Our MissionThe Jewish Community of Greater Stowe (JCOGS) is a growing unaffiliated congregation embracing all denominations of Jewry. Conceived in 1988, our mission is "to create and sustain an environment which perpetuates and celebrates Jewish traditions, observances and sense of community."
CalendarShabbat Services − first and third Friday of each month at 6 p.m. Sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter |
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| Next Shabbat Service Friday, February 3, 6 p.m. |
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Wednesday, February 8, 5:30 p.m. Please join us for this festive celebration with guest officiant: Rabbi Tom Heyn of the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community. A pareve/vegan meal of soup and bread will follow the seder. Reserve your seats by sending a check to JCOGS, P O Box 253, Stowe VT 05672, for $12 per family or $6 for a single. For additional information or questions, call Patti Rubin at 802-253-7990 or e-mail her at rubibell@aol.com. |
Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project Thursday, February 9, 7:30 p.m.
A Vermont Humanities Council event hosted by JCOGS, this event is free and open to the public. Call Carole at 802-253-7408 for more information. |
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Looking at Synagogues Here and There: Understanding the Past through Buildings Sunday, February 26, 4 p.m. An illustrated presentation and discussion with Sara Ferdman Tauben, author of the book Traces of the Past: Montreal's Early Synagogues
Consulting historic maps, photos, and Yiddish records, Sara examines the local activities of the community in relation to the debates that went into the building of synagogues in 19th century Europe. Much like today, societal changes and challenges were reflected in the selection of architectural styles, interior decoration and the layout of synagogues. Discussion is welcome regarding the choices and challenges encountered in constructing the JCOGS building by a group of people who came from other places to create a Jewish community in Stowe, not unlike the early immigrants to Montreal. The presentation will be followed by a reception with light refreshments and a book signing with the author. Books are $20 each. |
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| JCOGS is located at 1189 Cape Cod Rd. in Stowe. From the center of Stowe Village, Cape Cod Road is 1.7 miles up the Mountain Rd. (Rte. 108) on the right. JCOGS is the first building on the right, across from the Stoweflake Resort. Map | ||
Tu B’ Shevat Seder
Drawing on his book Life in a Jar: the Irena Sendler Project, Dr. Jack Mayer tells the story of a holocaust hero who rescued 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto,
and how three Kansas teenagers, 60 years later, helped to bring that hero’s forgotten story to the world.
Los Angeles native, part-time Stowe resident, and JCOGS member, Sara Ferdman Tauben is the leading expert on the early synagogues of Montreal, her home now for more than 30 years. The history of the first synagogues established in Montreal is a vibrant case study of Jewish immigrant communities across North America before 1945.