Opening Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine
All Jewish identified adults to explore our feelings and reactions to the tensions in Israel/ Palestine today. We will use Jewish values, and Jewish and Palestinian writings as a basis for holding courageous conversations together. Coffee and goodies included.
These 5 conversations will build on each other. Come to as many as you can. In person at Ohavi Zedek, monthly on Sunday mornings. Please register so we can send you materials ahead of each session.
Sundays from 9:15 – 11:00 in the OZ Sanctuary & Social Hall
International Folk Dancing
Please join us for International Folk Dancing at the RJC. Come and dance, or you can enjoy sitting and watching. Please bring clean, dry shoes for dancing.
For more information, please get in touch with Judy.
Spring Cleanse Journey Through the Omer
Join Sephira in a Journey Through the Omer!
MARCH 30 – MAY 18 We build community support, create healing meal plans, and indulge self care that is nourishing for all those around us.
Campapalooza
Campapalooza is where families meet the people who make camp magic happen!
Bread and Torah
Join Rabbis Linda Motzkin and Jonathan Rubenstein as they lead Israel Congregation in a program called Bread and Torah incorporating Judaism's love of Torah and the importance Jewish food and culture!
Doris Book Club- Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor’s Son
The next meeting of the Doris Bass Book Club is on
Wednesday evening, March 18st at 7:00 pm.
Join the club as we meet via Zoom to discuss this month's title.
ADL Presentation with ADL East Division VP Sarah Emmons and Melissa Augenbraun
Join a special VIRTUAL presentation by ADL East Division VP Sarah Emmons and Melissa Augenbraun.
The Climate Crisis: What You Should Know and What You Can (and Should) Do
Climate Change Solutions Part I – What Can I Do?
Tot Shabbat/Passover Celebration
Tot Shabbat is a Shabbat service designed to engage young children and their families. Snacks and social time will follow the service. This service will be special for Passover!
UVJC Jewish Mindfulness & Meditation Retreat
Slow down, catch your breath, and reconnect with
self and soul on a peaceful Shabbat morning! Through guided meditation practice, contemplative Torah study, yoga, prayer and chant, we will engage our hearts, minds and bodies in Jewish mindfulness. Perfect for anyone yearning for quiet reflection in community. The meditation retreat is free but registration is required!
Shoresh
Join JCOGS for our monthly Shoresh gatherig at JCOGS! Join us for singing/movement with Rabbi David, followed by a hands-on activity, ending with blessings over challah/grape juice followed by a lite nosh.
Overcoming Obstacles to Inner Joy
Join Rabbi Tobie Weisman in an art and Torah filled workshop using the Studio Arts Project method
Sugar and Schmooze
See an old-school sugar operation, sample fresh syrup, and enjoy music, food, crafts and and a community pageant to welcome the coming of spring
All are welcome! Please register
Between Two Worlds Book Discussion: Tevye the Dairyman
We are kicking off the Between Two Worlds reading group with a classic work of Yiddish literature, Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor’s Son by Sholem Aleichem.
International Folk Dancing
Please join us for International Folk Dancing at the RJC. Come and dance, or you can enjoy sitting and watching. Please bring clean, dry shoes for dancing.
For more information, please get in touch with Judy.
Craftivism in Action
Eve Jacobs-Carnahan shares stories from her project,
Knit Democracy Together. Registration
Community Passover Seder
Delicious chicken soup and matzo balls by Shir Shalomers will be provided.
Please bring a 3-quart pot and ladle (labeled) to serve the soup at each table.
In addition please bring a prepared and plated dish for 10 (main courses encouraged) for the Pot Luck dinner. Reminder: no shellfish, no pork, no pasta products.
Please bring non perishable/properly dated food for the Woodstock/Reading Food Shelf.
If you are hosting a first-night seder on Wednesday, April 1 and have room at your table, please consider welcoming someone in our community who may not have a place to go this year.
If you’re able and willing to include an extra guest (or more), please email office@shirshalomvt.org.
Young Families Playgroup
The Temple Sinai Young Families Program…
offers a monthly playgroup during the school year. Children are invited to bring push toys or ride on toys to use in our big social hall. We will also have toys available to play with.
