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Lunch and Learn: Search and Rescue in the Central Mediterranean
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesLong- time OZ member and Vermont Certified Nurse-Midwife Jade Kaplan will discuss her work in April 2023 as a volunteer midwife on the medical team of the humanitarian search and... Read More
Lunch and Learn: Israel: Snapshot from a December Visit — plus: OZ’s Participation in the ADL’s “Kulanu” Antisemitism Program & How You Can Be Involved
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesBecause of a serious health issue facing a member of her family, our planned January Lunch & Learn speaker, Janie Cohen, will need to reschedule her talk on Holocaust related... Read More
Lunch and Learn: A Look at Burlington’s Key Housing-Related Initiatives
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesSince 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... Read More
Lunch and Learn: Preserving & Sharing Yiddish Literature & Culture: The Role of the Yiddish Book Center
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesZvi Jankelowitz, the Yiddish Book Center’s Director of Institutional Advancement, will share with us highlights of “Yiddish: A Global Culture,” the Center’s new permanent exhibition, and explain how the Center... Read More
Lunch and Learn: The Two Lives of Henrietta Szold
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesHenrietta Szold was one of the most important Jewish leaders of the 20th century. Her long life, from 1860 to 1945, spanned some of the most turbulent years in modern... Read More
Lunch and Learn: The Forgotten History of Barre’s Jewish Community
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesWith deep ties to Burlington and Montpelier, Barre’s Jewish families nevertheless forged their own singular identity in a diverse environment of Yankees, Italians, French Canadians, Scots, Spanish, Syrians and other... Read More