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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

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,... 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

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... Read More

OZ Book Club – Kantika

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The OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. Kantika by Elizabeth Graver A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika―“song” in Ladino―follows the joys and... Read More

OZ Book Club – The Plot Against America

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The OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history... Read More

OZ Book Club 2025 – Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz

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The OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma & Inheritance by Ari Richter Never Again Will... Read More

OZ Book Club – My Mother’s Secret

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The OZ Monthly Book Club meets monthly and welcomes adult readers. Book selections are determined by the group, with topics that are related to Jewish themes and concepts. Join these casual discussions about the book. My Mother's Secret by Alina Adams As her revolutionary neighbor mysteriously disappears during Josef Stalin's Great Terror purges, 18-year-old Regina... Read More

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