1:30 pm departure from Beth Jacob

Spend the afternoon working together on Avodah Farm in Wisconsin with farmers Geoffrey and Martha OrHai Black (learn where those veggies really come from!) and stay for a potluck supper in the country. We'll carpool from shul. Email Frances to sign up to carpool: frances@beth-jacob.org.

 

"The Amish, the Arabs, and Us: Why Owning Our Essence Might Be Israel's Only Way to Achieve Peace and Security."

Reuven Resnick will discuss Israel's existential challenges and his understanding of the existential solutions. He will also contrast this worldview with the moral but isolationist approach of the Amish, and relate some interesting points that have arisen in his discussions with Amish community leaders.

The Hazon Cross-USA riders are coming to Mendota Heights! Hazon is a Jewish environmental non-profit that promotes sustainable agriculture, Jewish education, International hunger relief, promoting Israeli innovation, supporting Jewish non-profits, and coordinating CSAs across the country.

Volunteers are biking from Washington to Washington again this year to raise awareness and funds for the causes that Hazon supports.

• Host a rider. We need homes for our road-weary cyclists. Walking-distance and driving-distance homes are needed. The only meals to provide are breakfast on Saturday and Sunday.
  
  To host, please fill out this form.


• Join the riders at our Beth Jacob 3rd Friday Pot Luck Kabbalat Shabbat.  


• Come to shul on July 20 and welcome the riders to Beth Jacob. Hear a D'var Torah about Hazon & Jewish Environmentalism.   


• Bike with the riders: The riders depart for Pepin, WI at 8:00 AM on Sunday, July 21. Join them for moral support and/or fundraising support as they promote a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community. All bikers are welcome to join them to the first rest stop (about 20 miles out) If you'd like to ride with them to lunch, a $50 donation is encouraged, and if you'd like to bike with them all day to Pepin, you can be an official part of the ride with a fundraising page, etc-registration is $50. 

"Grab life by the handlebars" and e-mail Frances at Beth Jacob to join the fun. 

2013 Camp Shirt

Want one?

Starting a few years ago, Beth Jacob has given our kids who are camp-bound a t-shirt to send them off for the summer.  Some adults and other non-campers (or at least non-current campers) have expressed a desire to own this year's shirt. If there is sufficient demand, Beth Jacob may do another printing so that anyone who wants one (even if they aren't Beth Jacob members) can have one!  The front of the shirt is pictured below in the colors in which it will be printed (royal blue on an orange shirt). The back has the Beth Jacob logo.