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February 6...Three Stars on the Hill
6:00-8:00pm...Waterman Memorial Lounge, 85 S. Prospect St., Burlington
Join us for our last and most spiritual Three Stars on the Hill as we carry the light of Shabbat into a new week through song, chant, and mystical teachings led by Rabbi Jan Salzman. Havdallah is to the end of Shabbat what Kiddush is to the beginning: Marking a transition between our experiences of time. We take the two candles that are separated on Friday night and weave them back together as Shabbat ends, symbolically weaving ourselves back into our week of being in the world. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share. Bagels provided. This event is sponsored by OZ and UVM Hillel. For more info, call Molly at 864-0218 x22 |
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February 13...Evolution Shabbat
9:00-11:30am...Ohavi Zedek
Join us during our Shabbat morning services with guest speaker, Dr. Sara Helms Cahan, an assistant professor in Biology at the University of Vermont. Originally from Potomac, Maryland, she received her doctorate in Zoology from Arizona State University in 1999. Dr. Helms Cahan's research focus is the evolution and genetics of social behavior in ants. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue is joining with scores of synagogues around the country in focusing on the truths of evolutionary theory. |
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February 18...Lunch & Learn: Power-packed Poetry with Michael Bukanc
12:00pm...Ohavi Zedek Synagogue
Mark your calendars, one and all:
2/18, NOON, SOCIAL HALL
For comedy, drama, a smidge of romance
In the poetry read by Michael Bukanc.
Please plan to join us - the luncheon is free,
The program delightful. That's our guarantee!
Join Michael for his interpretation of 5 1/2 poems. This event is FREE and open to the public, and includes a delicious lunch. Donations welcome. Please contact Judy Hershberg at 863-4214 with questions or to arrange for a ride. |
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February 20...Adults Night Out
7:30pm...Ohavi Zedek
Come in out of the cold and enjoy an evening of games and socializing. Play poker, scrabble, mah jongg, card games and board games. There will be snacks and delicious desserts, and door prizes, too! Admission: $10/person. For more info or to RSVP, please contact Molly at 864-0218 x22.
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February 21...Jewish Performance Series: The Shabbat Stranger
2:00-3:00pm...Ohavi Zedek
Seeking readers for a new play reading as part of the Jewish Performance Series. Age 12 to adult. Please contact Shoshannah if you're interested. Minimal commitment required. Rehearsal will take place the week before the performance.
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Your Life Cycle Events...
Please share your life cycle events with the OZ community! If you are celebrating a new birth, special anniversary or birthday, a wedding or civil union, a conversion, or have any other occasion you wish to share, please eMail announcements to Molly or call 864.0218 x22. |
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Challah Purchases from Kathy Guevara
Kathy will take orders up until Wednesday of every week for pick-up on Friday. Place orders via email or call Kathy at 482-4158.
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Thrift Barn now open...
Mon-Fri 10:30am-3:00pm and Sundays 11:00am-3:30pm
We are always looking for household items, such as pots and pans, casseroles, dishes, silverware, and household items, that make an empty apartment a home. All items should be in reasonably good condition. When donations are sorted, all clothing which is torn, has broken zippers or is stained is discarded. We want to respect others by offering clothing which we would wish to wear ourselves. Also welcome at any time are NEW cleaning supplies (sponges, dishwashing liquid, Windex, lestoil, etc.) and NEW personal hygiene items (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, etc.). Although regular sizes are preferred, sample or travel sizes, such as those given by hotels, are also welcome. Questions, please email Anouk, or call her on 864-0218 ext. 21.
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Shabbat Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Joshua...
Will begin on Oct. 6th from 8:30am to 9:00am...At OZ
We study the parashat ha'shuva (sections of the weekly Torah reading). Along with Rabbi David and, as we move along, some of you, Rabbi Joshua facilitates our learning together. No knowledge of Hebrew is necessary, and if you have other plans for after 9:00, please feel free to come only for the half hour, though you know we'd be delighted if you stayed for the service and actual chanting of the Torah portion we have studied. Email Rabbi Joshua Chasan or call him at 864-0218 ext. 23.
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Monday Afternoons...Hebrew Study..
Will begin on Oct. 6th from 4:00pm to 5:30pm...At OZ
The Hebrew study Group will resume on October 6th during the intermediate days of Sukkot. For those who want to learn Hebrew, both the reading of Hebrew and conversational Hebrew, Rabbi Joshua will be leading a weekly class, tentatively scheduled for Monday afternoons. We will be using both a text book, Ha'Yesod, as well as interactive DVDs published by Rosetta Stone, beginning with Hebrew Level I. These DVDs can be found on the internet. If the cost is a problem, please email Rabbi Joshua Chasan or call him at 864-0218 ext. 23.
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Tuesday Afternoon Torah Study with Rabbi David...
Will begin on Oct. 6th from 5:45pm to 6:45pm...At OZ
Rabbi David's Torah Study class will resume on October 6th during the intermediate days of Sukkot. Rabbi David leads an adult Torah study group which goes through the entire Torah verse by verse at a pace determined by the group's participants. Email Rabbi David Steinberg or call him at 864-0218 ext. 25. |
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Wanted... Music CDs for Jewish Communities in Cuba
Sephardic singer, Sarah Aroeste, and Cuban-born musical collaborators are collecting Jewish music CDs and songbooks across all Jewish music genres, as well as used discmen or small portable CD players for Jewish communities in Cuba. PLEASE NOTE: CDs and songbooks can be used, but only those in good condition. Also, we cannot accept burned CDs— only original copies, please. If you would like to donate Jewish music CDs, songbooks or discmen/CD listening devices (including adapters and headphones), please send items to: Aroeste Music LLC, Attn: Cuba-Jewish Music Project, 255 W. 108th St., #5B, New York, NY 10025.
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Vermont Hadassah Cards & Tree Certificates
For information on purchasing cards and tree certificates, please call Fern Ellen Blood, at (802) 241-4181. |
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The OZ Volunteer Network to the Rescue!
Do you need a ride or help with shopping and other errands? Would you like someone
to accompany you to a doctor's appointment? Or do you need a minyan to say Kaddish?
We're here for you! We'll do our very best to help. Please
contact Molly Ritvo at 864-0218 x22. |
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Office Volunteers Needed
We often need volunteers to help with various tasks, such as mailings, folding The Voice, and stuffing envelopes. Please email Anouk or call 864-0218 x21 if you're interested in helping.
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PJ Library of Vermont
Families with at least one Jewish parent may sign up their child(ren), age 6 months through 7 years old, to receive FREE monthly Jewish books for one year. FREE renewal subscription after the first year. Parents also receive books on Jewish parenting, family life and other topics of interest. There is no obligation. Special PJ Library programs will be available to the families. Click
here for more information on signing up for or to donate to this program.
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VRRP Need Volunteers
The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program (VRRP) is alive and well and bustling with new arrivals! We are receiving refugees from Burundi, Bhutan, Iraq and soon from Burma! These are wonderful and fascinating people to get to know and to help adjust to American life! Would you like an opportunity to make a remarkable difference in someone's life? How about the opportunity to make yourself happy by giving of your time and talents? We are in need of volunteers right now and in the future. If you would like to join our dynamic volunteer group, please call Deirdre at 338-4632 or email for details and an application!
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