Annual Poetry Shabbat

The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel

A Documentary Screening and Discussion

This film combines archive footage -much of which has never before been shown - with Ertel's

own brave telling of his extraordinary odyssey. A true story so bold, brave, and beautiful, it will restore your faith that humanity can survive even the darkest days.

Filmmaker Joseph Cahn will join us live on screen for Q & A following the screening.

Suggested donation - $10.00

Reservations recommended.

Email cbevtoffice@gmail.com to reserve a seat.

Come celebrate Purim with us! Our

annual Purim Party is fun for all ages! Wear a costume and be ready for mask

making and face painting! Hear a section of the megillah, and of course, stay for pizza and

hamantaschen!

Purim Celebration

BUTTERFLY JAZZ QUARTET

Joe LoMonaco, Amanda Bernhard, Cathy Martin, James Daggs plus

Stephanie Abrams

Award Winning Mime,

Contortionist and Director

5 pm Festival of Fools
5:30 Persian Potluck Picnic
6:00 pm Megillah reading
6:30 Just Come On Get Silly Spiel
7:00 pm Disco Dance Party! with Sparkly Snacks and Sarah’s Sangria
Volunteers needed for: decorating, potluck coordinating, festival activity running, DJing , and spiel performing
Contact Beth to help out! beth.liberman@jcogs.org

STARRING MICHELLE AZAR AS RUTH BADER GINSBURG

DIRECTED BY LALEY LIPPARD

WRITTEN BY TONY AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT RUPERT HOLMES

Supreme Court Justice “RBG” welcomes a friend of the family to her cozy chambers to convey, over the course of ninety fascinating and often funny minutes, a sense of her life and its many trials: losing her mother the day before she graduated as valedictorian of her Brooklyn high school . . . being one of only nine young women studying law at Harvard while also raising a daughter and helping her husband battle cancer . . . fighting for women's rights in the nineteen-seventies before condescending all-male courts . . . and taking courageous stands for human rights as a voice of reason amid a splintering and increasingly politicized Supreme Court. An evening with a great and compassionate icon of straight-thinking American justice emerges . . . an RBG who is not only “notorious” but victorious as she takes a stand for ordinary people facing the many challenges of a changing world. Bring your scrunchies, your hankies, your humor and your heart to this entertaining and uplifting event!

Tickets and info

Jewish poets in Vermont are invited to a Zoom-based salon

• If you self-identify as Jewish and write poetry, you are welcome •

• Meet Jessica Jacobs, founder of Yetzirah, a hearth for Jewish poetry •

• Option to share a poem •

• Explore our interests in coming together •

• Discuss ideas and possibilities for future gathering, online or IRL •

Tough & Tender Landscapes (in person)

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Beth Jacob welcomes Wendy Hoffman and Judith Janoo, two friends and published authors in their own right.

Sharing some of their recently published poetry, Jewish and non-Jewish perspectives overlap in their experiences. Just Thisis a lyrical journey of growing up in a Maine fishing village, marrying into the Malaysian culture, and living in the Northeast Kingdom. Eloquently detailed, Judith Janoo’s poems speak to the earth and its creatures, love and connection, loss and beauty, and wonder.

In Belonging, Wendy Hoffman’s poems describe recipes and cooked-from-scratch Jewish food carried in the grandmother’s memory from the Old Country to this New Land. Strudels keep a clashing family holding on. The poems encompass the truths of the daily lives of three generations of women and hint at contradictory hidden ones.

We’re building a community ice sculpture in honor of our theme this year: ahavah/love. Come help build at 4pm! Lighting ceremony and a family-friendly Tu biShvat seder from 5 - 6 pm. Pizza and warm drinks will be served.

Adult volunteers needed to start the building earlier. Helping hands welcome on Tue 1/23 and Wed from 11-2 pm!

Celebrate the deep beauty of mid-winter with Living Tree Alliance as we gather to honor the holiday of Tu BiShvat, the birthday of the trees. With programs for all ages, we’ll plant seeds of stewardship and intergenerational community-building.

We’ll gather 11 am to 2 pm, with three program options:

• Contemplative showshoe/walk for adults. Led by Kohenet Sephirah Oshkello, we’ll snowshoe or walk through the woods on a contemplative journey inspired by the teachings of Jewish mystics, while appreciating and connecting with the tree community that lives here.

• Outdoor family program. Led by primitive skills mentor Elliot Cluba of Herbs and Arrows and Living Tree Education Director Melanie Grubman, we’ll connect with the holiday through storytelling, forest games and tracking.

• Music for little ones. Ms Andrea of Musical Munchkins will lead a joyful musical program for young children.

A few more details:

• Be sure to dress warmly for outdoor activities.

• If there's snow, you're invited to bring sleds, skiis, and snowshoes for outdoor fun on the property.

• Snowshoes available for rent at Clearwater Sports

• Bring food to share around the fire!

Mitzvah Day Weekend

Did you know that only a third of fourth graders in America can read at a proficient level? Unfortunately, illiteracy impacts many children in Vermont, too. There are lifelong implications for children who don’t learn how to read, and they grow into adults who struggle with low literacy. This is a solvable problem! Learn how we can all work to change the early literacy crisis for all children and their families.