A four-part series with Rabbi Lee. Online learning in Jewish mysticism.

Link to register

Ruach HaMaqom members need not register. Zoom link will be provided in our email newsletter.

A fascinating presentation by the executive director of the American branch of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

Learn why Israel is so important environmentally, why its ecology is so unique, and how the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel has helped shape Israeli culture and society to love nature. Nature Israel will introduce you to the important work of Israel’s largest environmental organization founded in 1953, its historic achievements right up to its innovative nature-based solutions to climate change today.

Open to all! Bring your friends! You do not need to be a member of Hadassah to attend.

Register at the $72 level or above and be entered into a drawing for a fabulous gift basket!

Register at the $250 level or above and receive 2 tickets!

Join us in the kitchen for a social baking experience.

Register Here

Local soul-singer Rachel Lovins, joins Kirtan artist Richard Gans in a transformative, meditative musical experience that bridges the physical world and the world of spirit. 

Rachel and Richard led Kirtan (devotional singing) together for many years in Connecticut.  Join them in Vermont for a special reunion evening, accompanied by guitarist Xavier Serrano, percussionist Stephan Brandstatter, and flutist Marsha Stern.

No vocal talent, Hebrew knowledge or religious affiliation necessary – just bring your good spirit! 

 Suggested donation $10-$20 

Chair and floor seating provided. Feel free to bring your own cushion or BackJack. 

Come celebrate Shavuot and the promise of a land of milk and honey with a creemee from the Vermont Maple Creemee Company Truck! There will be several flavors of creemee plus toppings. Dairy free and gluten free options will be available.

Join us for one or both events!

As a fundraiser for Full Circle Preschool, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Harvard’s nationally acclaimed mixed-voice choir, will perform a dynamic and innovative repertoire ranging from classical masterpieces to new compositions.

Info and tour repertoire here: https://ohavizedek.org/event/hrcm/

Tickets here: https://ohavizedek.shulcloud.com/.../Harvard-Radcliffe...

ABOUT: The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, founded in 1971, is Harvard’s premier mixed-voice choir. Known for musical excellence and adventurous programming, Collegium performs a diverse repertoire—from choral masterworks and historical pieces to folk music, student commissions, and contemporary compositions. Under the direction of Dr. Andrew G. Clark and Dr. Hana J. Cai, the group has earned national acclaim for its “thrilling and deeply moving” sound (Boston Musical Intelligencer) and tours across the Northeast and internationally.

Due to great interest and a generous donor, another opportunity to experience Anne Frank: A History for Today will be available for the Woodstock Vermont area community! Join together for Community Night at Woodstock Union High School on Thursday, May 29th at 5pm.

*Appropriate for ages 12 and up

For more information: VermontAnneFrank@gmail.com

Everyone is invited to participate in Mitzvah Mania!

Please sign up for one of 12 different mitzvah projects with folks of all ages by contacting Melissa Herman

Suitable for people ages 4-94.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Mitzvah projects will include making food for local soup kitchens, preparing soup kitchen garden for planting, Jewish cemetery cleanup, performing music for and playing games with nursing home residents, etc. 

Young families join Rabbi David and Beth in the JCOGS Mitzvah Garden for our final gathering of the year.  We'll dance and sing and hear the classic story, Eliezer and the Gezer, about a stubborn carrot and then plant carrots to eat  next year.  Followed by a lite nosh.

For kiddos birth to 6 years old and their grown ups.
With thanks to PJ Library in Vermont for partnering on this event.

Experience the joy of Israeli folk dancing!

https://icmvt.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3b82361f268af9b54d805311&id=bde815c8b6&e=67eb0cfff1

Connecting Cultures, Strengthening Community
A fundraiser to benefit VIA's immigrant and social justice work

Temple Sinai will be hosting a special community showing of Vermont Stage's  "Triangle" by Laurie Brooks, a stylistically thrilling play about the young immigrants who worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory leading up to its infamous fire of 1911.  The play will be followed by a theatrical companion piece focusing on the Jewish story behind the story.  Show runs about 1.5 hrs, followed by a reception, hosted by Sisterhood, in the social hall.

More Info from Vermont Stage Company

Register Here

Starting in silent movies and extending to today’s hit series “Menasha” and “Unorthodox,” Yiddish language films started as an attempt to entertain the Jewish masses only to become a powerful visual and esthetic record on 20th/21st century Jewry.

Covering over a dozen films all with newly composed sub-titles, author/producer Henry Sapoznik and Rick Winston, Vermont's favorite movie maven, talk not only about the great stars of the Yiddish stage and screen (Molly Picon, Maurice Schwartz) but also shed light on the nearly lost legacy of pioneers like producer/director Joseph Seiden and director Edgar G. Ulmer (better known for his gritty, low budget film noirs) who helped will Yiddish films into existence despite tremendous odds during its brief “Golden Age” In addition to films made by and for the immigrant Jewish community, their talk will also focus on how Yiddish was presented in mainstream Hollywood films featuring James Cagney, Joe E. Brown and the Three Stooges.

Please join us for this important event.  We will begin with Introductory remarks by Rabbi David Edleson and Rabbi Aaron Philmus.  Then we will explore museum exhibits provided by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel.  There will be docents available to answer questions as you walk through the following exhibits:
Heroism and Resistance: Rescue by Jews during the Holocaust
Spots of Light: To be a Woman in the Holocaust
"They Say There is a Land" Longings for Eretz Israel During the Holocaust

Yom HaShoah Commemoration with speakers Ari Gradus, Ellie Roden & Tony Eprile

Join us on Wednesday, April 23rd, at 5:30 PM in the College Chapel for a Yom HaShoah Memorial Service.

Together, we’ll honor the memory of those lost in the Holocaust through reflection, readings, and yahrzeit lighting as we commit to remembrance and resilience.

The Jewish Community of Greater Stowe with our interfaith partners in Lamoille County join together to commemorate Yom HaShoah-Holocaust Remembrance Day.

This year's theme is: The Holocaust is Personal, as the event includes the tragic, heroic, and uplifting stories of JCOGS members Marcie Scudder and Edee Simon family histories during the Shoah. This event will also include traditional memorial prayers, readings, and candle lighting. Lite refreshments will be served after, as we gather together in community connection.

This year’s Seder will again be catered by Chef Gretchen Hardy from The Porch with a bit of help from some of us. Below is the registration / reservation form, the Shalom Cloud payment link and a Sign Up Genius link for items not provided by The Porch – such as Charoset, Gefilte fish, karpas, maror, desserts, hard boiled eggs, horse radish. Due to the caterer’s increased supply chain costs our costs have gone up. Based on an estimate of 65 participants, the actual cost per person including security and space rental is $68.00 but we are only asking $35 for adults.  The net difference (> $2000) will be partially covered by BAJC’s Pesach budget ($1000). We hope to make up the remainder with a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, but there is no guarantee. If you’d like to contribute more than $35, BAJC will be grateful.

Online registration and payment information at this link.

Or register & pay via snail mail as described below. You need not sign up for a specific entree.  As was the case last year, everyone may have some of each dish.

SUG Link for contributing extra items for seder.

By reservation only, please RSVP.
The seder is in-person only.

Reserve Your Ticket for the Community Seder