Interfaith Movie Night -Just Mercy at the Stowe Cinema
Just Mercy is a 2019 American biographical legal drama film co-written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson and Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian, together with Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, and Brie Larson. It explores the work of Bryan Stevenson, a young defense attorney representing poor black prisoners on death row in the Southern U.S.
Songful Shabbat
SoulSong Shabbat is where secular sit-around-the-firepit singing energy meets Shabbat soul—led by local musician Brian Leven along with Rabbi David. Expect fresh sounds, good vibes, and a little spiritual lift.
Rock Shabbat
Looking for new ways to express your Shabbat spirit and energize your worship? Bring your rock 'n' roll soul to Rock Shabbat with Dahg! Temple Sinai's house rock band plays a mix of contemporary Jewish popular and liturgical music and great rock songs from the 60's right up to the present, all within the context of a typical Kabbalat worship service. Now live on stage at Temple Sinai or streaming on Zoom! Call the office 802.862.5125 to acquire the passcode.
Raise the Roof
Raise the Roof is back for 2026! Come and celebrate Spring with the Lamoille Community House at our annual fundraiser at Stowe Cider. TICKETS NOW ON SALE– with prices for every pocketbook! Get yours today and celebrate at the event of the season!
Henry Sapoznik: The Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City (in person)
The Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City offers a new look at over a century of New York's history of Yiddish popular culture. Henry H. Sapoznik-a Peabody Award-winning co-producer of NPR's Yiddish Radio Project-tells the story in over a baker's dozen chapters on theater, music, architecture, crime, Blacks and Jews, restaurants, real estate, and journalism.
Culled from over five thousand Yiddish and English newspaper articles of the period, and thanks to new research from previously inaccessible materials, the book reveals fresh insights into the impossible-to-overstate influence of Yiddish culture on New York City. Containing fifty images, many of which have never before been published, the book is complemented by an online interactive Google Map linked to over one hundred of the historic locations discussed in the book, with additional graphics and resource materials.
The Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City is a vivid, entertaining, and accessible compendium of both New York's lush Ashkenazic past and present, showcasing the culture's persistent resiliency.
Henry H. Sapoznik is a five-time Grammy-nominated producer/performer of over fifty recordings and author of the award-winning book Klezmer! Jewish Music from Old World to Our World.
Rooted In Vermont
Connecting Cultures, Strengthening Community
An annual fundraiser to support VIA & CASAN’s social and immigrant justice.
PJOW Author Event with Dayna Lorentz
Temple Sinai, PJ Library in Vermont & Flying Pig Bookstore present PJ Our Way author event with Dayna Lorentz
In this heartfelt animal friendship story, a troubled young boy befriends a wayward coyote after a forest fire changes both of their lives.
Purchase a book or bring your own
Get your book signed
Hear some of Wayward Creatures read by Dayna
Learn about her writing process AND how she integrated Jewish themes into her book.
Discover how you might bring Judaism into a story
Shoresh
Join us for our monthly Shoresh gathering at JCOGS! Join us for singing/movement with Rabbi David, and Katie Yoskowitz, followed by a hands-on activity, ending with blessings over challah/grape juice followed by a lite nosh.
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
Teach Rock
AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHERS:
Experience a professional learning day with TeachRock for a day of hands-on exploration at Higher Ground in Burlington. Educators will explore how music can be used as a powerful primary source to teach history, culture, and critical thinking. The workshop includes practical strategies, ready-to-use lesson plans, and opportunities to connect with educators from across Vermont in an engaging, real-world setting.
Tot Shabbat Potluck Dinner and Services
Shabbat Dinner for Young Families on May 15th at 5:30pm. Temple Sinai will provide pizza, challah, and drinks. Please consider bringing a (vegetarian) side dish to share.
We will light candles, bless the challah and juice and eat together. We will also have a few fun Shabbat songs and toys to play with while adults finish up their own dinners.
