 |
| 30 March 2017 ~ 3 of Nisan, 5777 |
|
The Catalyst for a Connected and Thriving
Jewish Community in Vermont!
|
|
This newsletter and JCVT rely on donations from the community.
Join in! Keep it coming by making your donation TODAY!
Support the Jewish Community in Vermont,
|
|
Links to events in this newsletter:
Forest
Yearning For Learning:
Living Tree Alliance:
Shorim Laboker:
Dartmouth:
|
|
|
|
|
Community Seder at Beth Jacob Synagogue
The synagogue will provide matzah, haroset, seder plate foods, hard-boiled eggs, gefilte fish, matzah ball soup, wine, and grape juice. Please bring a dairy/vegetarian dish to share for side dish, main dish, or dessert. Remember it has to be kosher for Passover - that means nothing made with flour, corn, rice, millet, or buckwheat (except matzah meal).
|
UVM Hillel is here to hold your hand while you pretend matzah tastes like bagels. (Mind over matter, people - we'll make it through).
Join us for our Seder on April 10th at 6PM, RSVP HERE:Reserve Here
|
|
Second Night Seder at Beth El Synagogue in St.Johnsbury
Tuesday, April 11 | 7:30 - 11:00 pm
|
|
Second Night Seder at Israel Congregation of Manchester
You're invited to our
Second Night Community Seder on Tuesday, April 11at 6:00 pm at ICM.
We will provide the ritual dishes and meal basics. If you would like to bring a dish to share, please let us assign you one based on our needs.
RSVP by April 5 via email to office@icmvt.org or call 802.362.4578.
There is no charge for this event
|
|
Passover at Ohavi Zedek
Second Night Seder
Tuesday, April 11 6:00 pm (Second Night)
Choice of Vegetarian, Fish or Brisket Entree
RSVP to Tari by April 4* Tari@ohavizedek.org or 864-0218 x-21
Pesach 5777 OZ Community Passover Seder
Members Adults - $40
Ages 5-17- $18
Under 5 - Free
Non-Members
Adults - $50
Ages 5-17- $25
Under 5 - Free
*If you are hosting a first night Seder dinner and can add in a chair or two at your table PLEASE let the office know. Or if you are looking for a place for a first night Seder, let the office know.
*Can you sponsor a family or plate at the OZ Seder?
Diaspora Communities Passover Tasting and Shuk
Sunday, April 9th, 10:40-11:30
Main Sanctuary and Social Hall
Come learn about how Jews celebrate Passover all over the world! Yemen, Brazil and many other countries will be represented. Make sure to come with an appetite because the food is always amazing and you might even learn a little Hebrew!
|
|
Passover at Chabad
UVM ALUMNI HOUSE @ 61 Summit Street, Burlington
(Silver Pavilion Room) April 10, 7:45pm
$25 per adult $15 per child
|
|
Congregational Potluck Pesach Seder at Temple Sinai
April 11 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Interested in attending a 2nd night Passover Potluck Seder on April 11, here at Temple Sinai? If so, please click below to share your interest, so that we can plan the event. Deadline is Friday, March 24!
|
|
Passover at JCOGS
RSVP BY MARCH 30
|
All are invited!
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Passover Fun for Young Families
3:30 to 5 p.m.
for children ages 0-7 and their families
Come play hide-and-seek with Pharaoh, find out what it's like to cross the Red Sea, move and sing,
and taste delicious ritual foods from our
favorite experiential holiday.
This event is free.
Multigenerational Seder 5:30 p.m.
for older children, elders, and everyone in between
All are encouraged to attend this interactive, participatory, and delicious seder, catered by Vermont Kosher. Special programming for older children will be provided, as well as child-minding for younger children.
For more details and to RSVP please click on our webpage
or you may email jcogs.org or call 802-253-1800
|
|
|
Passover at Havurah of Addison County
|
"I SEE MYSELF IN YOU"
A COMMUNITY SEDER
OF IMMIGRANTS and REFUGEES
Tuesday, April 11, 5:30 PM
Location: Fellowship Hall below Congregational Church, 2 Main St., Middlebury
"Do not oppress a stranger; you yourselves know how it feels to be stranger,
having been strangers in the Land of Egypt." (Ex 23:3)
Each year at Passover, Jews everywhere gather to remember that we were strangers and refugees in the land of Egypt. As American Jews, we are keenly aware of what it has meant to be refugees and immigrants to this country; we have also experienced the devastating cost of being
targeted for attack, or turned away.
This year, we at Havurah feel that in the face of rising animosity that aims to divide us, it is particularly important to join hands with immigrants and refugees of all faiths and nations of origin, and to come together at this time of year to tell our stories, support one another, and share a meal in solidarity and friendship. Our Haggadah, or text, will combine personal stories from guests who have agreed to share, selected poems, along with traditional songs and customs of the Passover Seder.
If you or your family immigrated to the US, or came here as refugees- in this generation or in generations past- please consider joining us
for our community seder, "I See Myself in You". If there is a song about freedom from your culture of origin, one that can be shared across faiths and cultures, please come ready to share it with us!
