Welcome to Har Zion Congregation!

     I am so glad that you have discovered Har Zion Congregation's Web site.
     Whether you are exploring the different synagogues in the Valley of the Sun or you are a long-time member of Har Zion, I hope you will take the opportunity to look around and learn more about the Har Zion community.

     All of our staff and members at Har Zion are eager to speak with you and, if you are not already familiar with our congregation, to show you around and introduce you to someone with whom you might share an interest, a birthplace, or a similar life journey.

     I certainly hope that something other than an emergency has brought you to Har Zion's Web site. Should you have an emergency, please call our office number 480-991-0720, and press extension 104. When leaving an emergency message, please indicate a number at which you can be reached or the location of a hospital as well as your name. Cantor Savitz and my office phones are set up in such a way as to beep our cell phones to let us know we have a voice mail message at the office. One of us is on call at all times.  

     We would love to get to know you better.  Please call, e-mail or, better yet, stop by.  Whether you are a long-time member or just exploring your options, we hope to talk with you soon.

"Rabbi's Remarks" by Rabbi Mark Bisman
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Klal Yisrael Includes Team Har Zion
Let's Make a Difference
New Year, New Initiatives
Educating the Next Generation
The Future of Volunteers in Synagogue Life
Thank You to Those Who Made High Holiday Services a Success
A New Season
Hopefully Devoted
To Understand What God Expects of Us Is a Communal Project
Strengthen Connections
Celebrations & Remembrances
Focus on Blessings
Devote Energies to Healing Efforts
Vibrant Jewish Learning Community Leads to Personal Growth
Congregation Celebrates Rabbi Bisman's 25 Years of Service

Rabbi Mark J. Bisman's Biography

     Rabbi Mark J. Bisman, a graduate of the rabbinical school of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), received a Masters in Hebrew Literature from JTS and a Masters of Social Work from Arizona State University.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University. Rabbi Bisman was awarded a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, from JTS in recognition of his 25 years in the pulpit rabbinate. Rabbi Bisman has served as the rabbi of Har Zion Congregation since August 1983. With his abiding interest in Jewish education, Rabbi Bisman is very proud that a Solomon Schechter Award of Excellence in Adult Education was bestowed on Har Zion’s Lehrhaus-Scholar in Residence program.  The Har Zion Lehrhaus was recently renamed the Rabbi Herbert Silberman Memorial Lectures.  Rabbi Bisman is a past-president and a current member of the Board of Rabbis of Greater Phoenix.