Welcome to Temple Har Zion

Monday Evening Learning with David Schwartz


David's current topics include a rotation of Pirkei Avot, holidays, and prayers. Zoom ID# 924 5552 6669 or click here to join; use the usual Har Zion password.

Thursday Morning Learning with Rabbi Glick

On hold for the rest of the month of August.

Continue to follow the Israelite's journey from the Sea of Reeds to the Promised Land. Zoom ID# 990 415 095 or click here to join; use the usual Har Zion password.

The Month of Elul 5782 

The last month of the Hebrew calendar, Elul 5782 begins on Sunday, August 28, and ends on Saturday, September 24.

Temple Har Zion is celebrating the month of Elul with a wide range of programming, for everyone, all ages. The highlight is possibly our group outing to see The Fiddler on the Roof at the Lyric (above), but there is much much more.

A sampling follows:

• A Sunday morning minyan and breakfast in the far western suburbs (bring your friends and family!),
• A stroll though neighboring parks blowing the shofar,
• A High Holy Day workshop for our littlest ones (ages 1-7), and another, with Rabbi Glick and Cantor Figa, for the rest of us,
• An apple-picking outing to mark the fall opening of the HZ Early Childhood program and Koven Religious School, for students and their families, 
• The Selichot dessert and musical service (with a 5-piece orchestra), 
• And more!

Click here or on the flyer above for a complete list of our Elul programming, with links for more information.

High Holy Days 5783

Temple Har Zion and our inspiring Goldstein sanctuary is open for the High Holy Days 2022/5783.

✡︎ We are open for those who are near and wish to worship in person.

✡︎ We are also open for those who are far away or who are otherwise unable or hesitant to join us in person: all of our adult High Holy Days services will be livestreamed (as are all of our other Shabbat and festival services), with the exception of Tashlich, which is outdoors and in-person only. 

For the younger set, Temple Har Zion offers a range of youth services—services for families with young children, services for school aged children to grade 7, and also, back this year, babysitting. The child and youth programming will be held in person only, outdoors, in a tent.

Interfaith families are welcome!

Click here or on the flyer to go to our High Holy Days 5783 web pages.

Red Cross Blood Drive Sunday, August 21,
9 AM–2 PM
To make an appointment to give blood, please click here. 

A sign that the new year is upon us - time to order honey for a sweet  year and  do a mitzvah for our communities! 

Reuse and Recycle

More info on green programs on the Earth Day page.

Contact Amy Guralnick at amysg@hotmail.com if you have questions on the pop top or sneaker recycling. And for more information on the plastic collection, call or email Phyllis Rubin, 708.848.6168, 
phyllis.rubin@comcast.net.

Plastic Collection: Transforming Plastic Bags into a Bench & Bottle Caps and Lids into Art!

We are also continuing our collection of plastic bags (only clean, soft plastic) so we can get our free Recycled Plastic Bag Bench from Trex. And also we are also collecting bottle caps and lids to be reimagined into art. 

Pop top collections for Ronald McDonald house: 

Little things like pop tabs can make a big difference! Help support families and children through our Pop Tab program by collecting and donating the aluminum tabs you pull to open soda, soup, and other cans.

There is a collection bin on the table near entrance to the temple’s preschool.

Used Sneaker Collection: 

The temple has paired with Got Sneakers, a sneaker recycling organization. Donate any sneakers you aren’t using; Got Sneakers will either recycle them or redistribute them to secondhand markets, depending on what shape they are in. More info on the Earth Day page.