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.
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.
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.
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.
Shavuot on the Farm
Celebrate Shavuot—the festival of first fruits and the giving of Torah—with a special weekend at Living Tree Alliance.
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.
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.
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
Earth Day Shabbat
Join JCOGS for a warm, inviting, Shabbat in community + Oneg
hosted by the Green Team
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.
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
Shoah Stories from Vermont
All welcome to come bear witness and remember.
Monday, April 13th 7-8:30 pm.
Registration required. Click here to register.
Second in a four part Sunday series: Book Discussion with Rabbi Jim Glazier: "The Jew Store"
"The Jew Store" is Stella Suberman's memoir of her Jewish family's move to a small Tennessee town in the 1920s.
Living Each Day with Intentionality
Over 8 monthly sessions, we will explore how Torah (Jewish wisdom) frames time as a sacred dimension of Jewish life, engaging classical and modern sources to examine how days, seasons, and cycles shape consciousness, community, and covenant. Together we will consider how marking time with awareness can nurture balance, resilience, and joy.
Creating Soulful Journeys will help us cultivate our Jewish joy at the Summit!
Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
The Jewish Community of Greater Stowe gathers with our interfaith partners to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. This program will include traditional memorial prayers, readings, and candle lighting. We will gather in the foyer, creating a more intimate space for remembrance. From darkness to light, we affirm our resilience in the face of historic evil as we move into Shabbat. Services will follow in the sanctuary, with music and an oneg to conclude the evening.
Passover Community Seder
Kosher-for-Passover vegetarian or dairy dishes are welcome! Matzoh ball soup will be provided. Regular and gluten-free matzoh will be available.
Craftivism in Action
Eve Jacobs-Carnahan shares stories from her project,
Knit Democracy Together. Registration
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
Overcoming Obstacles to Inner Joy
Join Rabbi Tobie Weisman in an art and Torah filled workshop using the Studio Arts Project method
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.
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.
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 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
Stowe Free Library Book Club: Discussion of "Just Mercy" led by Rabbi David alongside Civil Rights trip participants
Join JCOGS for a meaningful discussion of "Just Mercy," by Bryan Stevenson, led by Rabbi David alongside community members who took part in an interfaith civil rights trip
Trees, Trails & Tu BiShvat
The holiday of Tu BiShvat—the time when, in Jewish tradition, the trees become another year older—falls halfway between the winter solstice and spring equinox. Join us to honor this moment of renewal and consider how we can live in deeper reciprocity with the natural world while we explore the land at Living Tree.
Due to extreme cold in the weather forecast, we’ll be primarily gathering indoors.
2–3 p.m.: Outdoor winter fun (optional). For those who love the cold: sledding and skiing in the field! Melanie will be at the sledding hill, and Sephirah will guide a ski loop for anyone who wants to get their winter adventure in first.
3 p.m.: Indoor Tu BiShvat journey at the Common House.
Come in from the cold for an experiential journey through the four worlds of the Tu BiShvat seder. We'll connect to environmental stewardship, the trees, and our local landscape through story, song, seasonal fruits, and reflection. We'll end with a sound bath, and then step outside for a little tree time before gathering around the fire with hot chocolate, hemlock tea, and birthday cake for the trees
We’re thrilled to be joined by special guest Shamu Sadeh, lead educator and director of the Adamah Fellowship program at Isabella Freedman.
What to bring (if participating in outdoor fun):
Warm layers for outdoor activities
Sleds, skis, or snowshoes (if you have them)
Snowshoes available for rent at Clearwater Sports
In partnership with PJ Library in Vermont
Singing to the Trees
Join Living Tree Alliance and Moretown Library for a joyful midwinter gathering honoring the trees and the deep roots that sustain us through the cold season. Perfect for families with children ages 2–5, this celebration brings together song, craft-making, and connection to the natural world.
Tu BiShvat is a Jewish holiday known as the birthday of the trees. This celebration of trees, seasons, and our connection to the earth is open to families of all faiths and backgrounds who value nature and want to share that wonder with their children.
What to expect:
Songs and movement with Ms. Andrea from Musical Munchkins, celebrating the trees through rhythm, dance, and gratitude
Hands-on nature craft: make all-natural bird feeders to share with our feathered friends\
In partnership with PJ Library in Vermont
Family & Friends Service with Beth Jacob!
Family & Friends Service with Beth Jacob!
Join Rabbi David in song as our JCOGS and Beth Jacob families and Hebrew Schools come together at Beth Jacob Synagogue (10 Harrison Ave, Montpelier). Lite kiddush brunch to follow!
Tu B'Shvat Community Seder
Join Beth Jacob for a Tu B'Shvat Seder led by Rabbi Shana Margolin at 2:00pm. Registration is encouraged.