Designed for ages 0-6, but all are welcome!
Opening Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine
All Jewish identified adults to explore our feelings and reactions to the tensions in Israel/ Palestine today. We will use Jewish values, and Jewish and Palestinian writings as a basis for holding courageous conversations together. Coffee and goodies included.
These 5 conversations will build on each other. Come to as many as you can. In person at Ohavi Zedek, monthly on Sunday mornings. Please register so we can send you materials ahead of each session.
Sundays from 9:15 – 11:00 in the OZ Sanctuary & Social Hall
The Climate Crisis: What You Should Know and What You Can (and Should) Do
Climate Change Solutions Part II – What Can We Do? – Focus on System Change from communities to states to global actions. Susan covers state public health policies and actions.
Statewide Summit
Join Jewish Communities of Vermont (JCVT) for the 2026 Statewide Summit, a statewide gathering bringing people together from across Vermont for a day of learning, creativity, and connection in Jewish community. Set against the beauty of Stowe, this Summit welcomes participants of all ages and backgrounds for a vibrant Sunday experience grounded in Jewish culture, ideas, and relationship.
Hineni Mindfulness Retreat
Shabbat Rest as a Mindfulness Practice, explores the Jewish wisdom of Menucha (spacious rest). Through a blend of teaching, silence, and sitting, walking, and eating meditations, we will create a sweet and joyous refuge from the turbulence of daily life. Our time together will include contemplative Shabbat prayer, moving beyond a high volume of words to find deep connection through chant, song, and silence.
Anne Frank: A History for Today
“Anne Frank: A History for Today” is a student peer-led exhibit appearing in three Vermont schools this year.
Refugee Shabbat
This week Shabbat dinner is sponsored by Alison Hill and Rabbi Michael Cohen in honor of Rabbi Cohen's 68th birthday on March 14th!
OZ Book Club – The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
The OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book.
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic, created to be the wife of a man who dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899.
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.
Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker’s debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.
Israeli Dancing
Israeli folkdance is a joyous folk art form that is easy to start and difficult to stop. It draws from many cultures and expresses itself in dances that range in complexity and speed. See this article for more information.
Join hosts Adele, Lani and Mitch and a friendly group of people that gathers periodically on Zoom or in person to enjoy the folkdances of Israel!
OZ Community Supper
Sunday Suppers are meant to Cultivate Jewish Community outside the sanctuary.
Young Families Purim Party
Come to a special Young Families Purim Party! Snacks will be provided.
Costumes are encouraged but not required!
Please sign up here so Aimee knows how many Purim baskets to have. If you forget to sign up, please come anyway! We will have extras.
Jewish Play Reading Series – Elie Weisel: The Trial of God
Are you interested in plays? Come together in person from 2-4:00 on a Sunday afternoon to read and discuss a Jewish play. Each play is from a different period in Jewish history. Drop in to as many sessions as you can. Never read a script before – we’ll help you!
Elie Weisel: The Trial of God takes place in 1649, in a small village in Ukraine after a pogram; Purim revelers arrive and meet the last Jewish person – the bar tender/owner. Where is God when innocent people suffer? The Purim spiel is the trial of God. (written 1979)
OZ Singing Circle
Come Sing with Us! We’re a group of people who want to join together in a circle and connect by singing Niggunim (wordless melodies), chants and prayers. No concerts, no auditions, no judgement. We will smile and sing together.
Contact Gigi / Judy if you’d like to chat.
Purim Celebration 2026
10:30am – 11am: Megila reading and costume parade
11am -12:30pm: Party, music, lunch, games, bouncy castle, raffle
Suggested donation (for party and not Megila reading): $18/family, $5/adult, $3/child
Purim Celebration
Purim Celebration and Shpiel at Shir Shalom Everyone Welcome Potluck- bring a dish to share
Rowdy Viewing: Fiddler on the Roof
MCL is honored to kick off our partnership with the Yiddish Book Center’s Between Two Worlds Reading Group by hosting a ROWDY viewing of Fiddler on the Roof! Come dance and sing along to this classic movie inspired by Sholem Aleichem’s Tevye the Dairyman. Please come in costume and bring an instrument or a snack if you feel so inclined!
