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Lunch and Learn 2024/2025

Lunch and Learn // Artists & the Holocaust: Documentation, Memory, Elegy // Mar. 20, 2025

Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States

Please 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 directly or indirectly. Cohen will also focus on two of the former, Henryk Ross, who clandestinely photographed life in the Lodz ghetto while serving as the Jewish Council’s official photographer, and Hannelore Baron, a New York artist who witnessed Kristallnacht as a child and escaped Germany with her family. About OZ's Lunch and Learns: In-Person in the Ohavi Zedek’s Social Hall. No Zoom unless conditions change, but a number of... Read More

Lunch and Learn 2024/2025

Lunch and Learn // The Music of Terezin // Apr. 24, 2025

Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States

Please 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 Terezín Ghetto, a WWII concentration camp outside Prague where the Jewish inmates resisted the Nazis through musical, dramatic, and artistic expression. In particular, he’ll focus on the musical activities of Eric Vogel, a trumpeter who founded a jazz band in Terezín called the Ghetto Swingers, and Rafael Schächter, a pianist and conductor who led the inmates in performances of such monumental works as Verdi’s Requiem. About OZ's Lunch and Learns:... Read More

Lunch and Learn 2024/2025

Lunch and Learn // Last Messages from the Dying // May 15, 2025

Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States

Please 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 when someone has reached the end stages of the dying process, the most moving indicator is called “abstract speech.” Often overlooked, abstract speech offers an opportunity for a final connection with the departing person. Join Sarah Villanueva, who is both Director of Beth Jacob Synagogue and an End of Life Doula, as she explores this phenomenon. About OZ's Lunch and Learns: In-Person in the Ohavi Zedek’s Social Hall. No Zoom... Read More

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