Adath Jeshurun Foundation
952-215-3903
adathjeshurun.org/foundation
The Adath Foundation is dedicated to building a strong synagogue endowment, ensuring that Adath will continue to instill Jewish traditions and values securing Adath’s well-being for this and future generations.
Adath Jeshurun Congregation — Hesed Committee
952-545-2424
adathjeshurun.org/hesed
Chair: Joy Sandler
The Hesed Committee supports and collaborates with numerous programs involving social justice within Adath and in our greater community that advocate or provide financial assistance for hunger relief, affordable housing, and children.
Adath Jeshurun Congregation — Havurah/Friendship Groups
952-545-2424
Contact: annas@adath.net
A havurah is a small group that gets together for fun, socializing, learning or social justice projects. Adath can match you with a group of other Adath congregants that share your common interests. Do you enjoy socializing? Eating? Studying? Special Interest? Intergenerational activities? Kid-friendly activities? Let us know.
Adath Jeshurun Congregation — Makom: Young Adults Group
952-545-2424
adathjeshurun.org/makom
Contact: Jenifer Robins, jrobins@adath.net
Makom is an informal network of young adults sponsored by Adath Jeshurun to provide opportunities to connect with Judaism and with other young Jews in the Twin Cities. It strives to be a young vibrant community for down-to-earth Judaism. Connecting the spark of each person to the warmth of community, we believe Judaism can be a source of light wherever you are on your journey. All are welcome to attend events, and there is no requirement to be a member of the synagogue.
Bais Chana Women’s Institute
400 Marie Ave. W.
West St. Paul, MN 55118
800-473-4801
Fax: 651-698-1295
info@baischana.org
baischana.org
Dean: Rabbi Manis Friedman
Director: Hinda Leah Sharfstein
Live and Learn seminars for Jewish women seeking to discover or rediscover the role of Judaism in their lives. Anchored at Lubavitch House in West St. Paul, Bais Chana seminars are held throughout the year in Minnesota and at locations across the country, for teen girls, college students, adult women, single moms of all ages, and women 55+.
Bet Shalom Congregation — 20s and 30s
13613 Orchard Rd.
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-933-8525
Fax: 952-933-3238
info@betshalom.org
betshalom.org
We seek to provide a place where you can express your Jewish identity. We are looking for leaders and ambassadors who are interested in helping plan and lead events, as well as become involved in our congregation and community.
Beth El Synagogue — Young Adults
952-873-7300
Contact: Rabbi Matt Goldberg
mgoldberg@bethelsynagogue.org
Are you looking for social opportunities to connect with other Jews? Join our vibrant community of young adults for happy hours, Shabbat dinners, community building — we have it all!
All are welcome to attend — we have something for everyone!
Beth El Synagogue — Young Families
952-873-7318
Sara Confeld, sconfeld@bethelsynagogue.org
All families with young children are invited to Mini Minyan Services on the first Shabbat of each month. Plus, we offer Sunday social gatherings, parent education, family and service learning opportunities, Shabbat dinners, family field trips, weekly Shabbat morning and holiday childcare and more. Call for details and to be added to our Young Family listserv.
Beth Jacob 20s/30s Community
Join our Facebook group: Beth Jacob’s Haverim
We are a vibrant community of Jews in our 20s and 30s, ranging from cultural to observant. We gather regularly as a group of younger adults — singles, couples and families — barbecues, bike rides, cooking contests, snowshoeing, parties …. You name it! We participate in and create the active intergenerational Beth Jacob Congregation that we value.
Beth Jacob Dorothy Day Program
1179 Victoria Curve
Mendota Heights, MN 55118
651-452-2226
info@beth-jacob.org
beth-jacob.org
Chairperson: Andy Meltzer
Once a month, volunteers engage in the mitzva of helping those less fortunate by serving breakfast at the Dorothy Day shelter in downtown St. Paul. Everyone who has taken advantage of this opportunity comes away with a strong sense of purpose and a knowledge that there is so much more we can do to make the world a better place for our entire community. You can help; contact us to find out how.
