross the border. This practice forces authorities to separate children from their migrant parents because there are laws protecting immigrant children against prolonged detention.
Organized by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Reform Movement, and HIAS, the letter urges the Administration uphold the values of family unity and justice on which our nation was built by ending the “zero tolerance” policy. Unfortunately, the executive order signed yesterday fails to terminate this policy, instead opening the door to repealing the laws currently preventing authorities from detaining children for long periods of time. It essentially seeks to replace family separation with indefinite family detention.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, thousands of children have already been torn from their parents since the policy was implemented. Mounting evidence suggests that many children have been threatened, treated poorly, and held in dangerous conditions.
Originally issued last week with 26 national groups, the organizers reopened the letter to include the many organizations around the country that wanted to collectively voice their outrage in response to such inhumane policy.
The full text of the letter is available
here
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Friday, June 22
6:00 pm Shabbat Services
Consul General Paul Connors, Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis will speak briefly
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Saturday, June 23
9:00 am Open Torah Study
10:00 am Shabbat Services
Chukkat – Num. 20:1-21:10
Rebecca Richman will be called to the Torah as Bat Mitzvah.
12:15 pm Kiddush Lunch
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Twin Cities Pride!
Join J-Pride at Twin Cities Pride this weekend—June 23-24!
Mount Zion is thrilled to join
J-Pride at
Twin Cities Pride to celebrate our LGBTQ Jewish community! There is something for everyone during this fun-filled weekend!
Proud.Joyful.Shabbat.
Saturday, June 23, 10-11:30 a.m.
Get in the Shabbat spirit with a joyful, pride-filled, ASL-interpreted Shabbat morning service at the West end of the Loring Greenway.
Details.
Pride Parade
Sunday, June 24
Join us in doing the Hora down Hennepin in the Pride Parade or
volunteer at the
J-Pride booth
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If you are marching with us, please arrive between 10:45 and 11 a.m.
J-Pride is Unit #42. Meet up with us on 3rd Street between Marquette Avenue and 2nd Avenue.
Map
of parade line-up. Sign up
here
or just come along day of! The more, the merrier!
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Community and Life Passages
Mazel tov to
Jim and Robin Lackner on the birth of their granddaughter,
Saebom Evelyn, on June 17.
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All Men at MZ:
You can join a National Men’s Conference here in the Twin Cities!
Men of Reform Judaism Today:
Past the Curb, Beyond the Parking Lot
July 12-15, 2018
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Mount Zion Garage Sale
Run by the Women of Mount Zion Temple
Various dates and times between July 26 - August 12
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Prime Timers event:
Ageless Grace
July 9 at 1:30 pm
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Weekly June 19 - Aug 16.
Week 2: Rabbi Spilker on Thursday, June 28, 12:00 pm.
Rabbi Spilker will teach about Marge Piercy (American poet, novelist, and social activist) at Henson and Efron, USBank Building, 200 S. 6th St., Suite 4000, Minneapolis (this is close to the light rail but you can also find
parking info here).
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Mount Zion Hosting Exhibit of Jewish Life in Canada
The exhibit will be on display in the month of June.
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Israel Book Discussion
Asylum City by Liad Shoham
July 2 at 7 pm
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Paul Connors:
Consul General (ad interim) of Canada in Minneapolis
June 22, 6:00 pm
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In the Community
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Food for your Soul - In celebration of the 110th Anniversary of Sholom, the 8th Annual Food for your Soul will have a twist! This year the community will come together for one big party on
Thursday, June 21, 6-9 pm at Oakridge Country Club with live entertainment by Deuces Wild! (Dueling Pianos).
DETAILS.
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Twin Cities Film Festival and Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival presents
An Israeli Love Story on Thursday, June 28, 6:00 - 9:00 PM at the Sabes Jewish Community Center.
DETAILS.
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Mount Zion
1300 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
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