Please RSVP so we can gauge our set up needs.
Space may be limited due to space to please RSVP early!
Please bring a dish to share from your Family's Nation of Origin (amended to comply with our Passover Kashrut Policy- See Below)
We will be offering babysitting/children's activities during the event so that our younger participants will have a great experience!
To cover incidentals we ask $7 per person or $28 max per family.
|
|
|
Rutland Jewish Center is hosting an event The Many Flavors of Charoset on Sunday April 2nd!
|
|
Passover At Rutland Jewish Center
Monday, April 10
th at 7:00 a.m.: Seudat Siyum (Service) for
First Born Sons and Daughters.
Rabbi will lead a brief 15-
minute study session enabling those who would ordinarily be
required to fast from dawn until their home Seders on
Monday night to be excused from the fast by celebrating with
Rabbi on completion of a section of Torah learning. A light
(symbolic, really) breakfast will be served and the event
should conclude between 7:45 and 8:00 a.m. Traditionally,
this is only for first born sons but Conservative practice is that
first born daughters are also welcome. NO RSVP needed.
Tuesday, April 11th: SECOND NIGHT PASSOVER SEDER
(This will be a Kosher meal.)
Everyone is welcome. Dress
is casual. Paid RSVP's only. If paid by Wednesday, March
29
th
: $30 Adults; $10 Children under 13 and College
Students. If paid by Wednesday, April 5
th
: $45 Adults;
$10 Children under 13 and College Students. If arrive
without paid RSVP: $72 Adults; $10 Children under 13
and College Students. We accept credit cards.
|
Community Passover Seder ~ April 11th 2017 a
t 5:30! Brattleboro
The Passover Seder offered by BAJC offers a joyful opportunity to be with family and friends and to make new connections. The gathering includes food, wine, singing, rituals and long-held traditions. A delicious traditional seder meal, prepared by Sharon Myers Catering, will include ample offerings appropriate for vegetarians. Once you reserve your spot, follow the directions to contact Laura or Eileen about bringing a dessert or ritual item, such as matzo, hard boiled eggs, etc. and to let them know if you can help with set-up or clean-up.
|
|
Community Seder at WAJC Shir Shalom
6:00 p.m. Monday, April 10, Come Celebrate a Community Sedar.
Community Passover Seder and Potluck Supper, led by Rabbi Ilene Haigh. All are welcome. Please bring a dish to feed 10 people and a contribution to our Passover food drive for local food shelves.
For more information call 802-457-4840 or email office@shirshalomvt.org. Congregation Shir Shalom, 1680 West Woodstock Road, Woodstock, VT. Free
|
|
More Than Matzoh - Passover Prep at Hunger Mtn Coop
623 Stonecutter Way, Montpelier, VT
Fun for kids ages 3-10. Play games, Participatory storytelling, sing Passover songs, make your own Charoset to take home, get great Seder ideas and more!
|
|
Ruach Hamaqom Passover Seder
|
Monday, April 10, 2017 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Ruach haMaqom
168 Archibald Street, Burlington, Vermont
Join us in our first community seder! Lively and engaging telling of the story, from slavery to freedom, with a lot of song, great food, and camaraderie. Vegetarian pot luck: see website for details about the food. Please register! Donations of $10/adult requested; more will be appreciated! An anonymous donor has agreed to match donations, so what you are able to offer, will double!
|
|
|
Second Night Seder
UVJC
Tuesday, April 11, 2016 at 6:00 pm
at the Roth Center Dartmouth
Join us as we recall our time in Egypt
RSVP by Friday, March 31, 2017
Adults: $36; Children under 13 years: $18
Non-members $45/$20
To RSVP for the Seder:
|
|
Guest Speaker Imam Islam Hassan
Temple Sinai
March 31
We welcome Imam Islam Hassan as our guest speaker at our Shabbat Service at 7:30pm on Friday, March 31. Imam Hassan has lead the Islamic Holy Society, located in Colchester, for the past 6 years. He memorized the whole Quran, the Islamic Holy Book, by the age of 12. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Islamic Studies and Shari'a. The Imam will be speaking on the basic tenets of Islam and the opportunities to build bridges among faith communities. All are welcome!
|
|
Jewish Cultural Imagery:
An Archaeological Adventure
|
Saturday, April 8th, 11:00am - 1:00pm** Congregation Beth El
Appropriate for adults and children over 10
|
In this workshop led by Rabbi Jarah Greenfield, participants become archaeologists in ancient Israel and the Diaspora in search of historic artifacts belonging to Jewish history. Looking at examples from archaeology, they learn about a variety of Jewish cultural images and symbols as well as their historical contexts and meanings, including the Seven Species, Menorah, Lion of Judah, Star of David, Hamsa, and others. Inspired by archaeology, each participant creates a Byzantine-style mosaic depicting a Jewish symbol.
