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Mother’s Day on the Farm
Music and farm fun for the family
Families with young children are invited to honor our mothers and Mother Earth with a morning on the farm. We’ll share in song, story, and the joys of planting in the spring. Some of what is planted will be donated to the local food pantry.
When: Sunday, May 12 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Where: Living Tree Alliance, under the tent in the field, park at 96 Living Tree Lane
Who: Young children (1–7 years old) and their families; older siblings welcome
We’ll start the morning with song and movement under the tent with Miss Andrea from Musical Munchkins.
Then, we’ll have fun on the farm:
Decorating and planting flowerpots to give to moms and grandmothers
Planting veggies in the garden that will be harvested later for the food shelf
Visiting farm animals
While children are enjoying the farm with LTA’s farm educators, parents are invited for a discussion about bringing meaningful ritual into your child’s life with educator Melanie Grubman.
Schedule
10–10:45 am: Musical Munchkins with Miss Andrea (geared for families of young children with farm & mother themes)
10:45 am: Healthy snack time
11am–12 pm: Decorate flowerpots for mom, plant veggies for the food bank
12–12:30 pm: bring your own picnic lunch to eat under the tent with short discussion about bringing ritual in your own home
Many thanks to our sponsors: Jewish Communities of VT and JCOGS.
JCOGS 30th Birthday
HISTORY OF JCOGS
Incorporated in 1995, the Jewish Community of Greater Stowe (JCOGS) began as a collection of Jewish families meeting for observance in homes, hotel rooms and at the Baggy Knees Shopping Center. In 2005, thanks to the leadership of Marvin Gameroff and many generous donors, the community opened its beautiful current space on Cape Cod Road in Stowe. During JCOGS’ early years, Rabbi Brian Besser provided the community with inspiring spiritual leadership. In 2014, JCOGS transitioned to a new phase of vibrancy and growth with the arrival of Rabbi David Fainsilber, the community’s first full-time ordained rabbi living in the area. With his soulful music and dynamic style, Rabbi David provides the community with all that a full-time ordained spiritual leader has to offer, including weekly sabbath services, lifecycle events, social and educational programming, and comprehensive pastoral care. Over the years, JCOGS has formed close bonds with the area’s other religious centers, highlighted by this past year’s interfaith trip to Israel with the Stowe Community Church and St. John’s Episcopal Church. JCOGS is now a thriving multi-generational community center that fosters Jewish engagement, learning, arts, culture, and a vibrant future for a diverse range of individuals and families across North-Central Vermont. As part of its mission, JCOGS addresses issues of social justice, advocates for awareness and support for unhoused people, and stands up against antisemitism, bigotry, and prejudice of all types.
SISTERHOOD MAHJONGG MARATHON AND LUNCHEON
All are invited to play and/or learn to play mahjongg.
Bring a pot luck dish to share.
Please RSVP by April 10.
Beth Jacob Views the Eclipse
Join the BJ community in viewing nature’s most remarkable celestial spectacle – happening this year right in our own backyard! Rabbi Rena, who has been leading BJ High Holiday services for the past two years, will gather us in song, story and silence so that we can be fully present for the soul-awakening experience of totality. Bring eclipse glasses, a blanket or lawn chair, and your very open heart. **Rain or heavy cloud cover will, of course, cancel this event.
Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner and TedXTalk
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00-7:00 PM
Dinner 7:00-7:30 PM
TEDx Talks 7:30-9:00 PM
Members and friends of BAJC share a brief talk on a subject they are passionate about.
Contact Rabbi Amita if you would like to share yours!
Community Purim Celebration
Come celebrate Purim at Israel Congregation!
Sunday, March 24th, 5:00 pm
Sugar and Schmooze
Celebrate Purim and early spring in the sugarbush!
See an old-school sugar operation that the Crowley Family runs at Living Tree and share in the joy of fresh sap and syrup and the coming of spring. We’ll parade to wake up Mother Earth and honor the Jewish festival of Purim, and we’ll also celebrate with the traditional Purim customs of creating gifts for others and performing skits (in the sugarbush—Living Tree-style). Hibernation season is over, so lets celebrate! People of all faiths are welcome.
Come in costume, if you’d like!
Be prepared to walk down a muddy path to the sugar house.
Bring cash or check to purchase fresh maple syrup to bring home or gift to someone.
Admission based on sliding-scale donation: $8–$25 per person or $18–$54 per family suggested. Funds support community programming and outdoor education.
COMMUNITY BRUNCH AND MEGILLA READING
HAPPY PURIM!
COMMUNITY BRUNCH AND MEGILLA READING
SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH
10:00AM
CITI HALL
100NORTH MAINE ST
ST. ALBANS VT
Purim Palooza
BUTTERFLY JAZZ QUARTET
Joe LoMonaco, Amanda Bernhard, Cathy Martin, James Daggs plus
Stephanie Abrams
Award Winning Mime,
Contortionist and Director
JCOGS PuRiM Party!
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
Tu biShvat Ice sculpture building Festival
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!
Minyan 802 Asian Themed Shabbat
Asian themed Shabbat
Come celebrate Shabbat with community! RSVP
Happy Hour For Hillel
Temple Sinai Social Hall
Jewish students at many universities across the country are coping with skyrocketing antisemitism. Recent political fights in Burlington City Hall have spilled over to the UVM Campus, and many Hillel students are having a very difficult time. Recently,
Hillel Director Matt Vogel suggested some ways the local Jewish community can help support our local Hillel students, including bringing baked goods and sending cards and letters of support to students and campus administrators.
To help answer his call, Rabbi Edleson will be hosting a HAPPY HOUR FOR HILLEL. We'll provide cards, pens, mocktails, snacks, and more. You bring a baked good and join us to write cards for this community mitzvah project. All ages are welcome and needed.
TU BISHVAT:" BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE TREES!
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 Weekend Literacy
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.
Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail: A Blessed Journey
Phyllis Rubenstein will guide us along her flip flop thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Beginning after Passover and taking off time for the Jewish holidays, Phyllis followed spring, and then summer, wildflowers north from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to central Pennsylvania. In mid-July, she flipped north, summited Mount Katahdin in Maine and then followed summer wildflowers and fall foliage south back to central Pennsylvania, finishing in early November. Phyllis will talk about trail life and community, the joys and challenges she encountered, and the daily practices which grounded her epic journey.
https://www.bethjacobvt.org/event/thru-hiking-the-appalachian-trail-a-blessed-journey.html