If your child can stay up late enough, please join us for a Kabbalat Shabbat service starting at 6:30pm
Contact Aimee Hutton at aimee.hutton@templesinaivt.org for more details
Tot Shabbat
Tot Shabbat on May 16, at the Roth Center (10:30-11:30), suitable for families with children ages birth to 6 years
CBE Bookclub
Join us for a discussion of "The Book of Israela" by CBE Rabbinic Team Member, Rabbi Rena Blumenthal. In person, in the Social Hall.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Jerusalem, 2002: the height of the second intifada. Kobi Benami is a middle-aged psychologist whose life is in shambles. His wife has thrown him out for casual philandering; his daughter won’t speak to him; and he may lose his job due to indifferent work habits. At this desperate juncture, Kobi gets a new patient, Israela, whose story is full of uncanny Biblical references, and whose powerful enigmatic husband Y may or may not exist. Israela hasn’t seen Y in months, but she is being stalked by his prophet-like emissaries, spanning the spectrum of Israeli society — Orthodox to secular, right-wing settlers to left-wing urban elites — united only in their harsh condemnation of Israel, a fierce devotion to Y, and connection to The Outstretched Arm, a sinister organization purported to be run by Y.
As Kobi becomes ensnared in a surreal encounter with anthropomorphized ancient Israel, and preoccupied with questions about the nature and existence of Y, he is forced to confront his dysfunctional life patterns, his family’s tragic past, and the endless war that rages around him.
Building a Sacred Relationship with the Divine
The next Creating Spiritual Journeys session entitled, Building a Sacred Relationship with the Divine will be on Sunday, May 17, 10:30-12:30. We will focus on the meaning of Shavuot, the holiday of receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, which begins that Thursday night and concludes Sat Night. Register here.
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.
Israeli Folk Dancing
Come discover your inner Klezmer clarinet
and let the music move you!
Whether you have folk danced before
or you're a newbie, join the fun!
Dress comfortably to move.
No dance experience necessary.
Dances will be taught.
Questions? Contact Diane Roston.
Shavuot on the Farm
Celebrate Shavuot—the festival of first fruits and the giving of Torah—with a special weekend at Living Tree Alliance.
60th Anniversary Torah March Reenactment
Join Temple Sinai in re-enacting the march of our Torah from our temporary home at Faith Methodist on Dorset St to our permanent home at 500 Swift St.
Join us for a special service and oneg at 500 Swift St to follow.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
60th Anniversary Shabbat & Shavuot
Temple Sinai’s song-filled joyful Shabbat evening service, led by Rabbi David Edleson. This is a special Shabbat at it is Shavuot and exactly 60 years since Temple Sinai’s dedication!
Join us for a special oneg to follow.
We are using the Mishkan T’filah Siddur for our worship services
Saturday (MAY 23rd 10 AM) we will have a special morning service in honor of Shavuot and
Shavuot
Join us in person or on Zoom as we celebrate the blessing of the “first fruits” and our youngest Shir Shalom members. Please bring the first cuttings from your garden. In keeping with the holiday and the tradition of eating dairy on Shavuot, please bring something to share.
Shavuot On The Mountain
Come celebrate Shavuot and Shabbat with joy, fresh air, and community connection! Our 12th annual multigenerational pilgrimage hike to the Mountain Chapel on Mt. Mansfield is one of Living Tree Alliance’s most cherished traditions. Together we’ll take in Vermont’s springtime beauty, share meaningful moments, and welcome the holiday with music and creativity.
Yizkor Service
Yizkor and Shabbat Morning Worship
In the sanctuary and on Zoom with Rabbi Haigh.
WORKSHOP: WHAT IS ANTISEMITISM? FROM RIGHT-WING WEAPONIZATION TO COLLECTIVE LIBERATION
When are accusations of antisemitism pointing to a genuine problem we all need to take seriously, and when are they inflating Jewish fears to shield Israel from legitimate criticism?
In this workshop, we will learn how to sort one from the other. We will trace the origins of the idea that criticism of Israel is antisemitic, and we'll learn how this idea poses dangers for Jews and non-Jews alike. We will build an analysis of antisemitism that moves us away from ethnonationalism, and toward liberation for all instead.
