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Lunch and Learn: A Look at Burlington’s Key Housing-Related Initiatives
February 15, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Since 2021, the City of Burlington has been working to implement a 10-point housing action plan. The plan includes major housing-related initiatives for institutions (such as UVM); for the South End; and for City-wide implementation. City of Burlington Planning Director Meagan Tuttle and/or other Planning Department staff, will update us on these housing initiatives, and will be available to hear your comments and answer your questions about housing-related issues that Burlington is facing..
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About OZ’s Lunch and Learns
We gather at Ohavi Zedek’s Social Hall as an in-person event from noon to 1:15pm. (We are not using Zoom unless conditions change.)
A delicious lunch will be offered. Monthly speakers will cover a wide range of topics. Seating will be available for those who want to stay masked and not join us for lunch. Our goal is for everyone to feel comfortable and enjoy the talks.
The program is free, with an option to make a donation to support our programming.
Upcoming Lunch And Learns:
Lunch & Learn // Volunteers Helping People Seeking Asylum
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States// An Introduction by CASAN Board Members Jan Steinbauer and Kim Watkin Above: A little newcomer enjoys her first Winter in Vermont. Below: Memories of home. The Chittenden Asylum Seekers Assistance Network (CASAN) is a volunteer group that welcomes people seeking asylum who are in our local communities. A non-profit since 2019, CASAN has assisted traumatized -- yet resilient -- people from many countries who come to begin new lives in safety. It provides longer-term, wrap-around assistance for several individuals…
Lunch & Learn // The Kurdish-led Local Democracy Revolution in the Middle East
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States// An Illustrated Talk by Author and Translator Janet Biehl Graduation day at the women's academy in Raqqa, a place where ISIS once sold women it captured as sex slaves.... Read More
Lunch & Learn // Ernest Bloch’s Sacred Service
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States// An Exploration by Musicologist & Choral Conductor Nathaniel G. Lew 1917 photo of Ernest Bloch. Wikipedia. In May, the Vermont Choral Union will perform the Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh) by Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959). In preparation for this concert, musicologist and choral conductor Nathaniel Lew will introduce this seminal 1933 composition for chorus and orchestra or organ, widely considered the finest concert-music setting of the Shabbat morning liturgy. Lew will examine the circumstances of the work's commission by Congregation Emanu-El in…
