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Cinema Sabay
Aug
9

Cinema Sabay

Join us on August 9 at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center for Cinema Sabay. Filmed in Israel, this intimate portrait focuses on eight women, four Muslim and four Jewish, who attend a video workshop.

Tickets: For all events at Spruce Peak you have received tickets by email.

Tickets will not be issued for events at the other venues. Simply identify yourself to the volunteer greeter.

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Campout Retreat
Jul
28
to Jul 30

Campout Retreat

Enjoy the beauty of connecting with the earth, your food, and rest as a form of cultural revitalization. There will be time to explore the woods and river and immerse in the beauty of summer in Vermont, with family-friendly programming as well as contemplative time for adults; time to get your hands in the soil and to interact with the farm animals.

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Hava Nagila- Movie
Jul
23

Hava Nagila- Movie

Hava Nagila

Sunday, July 23, 2023 • 5 Av 5783

7:00 PM - 9:00 PMJCOGS

Notes: Documentary, English language

Hava Nagila (The Movie) is a documentary romp through the history, mystery and meaning of the great Jewish standard. Featuring interviews with Harry Belafonte, Leonard Nimoy, Connie Francis, Glen Campbell, Regina Spektor and more, the film follows the ubiquitous party song on its fascinating journey from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to the kibbutzim of Palestine to the cul-de-sacs of America. High on fun and entertainment, Hava Nagila (The Movie) is also surprisingly profound, tapping into universal themes about the importance of joy, the power of music and the resilient spirit of a people. Stay for an after-party of dessert, dancing “the hora” and schmoozing.

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Trivia Night
Jul
20

Trivia Night

Trivia in the Tent and Pizza Party
Thursday, July 20, 2023 
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM


Trivia with game hosts Matt and Katie Yoskowitz back by popular demand!  Come with your teammates or join a team and meet new friends.  Winning team receives $180 to donate to a local flood relief organization they choose.  

Pizza dinner, dessert and drinks served.  

$15.00 per person.

​​​​​​​Register Here

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JCOGS Pride Weekend
Jun
16
to Jun 17

JCOGS Pride Weekend

In celebration of Pride month, JCOGS is hosting a special Pride Shabbat on Friday evening June 16th at 6:00 pm with a guest speaker from Keshet. Keshet guest speaker will discuss the week’s parsha in connection with the intersection of being Jewish and LGBTQ, highlighting the relevance of each identity in support of one another.

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Hollywood's Jews and the Blacklist
May
18

Hollywood's Jews and the Blacklist

Join us to hear local film historian, Rick Winston, explain the complex history of Jews in the movie business: why many Jewish screenwriters found themselves at odds with Jewish studio bosses, how labor unrest of the 1930s led to the blacklist, how blacklisted writers and others survived during that time, and what brought the blacklist to an end- all illustrated with many photographs and movie stills. Dessert and coffee will be served.

Rick Winston was the co-owner of Montpelier’s Savoy Theater for 29 years, and was Programming Director for the Green Mountain Film Festival for 14 years. He has taught film history at Burlington College, Community College of Vermont, Goddard College, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and has made presentations throughout Vermont on film history.

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Whispers from the past (jcogs)
Apr
16

Whispers from the past (jcogs)

Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration and Concert: Whispers from the past (in person at JCOGS and streaming)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

JEWISH COMMUNITY OF GREATER STOWE AND VERMONT HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
COMMEMORATE THE HOLOCAUST WITH MUSIC OF JEWISH RESISTANCE

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The Jewish Community of Greater Stowe (JCOGS) in conjunction with the Vermont Holocaust Memorial are planning a tribute to the spirit of resistance—and a solemn remembrance of the Jewish and other victims of the Holocaust, the unprecedented genocide perpetrated by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War Two. The commemoration and
concert will be held at JCOGS, 1189 Cape Cod Road, Stowe, at 4PM on Sunday, April 16 th .

Featured as part of the commemoration will be a concert entitled Whispers From the Past, performed by
Temple Trio, musicians from the Vermont Symphony Orchestra: Laura Markowitz, violin; Ana
Ruesink, viola; and John Dunlop, cello. Musicologist and child of Holocaust survivor, Berta Frank, will
host the event.

“For many of the doomed inmates of Theresienstadt (Terezín) concentration camp in
Czechoslovakia, and other sites of murder and horror, composing and performing music helped to
preserve their souls,” said Debora Steinerman, president and cofounder of the Vermont Holocaust
Memorial, an organizer of the event. “These compositions are vital historical records of a painful
time and afford us a glimpse of some of the feelings experienced by many of these prisoners.”

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Whispers from the past (middlebury havurah)
Apr
15

Whispers from the past (middlebury havurah)

“Whispers from the Past” is a concert that interweaves music composed during the Holocaust with ancestral Jewish melodies- a program that transcends a time of sorrow with the human desire for hope. Performing is Temple Trio, a string trio consisting of violin, viola and cello.

Besides music of composers who perished in the camps such as Viktor Ullmann, Gideon Klein and Hans Krasa, there will be music of two composers who lived through the Holocaust, as well as some Yiddish songs.

Temple Trio are players of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra (Laura Markowitz, violin; Ana Ruesink, viola; and John Dunlop, cello). Berta Frank will host the event.

Rsvp to HHEdDirector@gmail.com to help plan our set up needs.

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Passover Paloozza!
Apr
9

Passover Paloozza!

For our next Sunday family program, we're joined by puppeteer Anna Sobel for a Passover puppet show, plus crafts, games, matzoh, and macaroons. If you're a regular at our Sunday events, welcome back! If you're a family looking for more Jewish engagement, feel free to stop in and enjoy. We would love to meet you.

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