And don’t miss our first book discussion of Sholem Aleichem’s Tevye the Dairyman on Thursday, March 26th at 5:30 pm!
This film screening is presented as part of the Yiddish Book Center’s Public Libraries Program, Between Two Worlds, a partnership with the American Library Association. Made possible by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared
Join us for the U.S. book tour of The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared by Ittay Flescher (ittay.au)
Reading For Resistance, Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky
Burlington Clergy are working together to offer an interfaith book group to build community and reflect on ways to respond to crisis with moral and faith-full clarity.
The Book: Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky
Annual Purim Party
Join Beth Jacob Synagogue for our annual Purim Party! Come to enjoy Hebrew, Yiddish, and klezmer music, make crafts with the kids, and enjoy an English/Hebrew hybrid reading of the megillah!
This year will be a potluck-style dinner. Bring your favorite veggie or dairy dish to share!
Beverages and hamantaschen will be served. Registration is encouraged
In partnership with PJ Library in Vermont
Purim at the Circus
Purim at the Circus – Community Celebration!
🎭 3:30 PM – Megillah Reading
🎪 4:00 PM – Carnival Fair for all ages!
🍽 4:30 PM – Dinner Opens
✨ 5:00 PM – Marko the Magician
Megillah Reading and Purim Celebration
Join Ohavi Zedek for a joyous Purim celebration!
We’ll begin with the weekday Maariv evening service, followed by the reading of the Megillah. Afterward, we’ll transition into a lively celebration with food, schmoozing, and dancing for those who feel like it.
🎭Costumes encouraged; we will have an informal competition!
Come ready to enjoy a hearty lentil stew at 6:30pm and we’ll celebrate the mitzvah of eating together and, of course, indulge in some delicious hamantaschen
Purim Party
Purim is coming soon! Join us Monday, March 2nd at 6:00 PM for Chabad of Stowe's Purim party!
There will be an aminated reading of the megillah led by Rabbi Simon and punctuated by our loudest Haman booing. Then we'll partake in a Purim feast fit for royalty. On Purim the goal is to be as joyful as possible and with games, crafts, drinks, costumes, and music, our party will be rocking. There will be delicious Hamantaschen that bring you back to childhood and a Mishloach Manot station so you can make a Purim gift for a friend. Let's turn our worlds upside down for an evening- in the best way possible!
This event is free to attend. Please RSVP at sara@chabadofstowe.com
Resilience Through Story & Humor - Nosh, Schmooze & Megillah Reading
Join us In-person or via Zoom
6 pm to 6:30 pm - Slices, Salad & Entertainment
provided by "local legend" Barry Wenig
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm - The “Whole Megillah”
(Hebrew selections along with English)
Join with friends, dig up a funny hat, and bring along a favorite beverage of your choice to say, “l’chayim!”
Purim’s eternal meaning and messages for the Jewish people and the world are needed now more than ever. Join us and shake the grogger to imagine a world without corruption and wickedness.
Cheer on Mordechai and Esther as they embody their true Jewish identity in speaking truth to power. As the story teaches, “may we find light and happiness, joy and honor,” in our lives
Havurah of Addison County Purim Party
We need LOTS of help and participation to make this event a success so please be in touch with Sarit if you are available to assist with any aspect: set up, clean up, baking hamantaschen, reading megillah excerpts (Hebrew of English), parody song etc.
Suggested donation $5/person
Love the Immigrant as Yourself: An Interfaith Service
Recent immigration tactics in Minnesota and across the country go against local faith traditions’ moral imperative to welcome and befriend the immigrant and the “stranger.” While they may differ in a sense of what is needed, they are united in the belief that humane and lawful treatment is possible and necessary and must be part of any policy. Click to read more about this event
UVJC Congregational Purim Party
There will be face painting, hamantaschen baking, and a Purim spiel (play). Please bring/wear costumes and bring a box of mac and cheese (or some other food item that makes good noise) to use first as a graggar and then to donate to the food pantry. We will serve hamantaschen and other triangle shaped food (pizza).