** There will be an abbreviated lay-led Torah Study from 10:00-11:00 am.
|
|
|
OPERA SCHMOPERA: Presented by
OPERA NORTH
Celebrating the Jewish Heritage in Music Theatre
April 8 7:30 pm- 9:00 pm at the ROTH CENTER
BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY
Use promotional code: UVJC. Upper Valley Jewish Community MEMBERS: $20
STUDENTS: $10 Reg Price: $25
For more information
A musical tour of some of the world's finest composers. Featuring music by Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Jacques Offenbach, Jerry Herman, Sheldon Harnick, and more.
Opera North Resident Artists Trevor Neal, Elisabeth Slaten, Christina Christensen, Tobias Wright and Emily Geller will sing, Opera North Artistic Director Louis Burkot will conduct, and Opera North General Director Evans Haile will accompany the singers on piano. Our own Rabbi Boraz will be performing.
|
Israeli Folk Dancing at Rutland Jewish Center
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 7:00pm
Free. Great exercise. Everyone is welcome, Jewish or not. Experience and partner not necessary.
|
|
Author Jack Mayer Speaks
|
Sunday, April 2, at 4 p.m. Jewish Communities of Greater Stowe
Dr. Jack Mayer will discuss his book "Before the Court of Heaven," an award-winning novel about the emergence of the Third Reich in Germany. Dr. Mayer is a pediatrician, an author, and a Vermont Humanities Council speaker.
Please join us for this free Vermont Humanities Council event hosted by JCOGS.
|
|
|
|
Shelburne United Methodist Church would like to extend an invitation to everyone at Temple Sinai to join them for a time of fun and fellowship. Everyone is invited to enjoy a bowl of soup and break bread with them on Sunday, April 2 at 5:30pm.
They are reaching out in love and support of the Jewish Community at Temple Sinai in a time when judgement and violence is targeting Jewish schools and centers throughout the country.
Please show your appreciation by attending. They have requested that we provide them with the number that will be attending, so please email the Temple Office or RSVP on the clipboard located in the entry hall if you plan to attend. DEADLINE TO RSVP IS THIS FRIDAY (MARCH 24).
|
Annual Trip to the Yiddish Theatre in Montreal!
Ohavi Zedek, Sunday, June 25, 2017
This year's production, "It Shoulda Been You," is described by the Segal Theatre as an uproarious ode to wedding day insanity. When an unexpected ex-boyfriend crashes the ceremony, an event already on the edge gets tipped right over it. RSVP to this unblissfully charming musical celebration and find out if the wacky wedding actually ends with an 'I do.' $100/person includes transportation, theatre ticket, dinner and taxes. Please contact Judy Hershberg, 863-4214 jhersh@burlingtontelecom.net for further details.
|
|
Israeli Folk Dancing at Ohavi Zedek!
All of our dances are on Sunday evenings, 7:30-9:30
We ask for a $2 donation, after the first visit which is free.
We ask that participants bring clean shoes.
Beginners are asked to arrive at 7:30. Dances become more advanced in the second hour.
No partner necessary!
The next dances will be held on
April
2, 23, May 14 and 28
|
|
Krav Maga
Every Monday at 5pm at the Hillel Center, Hillel will be hosting a FREE Krav Maga class where participants will learn this art of self-defense created by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). We are thrilled to have UVM alu, and Krav Maga instructor in the IDF, Noah Miller, teaching these classes.
|
|
Yidstock Tickets On Sale Now!!!
Concert passes will be available to Yiddish Book Center members on Monday, February 6, 2017, and to the general public on Monday, February 20, 2017. A limited number of passes are available-click here to get yours today. More information here
Thursday, July 13
The Joan A. Backman Memorial Concert:
8-9:30 p.m. | Eleanor Reissa & Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars
Friday, July 14
The Bernard and Reva Broder Memorial Concert:
2:30-3:45 p.m. | Hankus Netsky and Eden MacAdam-Somer Duo
5:30-6:45 p.m. | Nigunim Trio
Saturday, July 15
8-9:30 p.m. | FOLK ORATORIO - Frank London's A Night in the Old Marketplace
Sunday, July 16
12-1:15 p.m. | Ezekiel's Wheels Klezmer Band
The Helen & Irving Sunshine Memorial Concert:
3-4:15 p.m. | Alicia Svigals and Lauren Brody Duo
7:30-9 p.m. | Andy Statman Trio
|
Sock a Homeless Person:
BAJC Winter Sock Drive
Look at the incredible anonymous donation we received this week! You can still help make a difference!
We are looking for warm new long socks for both men & women. Contact Dara at dara@bajcvermont.org for pick up arrangements, or socks can be dropped off at the shul on Wednesday or Sunday afternoons, or anytime at the drop box at the Municipal Center at 230 Main Street in Brattleboro. For your convenience there is a sock drop-box at the Brattleboro Food Co-op until the end of January! We are also looking for folks that would be willing to keep a drop-box for socks in their local establishments.Thank you in advance for helping out with this mitzvah. We have distributed over 75 pairs of sock so far! We will collect through the end of March and then again next year.
|
|
|
|
Genocide Awareness: Why Justice Matters
Brattleboro Area Jewish Community Monday, April 03, 2017 · 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
The Honorable Patricia Whalen has been a judge for more than 20 years, presiding over proceedings in the United States as well as serving as an international judge in the War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007-2012). She is currently a Special Advisor to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Free and open to the public.
