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Lunch and Learn // A Storytelling Lunch Hour // Sept. 26, 2024
September 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
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Before turning to fiction writing, Lenny Levine enjoyed a successful 20-year career as a recording studio singer and composer of many jingles, such as McDonald’s, Lipton Tea, and Jeep. His stories have been widely published in literary magazines and journals, and he received a Pushcart Prize nomination for short fiction. His mystery novels Diehard Fan and Death in the Jingle Jungle are available on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble.
David Schein was lucky to go to Burlington High School in the mid-60s where he encountered writing teacher Gladys Colburn and theater teacher Margaret O’Brien whom he credits with setting him on his course. He spent many years in the San Francisco, New York and Chicago theater and poetry scenes. David wrote for, and performed and toured with Whoopi Goldberg as her star was rising. He lived in Tijuana, where he wrote and recorded for NPR with performance artist, Guillermo Gomez-Peña. He has worked extensively in Germany and Ethiopia — where, with a troupe of street kids, he founded One Love AIDS/HIV Awareness Theater. David is the author of three books, published by Burlington’s own Fomite Press, with another one, STONES, coming out soon.
About OZ’s Lunch and Learns:
In-Person in the Ohavi Zedek’s Social Hall. No Zoom unless conditions change, but a number of Lunch & Learns will be filmed by CCTV for posting 2 to 3 weeks after the event on the cctv.org web site — when on their site search for “Ohavi Zedek”.
Speakers cover a wide range of topics. A delicious lunch will be offered, which is served promptly at NOON. The talks begin at about 12:15pm and end no later than 1:15pm (including some time for Q&A).
Suggested cash contribution of $10 for food can be paid on the registration form or collected at the event — but feel free to give more or less. Please also consider sponsoring one or more Lunch & Learn to help cover expenses. Information on this is on the registration page.
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2024-2025 Series of Lunch and Learn Talks:
- Thursday, September 26, 2024: A Storytelling Lunch Hour. Readings by Lenny Levine & David Schein
- Thursday, November 21, 2024: The Challenges Facing Caregivers. A talk by caregiver and author Alan Rubel.
- Thursday, December 19, 2024: Bridges of Hope: Learning about Mental Health. A presentation by staff & volunteers with NAMI-Vermont
- Thursday, January 16, 2025: Volunteering to Stop Human Trafficking in Vietnam. A talk by OZ member Sue Schein
- Thursday, February 20, 2025: Jewish Life & Antisemitism in Today’s Germany. A talk by UVM Professor of History & Holocaust Studies Alan Steinweis
- Thursday, March 20, 2025: Artists & the Holocaust: Documentation, Memory, Elegy. A visual presentation by former UVM Fleming Museum Director Janie Cohen
- Thursday, April 24, 2025: The Music of Terezin. A talk, with music, by composer Michael Schachter
- Thursday, May 15, 2025: Last Messages from the Dying. An exploration with End of Life Doula Sarah Villanueva
Download Our Lunch & Learn Brochure with Details on Each Talk
Lunch and Learn // A Storytelling Lunch Hour // Sept. 26, 2024
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesPlease Register Here to Help Us Plan Before turning to fiction writing, Lenny Levine enjoyed a successful 20-year career as a recording studio singer and composer of many jingles, such... Read More
Lunch and Learn // The Challenges Facing Caregivers // Nov. 21, 2024
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesPlease Register Here to Help Us Plan Alan E. Rubel is a co-author/editor of a powerful collection of 43 stories about the reality of being an unpaid caregiver. The book,... Read More
Lunch and Learn // Bridges of Hope: Learning about Mental Health // Dec. 19, 2024
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesPlease Register Here to Help Us Plan One in 5 U.S. adults experiences a mental illness each year, but many of us know little about mental health conditions. Without meaning... Read More
Lunch and Learn // Volunteering to Stop Human Trafficking in Vietnam // Jan. 16, 2025
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesPlease Register Here to Help Us Plan Tight up against the Chinese border in northern Vietnam is a mountainous, tribal area from which, almost daily, Hmong girls are tricked, drugged,... Read More
Lunch and Learn // Jewish Life & Antisemitism in Today’s Germany // Feb. 20, 2025
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesPlease Register Here to Help Us Plan Germany is today home to about 120,000 people who identify as Jews: less than one percent of the world's Jews and to less than... Read More
Lunch and Learn // Artists & the Holocaust: Documentation, Memory, Elegy // Mar. 20, 2025
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesPlease Register Here to Help Us Plan Janie Cohen, past Director of UVM’s Fleming Museum, will provide an illustrated talk about the work of several artists who experienced the Holocaust... Read More
Lunch and Learn // The Music of Terezin // Apr. 24, 2025
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesPlease Register Here to Help Us Plan In this talk with music, composer, writer, and pianist Michael Schachter will explore his forthcoming music-theatrical project based on the history of the... Read More
Lunch and Learn // Last Messages from the Dying // May 15, 2025
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesPlease Register Here to Help Us Plan The dying process is daunting and brings forth a plethora of emotions that are felt by all. While there are signs that indicate... Read More