jcogs is hiring!
07/07/2021 04:31:16 PM
JCOGS is hiring! We are seeking a P/T (8-10 hours per week) assistant to support Rabbi David.
Duties: manage the Rabbi's presence on JCOGS's website platform; handle correspondence; coordinate appointments, calendars and materials for religious services and holidays; work collaboratively with other staff, board members and committee chairs; purchase supplies; maintain paper and electronic filing systems for records, files, correspondence, reference materials, music, and other documents; assist with physical setup for events and services
Skills: proficiency with Google Suite, edit and post YouTube videos; strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, discretion and good communication skills; ability to read music is a plus
Salary: Negotiable depending on skills and experience.
Please send resume to jcogs@jcogs.org
We are hiring a madrich/ah for Sundays
06/29/2021 12:07:29 PM
Now that Olam Chesed will also be leading the Hebrew school at Beth Jacob Synagogue in Montpelier, we are in search of the right person to assist in teaching the program. Here's the job description:
Job Description
Olam Chesed Madrich/ah מדריך/ה (counselor)
JCOGS is seeking a kind, creative, and mature madrich/ah מדריך/ה (counselor) to serve as assistant teacher for the Olam Chesed Program on Sundays at Beth Jacob Synagogue in Montpelier.
Program Description:
Olam Chesed runs from 9:30 - 11:30 on Sundays, during which time the students engage in tefillah/prayer time, kehillah/group learning, and chai/Jewish life lessons.
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
● Assist with set-up from 9-9:30 and break-down from 11:30 - 12:00 including space arrangement and materials organization
● Welcome students and assist with parent pick-up
● Set up and serve snack
● Work with individual students or small groups of students at specific times during theprogram
● Teach components of lessons during tefillah, kehillah, and chai (lesson plans provided)
● Participate in two Friday night and one Saturday morning family programs
Qualifications:
● Age 16 & up
● Knowledge of Hebrew: facility reading/chanting prayers
● Familiarity with Jewish ritual and tradition
● Skill to engage and lead small groups of students, including handling discipline under the
guidance of the director
● Capacity to provide support and assistance to individual students
● Completion of Mitzvah! (with strong attendance) or equivalent b’nei mitzvah prep
program - as determined by director
● Previous work with children—babysitting, tutoring, camp counselor—preferred but not
necessary
● Ability to take direction, work independently, implement lesson plans, and give feedback
to the director
Compensation:
$25/hour x 3 hours for program plus $25 per hour for staff meetings and trainings
Please send resume and letter of interest by July 21, 2021 to Beth Liberman, director of
education at beth.liberman@jcogs.org.
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Jewish Community of Greater Stowe
Rabbi's Friday email
04/30/2021 10:50:38 AM
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earth day is a jewish concept
04/20/2021 01:09:30 PM
Though April 22nd is not officially in the Jewish calendar, it can be celebrated through a Jewish lens. More than just a scientific or
political issue, protecting our planet is an imperative given to us by Elohim from the very first week of creation.
The first humans were created to care for the rest of creation, to literally be shomrei adamah/keepers of the earth. Not keeping in the possessive sense, but in the sense of caring and watching over this one and only home that we all share. That, too, is a Jewish concept. Shema Israel! It's all one. We're all one. What goes into our earth becomes part of us ... and eventually the reverse is true as well.
Further, our Torah explicitly teaches us the concept of bal tashchit/do not destroy. Make provisions to save, protect, and not willingly damage or endanger fruit-bearing trees (and by extension, life-giving nature).
Over the doors of JCOGS is the phrase: l’dor v’dor, from generation to generation. Here we are reminded that our actions leave a legacy, both in recognizing that what we do now to change the trajectory of climate change or preserve a destructive status quo, makes the difference in the kind of world our children will inherit from us and whether our children will continue to be shomrei adamah/guardians of the earth for the generations after them.
Judaism also teaches that even small acts count. Start with an awareness: can you turn off the faucet while you're brushing your teeth or soaping up a pot? Can you reuse that plastic container before you send it to the recycling bin? Can you buy local produce from the source rather than the supermarket (leading to greater need for preserving pesticides and truck traffic)? Can you change your eating habits to include less meat and prepared foods? Can you share these small wisdoms with your children early enough to make them habits?
Ateed participates in The Omer Challenge
04/12/2021 09:43:33 AM
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After learning about slavery in the modern age at the Teen Seder held on March 13th, the teens asked, "What can we do?" A follow-up program was created using the Jewish tradition of counting the Omer as a framework to engage the teens in simple but effective action items they will receive in their inbox each week. In the Jewish calendar, we are at our point of greatest freedom on a physical level: we made it out of slavery alive and we can do WHATEVER we want. This seems like a dream for many teens yearning for the freedom of getting the keys to the car and moving out of the house. However, all of us know how reckless our freedom can become. Judaism has a solution for this: Mitzvot. Mitzvot, traditionally defined as commandments, invite us to increase our connection to spirit, tradition, and people while discovering ways to live a free and responsible life. As the calendar marches towards Shavuot, we grow up as a people preparing ourselves in the desert to receive the 10 commandments, the start of our civil code as a spiritual people. Parents are always discovering ways to offer freedom and instill responsibility. We want our teens to be resilient, self assured, confident, AND responsible, safe and connected. Working with three teen groups around the state, the JCVT teen program has developed a 7 week challenge for teens to connect themselves to the responsibility that comes along with buying things. The Omer Challenge asks students to methodically look at what is behind their shopping choices: Who are the people who make your shirts or harvest your food? How are they treated? What types of certifications and policies do companies have in place to protect their workers? In an era when purchases are a click away, the Omer Challenge turns our buying power into a form of activism and encourages the next generation to ponder how their freedoms affect others further down the supply chain. Melanie Grubman Kessler, coordinator of JTeen, an initiative of JCVT For more information on how to particpate, please contact JCOGS director of education beth.liberman@jcogs.org.
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