We will fund up to $1000 for your program or proposals to bring groups of MZ people together. If you are a self-starter, ran a club in college or manage programs involving people for work, you are the person we’re looking for!

What is an example of such a program?

Have a Shabbat dinner in your neighborhood, rent a pontoon on a lake, host a Tu BiSh’vat seder, have a camping trip for MZ families or…. This is different from MZ Small Groups because it can be a one-time event but any MZ Small Group can also apply. Proposals due by February 1 to Rabbi Spilker aspilker@mzion.org. (Committee to evaluate proposals will include two members of the Board of Directors (Isaac Marshall and Jennifer Schneider), Shai Avny, and Rabbi Spilker). Question? Email Rabbi Spilker.

Criteria: 1) independence (ie, not involve Mount Zion staff or clergy except to get contact information); 2) creativity and potential of success; 3) Jewish content is a bonus but not required; 4) amount requested is clear and substantiated.