MENORAH LIGHTING AND STORY TIME WITH THE GOVERNOR

Kids of all ages come celebrate Hanukkah with the catchy pop tunes of Grammy winner Joanie Leeds! Latkes, dreidels, and lots of Hanukkah fun as we light the second candle together.

This is event is free and open to all thanks to JCVT and a generous grant from the Covenant Foundation.

Join us for our annual Film & Asian Food Night! Dinner will be provided from Capitol Pho with options to choose from below. Film to be announced shortly!

Registration is required for ordering the correct meals. RSVP below!

Join us for our annual Chanukah Party on December 22 at 3:00pm! Latkes and other refreshment are potluck style. Please email Sarah if you are intending to bring latkes/condiments! Other vegetarian dishes are encouraged as well. Registration is encouraged

Exploring our Natural Creativity through Spiritual Teachings of Hanukkah, Tu B’Shvat and Purim

We will be focusing on the teachings on Hanukkah and how they resonate with each person. We will explore selected texts from the Jewish tradition in Hevrutah (with a study partner) and then will follow a simple process to creatively express ourselves through making art. No previous knowledge of Hebrew, Jewish Text study or artistic expression necessary! Materials provided. (The process we will use comes from the Jewish Studio Project that R. Tobie Weisman has been learning for the past year) Co-sponsored by Beth Jacob and JCVT.

COME CELEBRATE AT OUR CHANUKAH PARTY

Live klezmer music, latkes & jelly donuts, dreidel games and crafts

to help get us ready for the holiday!

JOIN US AT HAVURAH HOUSE

To help us plan our set up needs please RSVPand let us know what you can bring! (You are most welcome to attend without bringing anything but like all Havurah events this is a community effort with lots of ways to lend a hand).

Join us for a screening of this documentary film exploring the connection and history between American Jews and baseball. Narrated by Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman, written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Ira Berkow, and directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Peter Miller.

Come join us and learn! On Sunday, December 8, we will consider the topic of Jewish Peoplehood: Concepts, Challenges, Futures. Our keynote by Dr. Claire E. Sufrin will begin at 11:30am followed by a kosher luncheon by Valerie Philmus and two sessions of workshops by local speakers including: Cantor Jessica Silverberg, Rabbi Danielle Stillman, Rabbi Ira Schiffer, Rabbi Eliyahu Junik, Rabbi David Fainsilber and Susan Leff.

Click below to sign up before Dec. 2!

The registration deadline is Monday, December 2 at 5pm. This cannot be extended because this is a catered event.

Register Here

Join us following Havdalah for a Bingo night of fun and prizes!

BYOB with pizza, snacks and soft drinks to be provided.

Open to all adults. Child care (ages 5-12) available upon request at $8 a child.

Click to Register

Come play dreidel, sing Hanukkah songs, and make art for the Festival of Lights. We're excited to be part of this wonderful community tradition in downtown Johnson.

There will be a short service to say kaddish followed by dinner!

Please bring a brisket or latkes or side dish to share!

Online attendees can view or download most of the pages that we normally use on Friday nights.

Join us for a potluck dinner to welcome new members to our intergenerational community! Bring the kids, too! We will read a story, perform the Havdalah blessings (volunteers welcome!) and share a meal together in the Community Room! We will also be having a book "sale" to find good homes for our library overflow. Books are "sold" by donation of your choice, and can be left in the tzedakah box on the table by the door. Registration is encouraged please. We hope to see you there!

Miri Leshem-Pelly will be visiting Temple Sinai to teach children and their families about the amazing beauty and diversity of Israel's flora and fauna. Her new book, A Feather, A Pebble, A Shell follows a girl’s hikes through the diverse nature sites of Israel.

Join us as Miri shares her creative process, reads her new book, and teaches us about the natural wonders of Israel

Vermont Jewish Poets is offering a monthly poetry workshop open to any Vermont poet identifying as Jewish. We will meet the 3rd Monday of each month beginning October 21, 2024, from 6-7:30 on Zoom. Join a welcoming space where we give and receive constructive feedback on poems-in-progress. Register here to receive a link to our workshop meeting.

Community Shabbat!

We invite you to join us for a lively community Shabbat with Oneg led by our Burlington rabbis. All UVM students and community members are welcome to celebrate Shabbat with us.

This event is free, and we're excited to bring the greater-Burlington and UVM Jewish communities together in a joyous Shabbat. Please RSVP here so we can plan accordingly. Thank you!

