Hanukkah Story Time with PJ Library in Vermont
This week's story time at MCL will feature an interactive Hanukkah story & Hanukkah themed activities!
Appropriate for ages 1-4..
Contact Alison Hill for more information.
HANUKKAH CELEBRATION
Join Temple Sinai for a Young Families Hanukkah Party! This festive holiday program is designed to engage young children and their families. Snacks and social time are included!
Join us to celebrate Hanukkah!
Email Aimee Hutton at aimee.hutton@templesinaivt.org for more information.
BJ's Annual Chanukah Bash
Music and dancing with Lewis Franco & the Missing Cats, crafts, and dreidel games! Fun for all ages! Potluck: bring your favorite latke, spread or vegetarian dish of choice!
This event is FREE but food donation items appreciated for the food pantry!
Hanukkah 🕎 Party
Brattleboro Area Jewish Community (BAJC) invites you to join us as we celebrate the festival of Hanukkah.
This joyous celebration will feature
Klezmer music & dancing with A Glezele Tey
menorah lighting
latke contest
traditional treats & refreshments
PJ Library book nook for kids and families!
Donation of $10-$20 per adult will be accepted at the door. (Larger donations appreciated!)
Additional donations of $5 per child will be most welcome!
A Glezele Tey (Yiddish for “a little glass of tea”) invites you into their living room for a little glass of tea from the samovar, bringing audiences into an intimate and enthralling world of klezmer, Yiddish folk song, and tkhines (traditional Ashkenazi prayers centering the experiences of women, trans, and gender non-conforming people, set to new melodies). Drawing from old recordings and contemporary culture rooted in the Eastern European Jewish diaspora, A Glezele Tey’s music is an act of deep care—rooted in community gathering, lineage, and ritual. We raise our collective voices to move through grief, inspire action, and build a frayer velt (a freer world). A Glezele Tey is comprised of acclaimed klezmer musicians and composers Ariel Shapiro, Rachel Leader, and Richie Barshay. For more information on this group go here.
Tot Shabbat
Tot shabbat for Jewish children ages birth to 6 years
For information contact Melissa Herman
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.
Temple Sinai Tot Shabbat
Tot Shabbat is a Shabbat service designed to engage young children and their families. Snacks and social time will follow the service.
Contact Aimee Hutton at aimee.hutton@templesinaivt.org for more details
Temple Sinai 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!
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!
For more information, please contact Aimee Hutton
Sukkot Family Presstival
Sukkot Family Presstival - Sunday October 12, 10am
Join us for a morning of apple pressing and Sukkot festivities!
-Apple and leaf printing
-Make your own lulav
-Sukkah building with blocks and loose parts
-Cider pressing (bring your own cup/jug)
-Bagel brunch at 11:45am
Hosted by Jewish Journeys and Full Circle Preschool
Passover at the Wonderfeet Kid's Museum
Come celebrate the High Holidays and Sukkot with the Rutland Jewish Center and PJ Library at the Wonderfeet Kids' Museum! Enjoy crafts, music, books and refreshments. We will also be serving Apples and Honey on the street! We look forward to seeing you there.
Religious School Open House
Come learn about the Religious School and our Young Families Program!
Looking for a welcoming Jewish community for your family? Come see why so many families are joining Temple Sinai!
New Families Open House:
Sunday, August 24th
12:00–2:00 PM
Meet our community, tour our Religious School classrooms, and connect with current families who are excited to share their experience. Little ones are welcome — we’ll have teens ready to play while parents mingle, eat lunch, and ask questions.
Start your child’s Jewish journey with us — we can’t wait to meet you!
Jewish Heritage Night
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire are inviting you to enjoy a baseball game to celebrate Jewish Heritage Night on Tuesday August 5th 2025 at Delta Dental Stadium. The Fisher Cats will be facing the Reading Fightin Phils, the Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Gates will open at 5:35 pm and the first pitch will be at 6:35 pm. This will be the first Jewish Heritage Night that the Fisher Cats have hosted since before the Covid-19 pandemic.
PJ Library In Vermont 18th Birthday Party
🎉 PJ Library in Vermont’s 18th Birthday Party! 🎉
📅 Date: Sunday, June 29
🕐 Time: 1:00–3:00 PM
📍 Location: Manchester, Vermont (exact location provided upon RSVP)
Come celebrate 18 years of PJ Library in Vermont with a fun-filled afternoon for all ages!
🎭 Entertainment:
🎨 Activities Include:
Craft your own puppet & bookmark
PJ Library book walk
Cupcake decorating
Interactive adventures
Yummy snacks!
📲 RSVP Required — click to register and receive the event location.
🧁 Fun, friends, and festive activities await—don’t miss it!
Mitzvah Mania
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 Concert: Wayne Potash
The Temple Sinai Young Families Program…
presents Wayne Potash!
Designed for ages 0-6, but all are welcome!
Tot Shabbat In The Garden
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.
Spring Gardening
Cafe & Play in the Children's Village from 9 - 11 am. From 9 - 10 am it's Open Play, and for the next 3 weeks we are offering Spring Gardening from 10 - 11 am! (It's a drop-in/by donation for Open Play, and the gardening program is $5.)
JUDA Kids Club's Great Model Matzah Bakery!
Happening Sunday, April 6th from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Chabad of Burlington! RSVP at www.chabadvt.org/juda
JCOGS Passover Palooza
In partnership with PJ Library and Stowe Free Library.
Storytime, crafts, music & fun for kids birth to 6 years old and families at the Stowe Free Library! Join Shabbasaurus and Tzipi the Curious Bird and special guest for a sweet Shabbat morning learning all about Passover. With special treats!
For families with kids from birth to six years old.
In partnership with PJ Library and Stowe Free Library.t
Runaway Matzo Ball
Tot Shabbat with Anna Sobel’s Talking Hands – pre-Passover program: The Runaway Matzo Ball, followed by Pizza
Spring Gardening
Cafe & Play in the Children's Village from 9 - 11 am. From 9 - 10 am it's Open Play, and for the next 3 weeks we are offering Spring Gardening from 10 - 11 am! (It's a drop-in/by donation for Open Play, and the gardening program is $5.)
Family Purim Celebration
Celebrate the joyous Purim holiday with the entire family with a day filled with fun, laughter, and community spirit! Here’s what we have planned for this amazing day:
10:15 – 10:30 AM:
We’ll kick things off with a delightful Preschool Storytime with Clergy, where little ones can hear the Purim story come to life in an interactive and engaging way.
10:30 – 11:00 AM:
Join us for the Megillah Reading and Costume Parade! Everyone is encouraged to dress up in your favorite costumes as we read the Megillah together and parade through the celebration.
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM:
The fun continues with our Purim Carnival! There’s something for everyone, with games, crafts, prizes, bouncy castle, and more! Be sure to check out all the activities, including:
Mishloach Manot Making to share with friends and family
Delicious Hamantaschen to enjoy
Fun Face Painting to get into the spirit of the day
A fabulous Raffle with great prizes!
We’re so glad you’re here to celebrate with us—let’s make this Purim one to remember!
Suggested Donation – $18/Family
Tot Shabbat and Young Families Purim Party
There will be a Tot Shabbat service in the sanctuary starting at 9:30 am. Then we will move into the social hall for crafts, toys, face painting, and a photo booth.
Costumes are encouraged!
Please register by clicking on the button below so that we will know how many Purim baskets (Mishloach Manot) to make!
Contact Aimee Hutton for questions and more information.