Contact:
Michele Kuiawa
358-2490
|
|
Lecture Series at Brattleboro Area Jewish Community: Solving Conflicts
Conflicts are part of life. They are everywhere. Practical approaches to resolving them are also abundant, though perhaps less well understood. Three lecturers (including our own Mel Shakun & John Ungerleider) with expertise in conflict resolution discuss means of settling conflicts and suggest applications to a variety of situations.
Presented by:
- Melvin Shakun
- John Ungerleider
- Bruce Dayton
Mondays, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
APRIL 3 - Lecturer: John Ungerleider. Conflict styles. Competition, accommodation, avoidance, compromise, collaboration. Communication skills: active listening and authentic expression. Negotiation. John is a professor at the School for International Training in Brattleboro (SIT). APRIL 10. Conflict and Identity. John examines social-psychological dynamics of enemy-making. Stakeholders and conflict mapping.
APRIL 17 - Lecturer: Bruce Dayton. Principles of constructive conflict management. Cycles of conflict escalation, de-escalation, and settlement. Application to a case. Bruce is a professor at SIT.
APRIL 24 - Conflict and Peace. Bruce introduces macro-approaches to understanding and promoting peace. Principles of peacebuilding: strategies for change agents.
MAY 1 - Mel presents more on the CDP: Advances for solving conflicts. Applications. Overview of the lectures.
Individual lectures are open to nonmembers for a fee of $6 per lecture. All lectures will take place at the Vermont Learning Collaborative, 471 Vermont Route 5, Dummerston. Light refreshments will be served at all lectures. For general information on the Brattleboro OLLI chapter, please call Julie Lavorgna (802) 365-7278, or by e-mail: julielavorgna@gmail.com.
|
|
Abraham Joshua Heschel: a study group
Friday, April 7th 12:00 at Rabbi Jan's house at 205 Archibald, or through video conferencing.
Abraham Joshua Heschel is one of the prodigies of the 20th century; his work spans theology, political action, and the compassion that characterizes the chassidic lineage of which he is a scion. Join us for a monthly study group of his work; we'll begin with his book, Man is Not Alone, a seminal text of his mystically-infused theology. Contact Rabbi Jan if you need video conferencing access.
|
|
Martin Heidegger and the Far Right in Contemporary Europe
Thursday, 6 April, at 7:00 in Memorial Lounge (Room 338) of the Waterman Building. Sponsored by the Miller Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont.
"Throughout contemporary Europe, far right parties are threatening to tip the political balance from democracy to new forms of autocracy. Among the intellectuals who have nurtured the ideology underlying the new political authoritarianism, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger's doctrines and ideas have played a central role. These linkages are especially disturbing in light of the recent publication of Heidegger's Black Notebooks, which demonstrate his unstinting support for National Socialism and its agenda of genocidal imperialism."
Richard Wolin is Distinguished Professor of History, Political Science and Comparative Literature at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
|
|
Adult Education at WAJC/Shir Shalom
|
Starting this Sunday March 5, 2017. Rabbi Haigh will teach a series of classes on the Jewish understanding of our sacred relationship and obligations toward those that might be different than ourselves. This series will look at different lenses with which the Jewish faith approaches the other.
|
|
Sunday, April 23rd
9:30 am
Yom HaShoah: When We Are the Other
|
|
Friday, May 5th
6:30 pm
Betty Lauer, author of "Hiding in Plain Sight" to share her wisdom during Shabbat Worship
|
|
Sunday, May 7th
9:30 am
B'tzelim Elohim - All of Us Are Made in the Image of the Divine: Looking at LGBTQ issues in the 21st century
|
|
June 2nd - 4th
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Rabbi David Saperstein will be our Scholar. He served as the director and counsel of the Religious Action Center in Washington, DC for 40 years. Rabbi Saperstein was selected by Newsweek magazine in 2009 as the most influential rabbi in the country and has served as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
This Scholar-in-Residence Weekend is made possible
by the generosity and vision of the Rosenberg Family
|
|
Temple Sinai
Adult Education
Wednesday Mornings, 11 am - 12 pm
Topic: Jewish History
The Wednesday Morning Adult Education Class at will start reading a new book in March,
The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience
, by Jane S. Gerber. This weekly group meets from 11:00am-Noon to read and discuss Jewish History books. It is recommended that you purchase the book (click the photo), if you plan to participate in the class. The class is free open to everyone.
Adult Education Class
Hebrew Novella Book Club
The story of modern Israel's creation as an independent Jewish homeland is a miraculous one and has been widely told. But what about the another great Jewish miracle of the last century: the rebirth of Hebrew as a living language for everyday use as well as literary and artistic expression? Let's meet and delve into some noteworthy Hebrew novellas (in English translation), all written between 1900 and 1980. Join teacher Bruce Hicken and explore these great works in this new Adult Education class which meets one Wednesday a month at 7:00pm.