Questions? Email Michala@uvmhillel.org

Join us for a special Family Shabbat Celebration!

Friday, November 15th

5:30 pm - Meet & Greet Pre-neg

6:00 Shabbat Service begins

7:00 pm Kiddush and Pot Luck Dinner

On November 14th, 2024 The Lost Mural Project and Ohavi Zedek will host a concert featuring saxophonist Marty Fogel and his quintet, Thread of Blue, including Tom Cleary on piano, Dan Silverman on trombone, Jeremy Hill on bass and Geoff Bernstein on drums. The program, co-sponsored by The Lost Mural Project, will include improvisational jazz music emanating from Jewish sources: liturgical melodies, original pieces inspired by religious text, Eastern European tunes and original arrangements of songs by American Jewish composers Jerry Bock, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Kurt Weill.

The performance begins at 7:30 pm.  Proceeds benefit The Lost Mural Project and Full Circle Preschool.

We are excited to invite you to our Annual Northern Nosh Jewish Food Festival! 

Northern Nosh Food Festival
Sunday, November 10th at 11:15 AM
At Ohavi Zedek, 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington VT 05401
Traditional Jewish foods, music, kids activities, and more! 

Nosh entry ticket pricing:

• Adults (Age 13+): Entry cost is $10 and includes 3 food vouchers.  (If you wait to buy a ticket onsite, you will only get 2 food tickets per entry.)

• Youth (Age 5 to 12): Entry costs $5 and includes 1 food voucher.

• Age 4 and under: Free entry, no food vouchers included 

Different dishes at the event will cost 1, 2 or 3 food vouchers.  Your tickets will be available at will call.

Michael Braunold will be joining us from Israel via Zoom to share his family story, particularly his parents' rescue via the kindertransport program just weeks after Kristallnacht. Having spent years doing research, Michael has an impressive knowledge of the Holocaust, especially the significance of Kristallnacht, the kindertransport program and settlement thereafter in England.

Lunch will be provided following the presentation.

Please join us on November 10th!

To request a Zoom link email cbevtoffice@gmail.com

Joana Genova, violin and Willis Delony, piano perform Sonatas No. 1 and No. 3 by Stephen Dankner; selections from Porgy and Bess by Gershwin, arr. by Heifetz; Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Brock, arr. by John Williams and a premiere of a new jazz piece by Willis Delony.

General admission Adults $15 at the door, kids free

All are welcome to an evening of 'quiz the clergy' with Pastor Dan Haugh of Stowe Community Church, Father Rick Swanson of St. John's Episcopal Church, and Rabbi David Fainsilber of Jewish Community of Greater Stowe.

Dr. Khalil Shikaki, prominent Palestinian researcher and pollster, explores the support of Hamas among Palestinians.

10/30/2024

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Haldeman Hall 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall)

Sponsored by: Dickey Center, Jewish Studies Program, Middle Eastern Studies (MES) Program

Intended Audience(s): Public

Categories: Dartmouth Dialogues

How much support does Hamas have among Palestinians? Opinion polls give mixed signals, so how do we make sense of these polls? How do we explain the level of support Hamas has, including in Gaza, despite October 7 attacks, the ensuing war and the death and destruction this brought on Palestinians? To answer these - and other - questions, The Middle East Initiative and Dartmouth Dialogues is hosting Dr. Khalil Shikaki, prominent Palestinian researcher and pollster. Ben Valentino, Dartmouth Professor of Government, will be moderating the discussion. 

The event is free and open to the public; It will be livestreamed and recorded.

Please click here to register for the webinar.  

Friday, October 25

• 6:30 pm - Shabbat Worship/Simchat Torah Celebration. To join services on Zoom, click here to join.

SIMCHAT TORAH

Featuring Ida Mae Specker on Fiddle with guest Rabbi Lee Moore

Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Services
Thursday, October 24, 5:00 pm
Live and Virtual

Simchat Torah Service
Thursday, October 24, 6:00 pm
Live and Virtual

For more information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the RJC Office or Rabbi Shemtov.

Calling all PJ and PJ Our Way Families! 

Families will be given the simple guidelines of how to create a Sukkah. We will then use our innate creativity and ingenuity to construct a very fun, easy small sukkah. We will provide the natural materials for the Sukkot and you can add materials you find in nature. Afterwards, you and your kids can take it home and enjoy it for the rest of the Sukkot holiday! We will also learn why Sukkot is called the Festival of Joy, shake the lulav, hear a story, dance and sing songs. A light vegetarian lunch will be provided for eating in the Sukkah.