Mount Zion Temple

Mount Zion Temple is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 1300 Summit Avenue, in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the United States.

Founded in 1856 by eight German-Jewish families, Mount Zion Hebrew Association (as it was then called) was the first Jewish congregation in Minnesota.

[3] Rabbi Leopold Wintner began as Mount Zion's first and Minnesota's first rabbi in 1871; the same year that the congregation built the first synagogue in the state;[4] and founded the Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society, members of which organized Neighborhood House to serve immigrants in the community.

[7] In the 1940s the congregation participated in recreations such as "The Jewish Home Beautiful" which shared traditions of daily life.

After projects in Europe, the Soviet Union, Israel and America – this was his final building, breaking ground in 1952 and completed after his death in 1953.