Beth Jacob Lifelong Learning
info@beth-jacob.org
beth-jacob.org
Senior Rabbi: Tamar Magill-Grimm
Rabbi Educator: Justin Held
Beth Jacob is a community with a passion for learning, whether it be:
- Our youngest families engaging Shabbat through our weekly Minyan Katan program
- Parashah HaShavua, ongoing adult education classes
- Innovative hands-on, curiosity-driven Jewish learning Shabbat mornings in our Iyunim (Pre-K to 3rd grade) program
- Learning Torah reading and service leading skills as well as Jewish ethics on Shabbat mornings in our Kehillat Shabbat (4-8 grades) program
- Many post-Kiddush learning opportunities throughout the year on a wide variety of topics
- Monthly challa-baking classes
- All-night learning each year at the Tikkun Leil Shavuot
- Book discussions
- Weekend-long learning opportunities at the Scholar-in-Residence weekend
Come join us — we promise there will always be something new to learn!
Beth Jacob Social Justice
Chair: Karen Shapiro
BJCoffice@beth-jacob.org
Beth Jacob’s Social Justice Committee works to effect systemic change in the inequalities that plague our society, such as hunger, mistreatment of workers, prison reform, and unfair immigration policies. Committee members decide which issues to focus upon and what action to take. Action is often taken in cooperation with other community groups.
Chabad Jewish Center of Maple Grove
Co-directors: Rabbi Nissan and Mushka Naparstek
612-520-1263
jewishmaplegrove.com
Chabad Lubavitch Mitzva Campaign
1816 Rome Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-690-4867
Fax: 651-698-2311
mikva@juno.com
Director: Rabbi Gershon Grossbaum
Coordinator: Rabbi Meyer Rubinfeld
Distribution of tefillin, mezuzot, sukkas, and placing giant menoras at Highway 100 and Minnetonka Boulevard, and at the State Capitol. Mailing of 10,000 Purim packets. Publication of Celebration Magazine, a holiday guide mailed four times yearly to all known Jewish households. Annual Sukkah Fair.
Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Minnesota
730 Second St. S.W.
Rochester, MN 55902
507-288-7500
rabbi@chabadrochestermn.com
chabadrochestermn.com
Director: Rabbi David Greene
Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Minnesota is a home away from home and Jewish resource center serving patients and their families at the Mayo Clinic as well as the general Rochester Jewish community. It provides a variety of material, spiritual and educational support, and programming for all ages and backgrounds, such as bikkur cholim (hospital visitations), meals to go and Shabbat hospitality, a shul and chaplaincy, to name just a few.
Chabad Minneapolis
2845 Hedberg Dr.
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-929-9922
Fax: 952-545-0776
rabbi@chabadminneapolis.com
chabadminneapolis.com
Director: Rabbi Mordechai Grossbaum
A Jewish outreach and educational organization that creates innovative Jewish programming and study opportunities to strengthen Jewish pride, observance and affiliation throughout Minneapolis and suburbs. Serves as a Jewish resource for individuals and organizations.
Chabad of Greater St. Paul
998 Stratford Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55118
651-998-9298
spchabad.com
rabbizalman@spchabad.com
Contact: Rabbi Zalman and Nechama Bendet
Chabad of Macalester-Groveland
Co-directors: Rabbi Tzemach and Mushky Feller
1546 Portland Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104
612-584-9328
jewishmacgrove.org
Chabad Young Jewish Professionals
James Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-405-6967
director@cypminneapolis.com
youngjewishminneapolis.com
Directors: Rabbi Sholom and Mushky Brook
Chabad’s Young Jewish Professionals is dedicated to continuing in growing a vibrant and inspired network of young Jewish folks in their 20s and 30s here in Minneapolis. We provide a holistic milieu of dynamic social events, career-focused professional functions, hand-crafted educational experiences, meaningful spiritual gatherings and opportunities for authentic relationships.
Eruv of Minnesota (St. Louis Park/Minneapolis)
Eruv Status Line: 612-640-ERUV (3788)
Eruv Facebook page: bit.ly/mn-eruv
Eruv map: darcheinoammn.org/eruv-map
Eruv of Minnesota is the nonprofit corporation that established the eruv in parts of St. Louis Park and Minneapolis in 1990 and maintains it according to Jewish law. The term Eruv refers to a geographic area that is designated as a single domain with physical boundaries, within which carrying on Shabbat is permitted. This eruv is formed largely by existing walls, fences, utility poles and wire and includes much of the first alphabet of St. Louis Park and part of the Minneapolis Lakes area.