Shabbaton Torah Study Group
Every Saturday at 9 am, a small, congenial "Shabbaton Torah Study" group meets in at Temple to discuss the weekly Torah portion.
Newcomers are warmly welcomed!
Come and enjoy this time of study and discussion.
|
Havurah of Addison County Chant Group
Our group meets once monthly to chant in the style of Rabbi Shefa Gold. For more information please contact group leader
Rebecca Gould
.
You can also learn more about Rabbi Shefa Gold and chanting by visiting her website
Havurah of Addison County, 56 N Pleasant Street, PO Box 823, Middlebury, VT 05753
|
Jewish Yoga, Contemplative Practice, and Torah Study
Begin your Shabbas morning with gentle, Jewish-inspired Yoga and meditation, followed by an hour of an engaging conversation about this week's Torah portion. Contemplative practice is at 9:00; Torah study begins at 10:00. Pick one, or join them together for a full, soulful Shabbat
morning. All are welcome!
|
|
|
OHAVI ZEDEK Adult Education
The Ohavi Zedek Adult Education Committee is pleased to announce classes this winter and spring in:
Hebrew Language for Services, taught by Amy May
Thursdays: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. March1, 29, and April 5
End of Life Matters, taught by Rabbi Amy
Sundays from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., March 12, April 2
OZ Reads: Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande, led by Lila Shapero
Sunday 4:00 p.m. March 19
Introduction to Food Justice and Ethics, taught by Grace Oedel
Sunday 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. March 19
Tikkun Leil Shavuot, led by Rabbi Amy and members of Ohavi Zedek Synagogue
Tuesday 7:00 p.m. May 30
Watch for details for a rich night-time experience of Jewish Learning on Shavuot.
Look for the Adult Education flyer, find out more on the website, and
|
Children of Abraham Program
A Special Program of Interreligious Learning and Relationship-Building
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Rabbi Amy Small
College Street Congregational Church, Reverend Ken White
Islamic Society of Vermont, Imam Islam Hassan
Supported and hosted by:
UVM Interfaith Center, Reverend Laura Engelken
February 19-26 at the UVM Interfaith Center
|
|
Weekly Torah Study at Beth Jacob Synagogue
Wednesdays at 7pm - On break until March
Continuing this fall,
Rabbi Eliyahu Junik of Chabad will be teaching a Torah study session
|
Women's Torah Study
Tuesdays at 2:00pm - Ruach HaMaqom
At Ahavath Gerim Synagogue in Burlington
Please join us for a lively conversation of the weekly Torah portion, led by Rabbi Jan Salzman. Women of all ages and faith traditions are invited to learn, debate, consider, and engage with this ancient text. If you have any questions about this weekly event, please contact Rabbi Jan.
|
Ohavi Zedek is sponsoring a scholar in residence program March 24-26
|
Rabbi Max B. Wall Endowed Lecture Series
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
6:00pm
Roy Event Room in the Dion Family Student Center
Father Patrick Desbois
Director of Yahad -In Unum
Professor at Georgetown University
(The Center for Jewish Civilization)
Father Desbois is currently Director of the Episcopal Committee for Relations with Judaism. In 2004, he joined leaders in the French Catholic and Jewish community in founding Yahad-In Unum ("together" in Latin and in Hebrew.), an organization which works to further relations between Catholics and Jews. Its largest and most ambitious initiative is to locate and commemorate the mass executions of Jewish and Roma victims of the Holocaust in the Ukraine and Belarus during World War II.
|
|
|
Bagels And Blocks Playgroup
April 2nd at our new time, 2:00-3:30 pm
Make new friends while having fun with your child!
Brattleboro Area Jewish Community is excited to offer a Jewish-based drop-in playgroup for parents/caregivers and their infants and toddlers (0-5 years).
Join us April 2nd for a Passover-themed Bagels and Blocks playgroup! We'll be transported back to Egypt while we taste some traditional Passover foods, sing our favorite songs, make frogs with working tongues, and learn more about the holiday.
Bagels and Blocks is a facilitated parenting group as well as an activity group for infants and toddlers. These fun and friendly gatherings feature songs, stories, crafts, snacks, and free play. Playgroups are on the 1st Sunday of each month and are free and open to all.
We look forward to meeting you!
151 Greenleaf Street in West Brattleboro
802-257-1959
dara@bajcvermont.org
www.BAJCvermont.org
|
|
|
|
2nd Annual Havurah Teens and Friends Community Supper
Friday, March 31
Congregational Church
2 Main St., Middlebury
We are looking for volunteers (especially teens) to help prep the meal and make desserts ahead of time, and also volunteers to cook, serve and clean up the meal on Friday (especially teens and their families).
Sunday, March 26 - 2-5pm prep session (at Congregational Church kitchen)
During that week - make desserts at home (drop off at Havurah or at Congregational Church on 3/31)
Friday, March 31 - 2-4pm finishing meal at Congregational Church; 4-7pm set up, serve, clean up.
|
|
Havdalah Book Club
kids, ages 9-11
Celebrate the beginning of the week with other bookworms at the Havdalah Book Club! The book club for kids, ages 9-11, will meet once a month on a Saturday night to discuss a book from
PJ Library Our Way
and engage in different book-related activities. The overall goal is to encourage kids to discuss and enjoy different kinds of literature. If interested, please contact Marina Shpaner (kraskava@gmail.com) for more information. The first meeting will be on March 18th. Open to all, based in Burlington.
|
PJ Library in Vermont invites you to climb onboard!
