From Wayne Senville, Coordinator, OZ Lunch & Learn Series: “I want to invite you to the 2024 / 2025 “Lunch & Learn” talks at OZ.
Musician Brian Perkins’ Lunch & Learn presentation on the musical heritage of Burlington’s Old North End.
They are all in-person on Thursdays, from Noon to 1:15pm in OZ’s Social Hall. They’re a great opportunity to learn, have a delicious lunch, and socialize. You can also chat with the speakers after their presentations.”
Upcoming talks are listed the bottom of this page or download & print your own detailed Lunch & Learn brochure:
View and Print our 2024/2025 Lunch & Learn Brochure
All talks are free, though we do pass around a jug for cash contributions to help cover our food costs of roughly $10 per person.
In the OZ Social Hall for a Lunch & Learn.
We are also seeking one or two $125 sponsors for each upcoming Lunch & Learn session to sustain our program & support OZ. Please call OZ’s office and ask to speak to Program & Engagement Manager Evan Rose for details: 802-864-0218 (then select option 1 to reach Evan).
We look forward to your joining us for one or more Lunch & Learn talks. View the list of upcoming talks below.
Lunch and Learn // Volunteering to Stop Human Trafficking in Vietnam // Jan. 16, 2025
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesTight up against the Chinese border in northern Vietnam is a mountainous, tribal area from which, almost daily, Hmong girls are tricked, drugged, kidnapped and smuggled deep inside China. There,... 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 StatesGermany 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 two-tenths of one percent of Germany's... Read More
Lunch and Learn // Artists & the Holocaust: Documentation, Memory, Elegy // Mar. 20, 2025
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesJanie Cohen, past Director of UVM’s Fleming Museum, will provide an illustrated talk about the work of several artists who experienced the Holocaust directly or indirectly. Cohen will also focus... Read More
Lunch and Learn // The Music of Terezin // Apr. 24, 2025
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesIn this talk with music, composer, writer, and pianist Michael Schachter will explore his forthcoming music-theatrical project based on the history of the Terezín Ghetto, a WWII concentration camp outside... Read More
Lunch and Learn // Last Messages from the Dying // May 15, 2025
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesThe dying process is daunting and brings forth a plethora of emotions that are felt by all. While there are signs that indicate when someone has reached the end stages... Read More