HaLev: Young Families at Adath
952-545-2424
Contact: Jenifer Robins
jrobins@adath.net
Wholeheartedness starts with how we care for our infants and children—it continues with the way we touch the hearts of our youth. That’s the “heart” of HaLev: Families Growing Together, a new project of the Adath Jeshurun community. Programs include Family Fridays and Tumbling Tot Shabbat, as well as family-centered holiday programming and special events. Learn more at adathjeshurun.org/youth.
Minnesota Rabbinical Association
minnesotarabbinicalassociation.org
mnrabbinicalassociation@gmail.com
Co-chairs: Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm and Rabbi Tobias Divack Moss
The Minnesota Rabbinical Association (MRA) provides a forum for rabbinic collegiality and discussion of communal issues. The MRA serves in an advisory and consultative capacity to other Jewish communal institutions as well as to the broader community.
Mount Zion Temple Begegenen!
Chair: Phil Goldman
Begegenen: Yiddish — to meet, encounter. Mount Zion Temple Begegenen offers social, informational and educational gatherings for active adults (55+) in the Jewish community. Contact the temple office for a list of upcoming events.
Mount Zion Temple Men of Reform Judaism / Brotherhood
1300 Summit Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-698-3881
mzion.org
President: Bruce Matza
The Mount Zion Brotherhood is a group of Jewish men who come together to enrich their lives, experience a feeling of camaraderie, help improve the temple and serve the community.
N’shei Chabad Women’s Organization
1748 Hampshire Ct.
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-554-7700
Fax: 651-698-1295
Upper Midwest Merkos — Chabad Lubavitch women’s arm, which focuses on disseminating, through classes and literature, the core mitzvot for women: Shabbat candle lighting, kashrut and Jewish family purity — mikva observance.
Or Emet — Social Justice/Social Action
952-469-4760
oremet.org
Chairpersons: Howard Schneider, Gwyn Leder
Or Emet’s Social Justice/Social Action Committee (SJ/SA) is led by co-chairs and a core planning group; any member can bring forward an SJ/SA concern. The committee 1) plans events for our congregation and partners with other organizations such as collecting personal care items for Listening House clients, volunteering at Second Harvest’s food bank and engaging in campaigns around pressing local, state and national issues; 2) disseminates information about issues by planning adult programs and delivering emails, Facebook and newsletter postings; and 3) recommends taking congregationwide positions that may be followed with financial support, educational programming and/or civic engagement.
Temple of Aaron Young Professionals
616 S. Mississippi River Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-698-8874
templeofaaron.org
Thanks to an amazing committee and chairperson Haylee Saxon, Temple of Aaron Young Professionals does a multitude of dynamic and fun programming throughout the year. We are open to members and nonmembers and pride ourselves on innovative programming and various access points into synagogue life. Over the years we have provided a selection of programs including social outings, classes and charity events. For information, email Cantor/Educator Joshua Fineblum at joshuafineblum@templeofaaron.org.
Temple of Aaron Sisterhood
President: Jody Cohen Press
The Sisterhood is affiliated with the International Conservative Movement and annually supports the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Torah Fund. It organizes learning opportunities, social programs and community service opportunities throughout the year. To enrich the Shabbat experience, it supports our Shabbat babysitting option. The Sisterhood operates a nationally renowned gift shop with many dedicated volunteers.
Upper Midwest Merkos — Chabad Lubavitch
400 Marie Ave. W.
St. Paul, MN 55118
651-554-7700 or 651-698-3858
Fax: 651-698-1295
info@lubavitchhouse.org
lubavitchhouse.org
Director: Rabbi Moshe Feller, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Feller
Regional office of the world Lubavitch movement whose mandate, formulated by the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, is to bring Jews to the fulfillment of the mitzvot and the study of Torah, and to bring non-Jews to the fulfillment of the seven Noachide laws as stated in the Talmud.
Women of Mount Zion Temple
President: Margie Abrahamson
The Women of Mount Zion Temple, an affiliate of the Women of Reform Judaism, gathers women to enjoy the company of other Jewish women in learning, social activities and support of the temple.
Young Adults of Mount Zion (YAMZ)
Contact: Youth and Young Adult Engagement Associate, Abby Gore, agore@mzion.org
Join Mount Zion’s 20s/30s group to connect with other Jews and those who love them. Create community through fun and meaningful events. All are welcome.
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