PJ Library in Vermont brings you a new program called
PJ Our Way, a monthly gift of books for 9-11 year olds.
Join PJ Our Way, the newest chapter of PJ Library for kids ages 9-11.
Choose a free book every month, share reviews, watch videos, and answer polls in an online space just for kids! Get in on the fun at
pjourway.org
Any family with children 6 months through eight years old is eligible to receive a monthly gift of an age-appropriate Jewish book or music CD sent right to their home.
PJ Library in Vermont is a gift to families raising Jewish children. Individuals in the Jewish community throughout Vermont and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation sponsor this monthly gift as a way of welcoming families to the Jewish community.
Tell your friends and neighbors!
|
|
Weekly Babies + Toddlers Playgroup
Weekly Babies + Toddlers Playgroup
recurring Thursdays at 9:30-10:30 am in the Ohavi Zedek social hall in Burlington
Tons of toys, free play, parent chat, and challah snack.
|
Summer Yiddish Program for College Students
The Steiner Summer Yiddish Program
at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. The
February 6 application deadline
is fast approaching, so I'd like to ask you to remind any college students you know about this fantastic opportunity-or to forward this email to any students who might be curious about the program.
The
Steiner Summer Yiddish Program
offers beginner and intermediate tracks that include three hours of language instruction every morning. In the afternoon, beginner students take an introductory course in Yiddish culture and history, while students in the intermediate track work on the Center's ongoing projects in exchange for free housing and a $1,000 stipend. All students also participate in an array of Yiddish cultural programs and social activities, including film screenings, workshops, and concerts.
The program runs June 4 to July 21, 2017
All accepted students receive full-tuition scholarships and are eligible for college credits through the University of Massachusetts Amherst. More details and the application can be found
here.
|
ROOTS AND TRAILS Summer Camps
Wilderness Programs this coming Summer:
Pausing into Time Paddling Adventure
for All Who Identify as Female from ages 8-18; Aug. 3-7.
Offering an expansive opportunity as we canoe to different islands along Lake Champlain, (known by Abenaki as Lake Bitawbagok, 'the Lake Between') consciously camping along the way. We will set up a Shabbas base camp and delve deeper into this holy day's wonders of rest & praise in nature.
Activities are determined by participant interest & may include: swimming, hiking, nature awareness games, singing, prayer explorations, mat
riarchal & prophetess encounters, ancient meditation practices, story sharing, tree climbing, ethical foraging, basketry, fire making, fox paddling, and forest bathing.
All Jewish participants who live in Central Vermont region are eligible for scholarships. Contact Amy at:
amyesthermay@gmail.com for scholarship applications which are due March 17.
We can offer transportation to and from southern states of the Northeast and host participants coming from out of state the eve before the trip.
2.
Peering Beyond the Lake Paddling Journey
July 27- 30;
for All Genders ages 8-18
welcome!!! Join us to island hop via canoes along Lake Bitawbagok (as the Abenaki call it) translated as the 'Lake Between' known as Lake Champlain to explore who lives there, what grows there, and discover infinite spaces to connect with each other, ourselves, and the Divine.
Through the lens of nature awareness, we will explore ancient and modern Jewish practices as we share the transition from the work week into the Sabbath day of rest. Programming will depend upon participant interest, yet possibilities include: technical paddling skills, creative prayer, low impact camping, eco-kosher fireside cooking, tracking animals, birding, wild foraging, nature awareness challenges, swimming, hiking, star gazing, earthcrafts, and scout skills.
Instructors: Yepeth Perla & Elliot Cluba
Cost: $400 - 500 (sliding scale)
Register at
rootsandtrails.com
Questions: email: yepeth@gmail.com or call (802) 839-8286
All Jewish participants who live in Central Vermont region are eligible for scholarships. Contact Amy at:amyesthermay@gmail.com for the scholarship application which are due March 17.
"Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing."
Sharon Salzberg
rootsandtrails.com
www.mycoevolve.net
rootsandtrails.com
www.mycoevolve.net
|
|
Camp Gan Israel Experience: Register Here |
|
1680 W. Woodstock Rd. (Rt 4) Woodstock
Saturday, April 8th
Shabbat Morning Worship
10:30 am
.
|
107 Adams Street, Bennington, VT, 05201
10 am - 12 pm Saturday Morning Services
April
1 - Torah Study - Please call the office if you wish to open the Shul and discuss the Torah reading with friends.
8 - Shorter Service led by Rabbi Jarah Greenfield
(10:00 to 11:00) followed by Jewish Cultural Imagery: An Archaeological Adventure with
Rabbi Jarah Greenfield (11:00 to 1:00)
15 - Torah Study - Please call the office if you wish to open the Shul and discuss the Torah reading with friends.
