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Folk Service

Join us on May 18 for our Folk Service. This service includes the musical leadership of Robert Resnik, who joins Rabbi Jan and Rabbi Joshua. Please click here for more info.
Hebrew School Commencement

Join us on May 20 at 11 am to celebrate our graduates. Please click here for more info.
Lunch & Learn

Please join us for the last L&L of the season on May 24 at 12 PM, titled "Who was Lilith?". Please click here for more info.

Choral Concert

Open My Lips, a concert of sacred music from 1600 to today. Performed by the Rossi Festival Singers and the Burlington Jewish Community Choir directed by Bruce Chalmer. Please click here for more info.

OZ Online Auction

Please plan to participate in this unique fundraising opportunity. From June 3rd to 14th, we are hosting an online auction to benefit Ohavi Zedek Synagogue. Please click here for more info.

In observance of Memorial Day, Monday May 28

About OZ

A Warm and Welcoming Jewish Community

Ohavi Zedek means "Lovers of Justice." Vermont's oldest and largest Jewish congregation, OZ was founded in 1885 by eighteen Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. Today we are a community of about 360 families. Our vibrant, egalitarian and inclusive congregation is committed to embracing tradition while actively participating in our changing Jewish world. We are a part of Judaism's conservative movement, but our membership consists of individuals and families from every facet of the Jewish religious world. And we embrace this diversity as our greatest strength.

Hebrew School & Adult Ed

From the children's voices emanating from our Hebrew School, to a Bar or Bat Mitzvah practicing his or her Haftarah, to the shared insights of adults studying Torah with our rabbis, Ohavi Zedek is filled with the sounds of its children and members immersed in the educational programs we offer. Our children have the opportunity to participate in Hebrew School (grades K through 7), Hebrew Chai School (grades 8 through 12) and Young Judaea (grades 3 through 12), all excellent and enriching programs where they can explore who they are as Jews as well as learn Hebrew, and explore Jewish traditions, holidays and culture. And learning isn't just for kids, we have an exciting and engaging Adult Education program every Fall and Spring.

Events

Roulette Wheel Calling All Chai Rollers (and everyone else). Please join us on Thursday, May 31 at 7:30 PM in our social hall to play roulette, blackjack, craps, Texas Hold ‘Em, and Wheel of Fortune. $25 per person entrance fee includes $500 in OZ chips.Click here for more info.

More Events

Membership

We invite you to learn more about our community by coming to synagogue events and services. Our Friday evening service, which begins at 6:00pm and usually lasts less than an hour, is a joyous and musical welcoming of Shabbat. It is casual and child-friendly. Following the service, there is a vegetarian pot-luck Shabbat dinner at the Wall House where Rabbi Jan and her rebbitzmon, Loredo, reside. Hope you can join us this Friday night, and EVERY Friday night! Kabbalat Shabbat at OZ is a great way to be introduced to our community. Or check out our events page for another exciting activity to become involved.