Join Jewish Voice for Peace of Vermont & New Hampshire as we work to re-connect real struggles for Jewish safety with the struggle for everyone's safety and freedom.
This workshop is focused on questions concerning Jews and Judaism, but people of all backgrounds are very welcome to attend.
Friends of the Arava Institute 30th Anniversary Concert
The concert features music from Joana Genova and Ariel Rudiakov of Taconic Music. A reception will follow the concert.
For more information please contact:
Rabbi Michael Cohen
Director of Community Relations
rabbimichael@friendsofarava.org
Since 1996 the Arava Institute has brought together Palestinians, Jordanians, Israelis and participants from around the world at its campus on Kibbutz Ketura in Israel. As it marks its 30th year, Friends of the Arava Institute celebrate this work and invite you to help ensure it continues.
Sing with L'Chaim!
The song is a spell we weave together. Come find Jewish community and sing songs of wholeness, solidarity, joy, resistance, and love! BYO dessert potluck! Nourish our bodies, nourish our souls!
Come out to sing hope, resistance, prayer and community.
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!
Shttl: Yiddish Film Screening
"Shttl" documents a day in the life of a traditional Jewish shtetl on the Ukrainian border, 24 hours before the Nazis invade their territory.
The film features an international cast headlined by Brooklyn-based actor Moshe Lobel (The Vigil) and award-winning veteran actor Saul Rubinek (Hunters, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Warehouse 13, Unforgiven). "Shttl" has proven to be a phenomenon, running for eighteen weeks (and counting) in New York City theaters and screening to sold-out crowds across America and around the world!
In the words of film critic Danielle Solzman, "Shttl" is "one of the all-time great films about Jewish life in Eastern Europe."
Register
No, the Name Was NotChanged at Ellis Island
No, the Name Was Not Changed at Ellis Island
with Sallyann Sack
The pursuit of Jewish family history and genealogy has burgeoned worldwide in recent years. Drawing on nearly 50 years of experience, Sallyann Sack will explain how Jewish names were created and how that has shaped the way we search our family histories.
Sallyann Sack is an internationally known genealogist. She was instrumental in founding the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy, the Jewish Genealogical Association of Greater Washington, and the International Association of Jewish Genalogical Societies. She has chaired many conferences, authored seven books, and has consulted on numerous projects. If you want to know anything about Jewish genealogy, she is the premier expert.
Join us in-person or via Zoom
Minyan802 Shabbat Dinner
Minyan802
“The Living Library”
Join us for a whimsical and inspiring Shabbat evening
Earth Day Shabbat
Join JCOGS for a warm, inviting, Shabbat in community + Oneg
hosted by the Green Team
Yom HaAtzmaut and Kabbalat Shabbat
Join Temple Sinai for a special Yom HaAtzmaut service in person and on ZOOM. We will celebrate Israeli Independence Day with a short service and ma’agal, circle of singing and prayer.
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.
YIVO Presents: The Future of Holocaust Memory: Poland and Beyond
Holocaust distortion in Poland involves reshaping or minimizing facts about the Holocaust, often emphasizing Polish victimhood while obscuring instances of local collaboration, participation, or indifference. It appears in political rhetoric, memory laws, public commemorations, and attacks on critical scholarship. YIVO’s Poland vs. Holocaust History series examines these dynamics and situates the Polish case within a broader European context.
This discussion panel will reflect on the future of Holocaust memory in Poland and in a broader international context. Bringing together Jan T. Gross, Elżbieta Janicka, and Jan Grabowski, the conversation will address the evolving challenges facing Holocaust remembrance amid political polarization, historical revisionism, and generational change. The panelists will consider the roles of scholarship, education, public debate, and cultural institutions in sustaining honest engagement with the past. The discussion will also explore how national and transnational perspectives can coexist, and what is at stake for historical truth, democratic values, and moral responsibility in shaping the future of Holocaust memory.
This online event will take place via Zoom at 1:00pm ET.