22 - Shabbat Morning Service led by Lance Wang and Andrea Kolbe.
29 - Torah Study -
|
500 Swift St., So Burlington
From September to May, our times will be as follows:
First Friday ~ 5:30pm
Folk Service
All other Fridays ~ 7:30pm
March 31 Guest Speaker
We welcome Imam Islam Hassan as our guest speaker at our Shabbat Service at 7:30pm on Friday, March 31. Imam Hassan has lead the Islamic Holy Society, located in Colchester, for the past 6 years. He memorized the whole Quran, the Islamic Holy Book, by the age of 12. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Islamic Studies and Shari'a. The Imam will be speaking on the basic tenets of Islam and the opportunities to build bridges among faith communities. All are welcome!
|
|
56 N Pleasant Street, Middlebury, VT 05753
|
Looking ahead, upcoming services this spring will be as follows:
3/31/17 Friday evening Kabbalat Shabbat-"Chanting and Chocolate" service with Kirtan and drumming
4/8/17 (Tzav/Shabbat HaGadol/pre-Pesach)
4/22/17 (Shemini) (50th anniversary of Earth Day with special poetry-based service)
5/5/17 Friday evening Kabbalat Shabbat hosted by the Hebrew school
5/20/17 (Behar-Bechukotai)
If you are interested in helping to lead, reading Torah, presenting a D'var Torah, or participating in some other way, please contact Mitch Pearl.
|
CHOCOLATE AND CHANTING: A Kirtan Kabbalat Shabbat
March 31, 6:30. Havurah of Addison Country, 56 N. Pleasant St. Middlebury, VT.
Communal chanting is an ancient technology for awakening joy and connection with others. Join us for a very special Kabbalat Shabbat led by Rabbi Jan Salzman, Rabbi David Edleson and Dr. Rebecca Gould. This is an opportunity to try out a different sort of spirit-filled Shabbat, when the singing will be "kirtan-style," meaning "call and response" with drums, harmonium, and other instruments to help us let down our hair and lift up our spirits. Our chants will use short meaningful passages from Hebrew prayers that focus on different ways of approaching the divine. Starting slowly, we chant each one again and again as we add drums and build the tempo and energy. Come try it out! Bring some friends who might want to try something new. We can all use more joy in our lives, and we will help that along with oneg treats of luscious chocolatey goodness.
Please bring something (nut-free)chocolate to share, any percussive instruments you might have, and your bodies ready to move. All are welcome! (Email dedleson@gmail.com with questions.)
Song session style shabbat for Friday, April 14.
We will meet at Havurah house and start around 6:15pm and have a small Oneg after (provided, not potluck).
Please consider joining us for this special evening of song. We will do some Havurah standards, familiar melodies from Kabbalat Shabbat as well as popular Jewish camp songs and a few new tunes. It's a great way to remember your Jewish camp days, introduce kids and adults alike to melodies sung across the country and experience something new!
It will be informal, welcoming and most importantly- fun!!! Please plan to join us and bring your friends!!
|
|
Havurah Keruv
Our members offer Shabbat Services on the second Friday of each month, followed by a Pot Luck dinner of non-meat options. Services are held at 6:30 PM,
Services are held at 6:30 PM, at the First Congregational Church in Manchester, Vermont, across from the Equinoix Resort.
|
|
Ahavath Gerim Synagogue
168 Archibald Street, Burlington, VT
Our next service at AGS is on 4/1, no foolin'! Our next service will be the first parshah from Leviticus-VaYikra. Torah readings are listed below, as usual we will begin at 9:15am.
Triennial Year 1
01 Apr 2017
1: 1:1-4
2: 1:5-9
3: 1:10-13
4: 1:14-17
5: 2:1-6
6: 2:7-13
7: 2:14-16
maf: 2:14-16
Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21 - 44:23
Bruce Hicken will lead services, along with Ilana and David helping with the Torah service.
There will be a kiddish lunch to follow.
|
|
|
Rosh Hodesh Friday March 31
Services will be at 6 pm as usual. Following services around 7 pm we will have a meal with ample time for socializing so that we can all just get to know each other a bit better, as requested. We will also do a little bit of practicing Rosh Hodesh rituals so you have some material and options to use once you form your own groups. The last potluck you all did a fabulous job bringing glorious main dishes, bountiful salads, tasty treats, even delectable beverages! Just do what you did last time and it will be perfect! The only thing to remember is that it's vegetarian food here-- dairy is fine. Please don't hesitate to be in touch with any questions to
grace@ohavizedek.org
.
Tot Shabbat
Friday, April 7th,
Double Classroom
Its time for April's gathering of our preschoolers and their parents for Shabbat with song, movement, prayer, stories, kiddush and a dairy/parve potluck dinner.
Musical Shabbat
Saturday, April 15th, 9:00
Main Sanctuary
Enjoy the sweetness of Shabbat through music! We'll start with a Kosher for Passover nosh at 9 in the Social Hall and then move into the Main Sanctuary at 10 for a service that will include musical instruments, singing, chanting and prayer. We're looking for lots of voices that day so please plan on attending! Please note that there will be a traditional service at 9 am in the small sanctuary.
|
1189 Cape Cod Rd., Stowe
This Shabbat:
Friday, March 31 - 6 p.m.
Musical Shabbat Service
With musicians, singers, and spirit, this intimate musical service is a participatory experience for all. We come together in prayer, chant, and meditation, tapping into ancient words and new and old melodies.
We come to find out what happens when prayer can be joyous,
soul-centering, and transformational.
A very special thanks to Stacey and Craig Oshkello for sponsoring this week's oneg in honor of son Adyn's Bar Mitzvah.
|
Saturday, April 1
st at 9:45 a.m. SHABBAT SERVICES .
(Torah Study precedes the service, at 9:00 a.m.)
Saturday, April 8
th at 9:45 a.m. SHABBAT SERVICES .
(Torah Study precedes the service, at 9:00 a.m.)
|
Shabbat on Saturdays 10:00am followed by a kiddush buffet
Shabbat for Sprouts: Saturdays 11:30-12:30 March 11, April 8, May 6
57 south williams street, burlington
|
6025 Main St. (Rt 7) Manchester
Come As You Are - April 1, 2017 9:00am
Shabbat Service - April 1, 2017 9:45am
|
10 Harrison Avenue | P.O. Box 1133 | Montpelier, Vermont 05601 | 802-229-9429
|
Shabbat Schedule
We have Friday night services services nearly every week at 7:00 p.m.
On the fourth Friday, it's a vegetarian/dairy pot luck dinner at 6 p.m. with blessings on the candles, wine, and challah. This a great chance to meet people in the congregation.
Once a month (usually the second Saturday) we have a morning shabbat service at 9:45 a.m. with Torah reading.
|
|
Join us for 10 am Shabbat services on April 1st, 8th, & 15th
There will be a Kabbalat Shabbat service April 21st at 7pm
|
|
Congregation Ruach HaMaqom
205 Archibald St., Burlington, VT 05401
802-356-1668 168 Archibald St Burlington
rabbijan@ruachhamaqom.org
|
|
Upper Valley Jewish Community
5 Occom Ridge, Hanover, NH 03755
Saturday, April 1
10:00 am Shabbat Service
Kiddush: Diane Roston
BIRTHDAY SHABBAT
Friday, April 7 at 7:00 pm
EASTMAN SHABBAT SERVICE
Rabbi Boraz will lead Shabbat services at Eastman.
Please contact Sue Berg for more information
|
1097 Hospital Drive, St. Johnsbury, Vt . 05819
|
All services start at 6:00pm unless otherwise noted.
March 31st
Services: Jill MInkoff
Oneg: Abby Johnson & Rene Rose
|
|
|
|
Announcement
Proposal to create a Jewish Community Relations Council
Friends: as you might be aware recent days have seen a dramatic spike in anti-Semitism across the country. More than 30 JCCs and other Jewish institutions were targeted nationally. Closer to home there have been significant and troubling events in Burlington, Middlebury and elsewhere in Vermont.
Unlike other Jewish Communities around the country we have had a fewer organized Jewish institutions, and none locally in the public policy space. Recent events underline the need to engage opinion leaders and policy makers in a more coordinated way.
That is why we propose to create a Jewish Community Relations Council or JCRC as a project of Jewish Communities of VT. JCRC's are unique as they address both the domestic and foreign policy concerns of the local Jewish community.
This is substantially different from the way other organizations which lobby members of Congress like: AIPAC and J Street exclusively focused on US-Israel bi-lateral relations. JCRC'S also focus on activity at home, if there is reason to engage on Israel concerns with Congressional staff it happens largely at home in their district office. By comparison, JCRC's would be the lead engagement agency for the legislature, Scott Administration and Judiciary on issues of a more broad communal concern locally; and function in the same way in more than a hundred communities around the country.
A public interest meeting is being planned in coming days, if you would like to be involved in creating this organization or future JCRC activity please feel free to be in touch with:
Steve May by email at
smaydirect@yahoo.com. Please put JCRC-VT in the subject line.
|
|
|
|
|
|
RUTLAND JEWISH CENTER SEEKS INTERIM RABBI
We are a congregation in Rutland in Vermont's Killington Valley, in search of an interim rabbi. Our congregation was founded in 1910, and is housed in a historic landmark. We are seeking a rabbi during our transition, as our current rabbi is retiring.
|
Part Time Rabbi at Congregation Beth El
Congregation Beth El, in Bennington, Vermont has begun a search for
a part time rabbi. Please contact Board Member Jeff Teitel if you know of a
|
|
Jewish Communities of Vermont Board
President: Judith Frangos, North Bennington
Vice President: Ted Molnar, Rutland
Treasurer: Jim Grossman, South Burlington
Shelly Gartner, Rutland
Stan Reisman, Manchester,
Leone Bushkin, Woodstock
Jill Minkoff, St Johnsbury
Office Staff
Rabbi Tobie Weisman, PJ Library in Vermont Program Director
Rebecca Friedlander, Intern
|
|
|
|
|
|