Jewish Play Reading Series – Arnold Perl: World of Sholom Alechim
Are you interested in plays? Come together in person from 2-4:00 on a Sunday afternoon to read and discuss a Jewish play.
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.
Mussar Class with Rabbi Joshua Boettiger
Join CBE for a rare opportunity to learn and practice "Foundations of Mussar" with Rabbinic Team Member, Rabbi Joshua Boettiger. 12-week course in person for two sessions with weekly Zoom practices.
$325/pp.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Participants will need to purchase the following workbook: Becoming an Adult: A Mussar Companion for Taking Responsibility by Nancy Axelrod, Adie Goldberg
AVAILABLE HERE: https://contemporarymussar.myshopify.com/
Foundations of Mussar with Rabbi Joshua Boettiger
Mussar could be called the ancient Jewish spiritual practice of ethical mindfulness – an orbiting around the question of if we intellectually know what it is to be good, what keeps us from being good?
Join us for a twelve-session immersion in the theory and practice of Mussar. We’ll be studying both traditional and contemporary Mussar texts and working with the different middot (character traits) to track how this practice is directly impacting our lives and relationships – where the rubber meets the road.
The first class will be held in person on Sunday, April 19th at 11:00am in the sanctuary at Congregation Beth El. The next ten classes will be held on zoom, with a final class in person.
The zoom sessions will be held Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm-8:00pm.
Sisterhood Mahjongg Marathon and Potluck Luncheon
RSVP: We request that you please Register by Wednesday, April 15th so the Committee may plan & prepare for this very popular event!
(Sponsored by Sisterhood)
Temple Sinai Sisterhood invites everyone to join them for their Annual Mahjongg Marathon and Potluck Luncheon
DO YOU WANT TO LEARN TO PLAY? Beginner lessons will be provided.
THINGS TO BRING:
– A Friend
– Maj Set
– Card Tables & Side Tables
– Gently used second-hand items from your home or a new, inexpensive item for our prize table.
ADMISSION:
Free - for Sisterhood Members
$10.00 - Non-Sisterhood Members
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.
Shir Shalom and UVJC Tot Shabbat
Intercongregational Achreyut Tot Shabbat with stories and songs about taking responsibility
Tot Shabbat
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!
Marom Band Israeli-themed Musical Shabbat
Join Rabbi David, JCOGS, for Shabbat and observe Yom Haatzmaut - Israeli Independence Day with some Israeli and Shabbat music.
Noa Ibson, senior at Harwood, will share about her personal experience studying in Israel during the fall semester.
Oneg by Linda Kopper, with Middle Eastern additions + Special Talk by Noa Ibson
Scholar in Residence Weekend
Scholar In Residence 2026 Richard Rosenberg
Artistic director, conductor & co-founder of the National Music Festival
From Shtetl to Shtardom!
Jewish Migration’s Impact on American Music
~ From Broszniów to Broadway, From Carnikava to Carnegie 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.
Lunch & Learn // Jewish Traditions in Classical Choral Music
An Exploration by Musicologist & Choral Conductor Nathaniel G. Lew
Yom Hashoah- A Service of Remembrance
Join us in-person or via Zoom
The power of memory and the ritual of remembering is a sacred act given to each of us. Please join us as we remember and honor the millions of lives lost. Our service will include candle-lighting, music, poetry, readings, honoring our Memorial Torah Scroll, and prayers of remembrance.
Freylekh Musik (Joyous Music)
The Annual Rabbi Max B. Wall Endowment Lecture
Fleylekh Musik (Joyous Music); Klezmer and the Tools of Melody
Presented by OZ member – Michael Schachter, PH.D.
McCarthy Recital Hall Saint Michael’s College
Free and open to the public
A lecture and musical performance featuring Klezmer musicians Ozzy Irving Gold-Shapiro, Ariel Shapiro and Rachel Leader
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Event
Please join Temple Sinai & Ohavi Zedek for this important event. This year at Ohavi Zedek, our Yom Hashoah service will be led by Rabbi David Edleson, Rabbi Ariel Ya’akov Dunat and Cantor Jessica Silverberg.
