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Dear JCOGS Member:
You are cordially invited to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting of the Jewish Community of Greater Stowe via Zoom on Sunday, June 14, 2020.
The agenda for the meeting is as follows: 10:00 –– Welcome and call to order 10:05 –– Rabbinic address 10:15 –– Approval of minutes of June 23, 2019 meeting, election of board members 10:20 –– Effects of Covid-19 shutdowns on our operations, school, and plans 10:40 –– Presentation of Quarter 1 2021 operating budget 10:50 –– Other business, if any
If you need support logging into the online platform for our meeting, Zoom, please contact jcogs@jcogs.org.
Our annual report will be distributed shortly and will be digital this year. If you would like a printed copy, please email us at jcogs@jcogs.org or call us at 253-1800. The annual report will contain the proposed Q1 2021 operating budget (July-September 2020), a letter from our finance committee chair, the strategic plan, information about what our committees have done over the past year, and words from our Rabbi David Fainsilber. The annual report will include the slate of proposed trustees for a two-year team, and nominations also will be taken from the floor.
We welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions at the meeting. Please join us as we keep the pathways of communication and the voice of our community strong. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, June 14.
Sincerely, The Executive Committee: Emily Rosenbaum, Ron Feinstein, Lynne Gedanken, Candace Elmquist, and Sarah Ibson Join via zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86584539577
Ways to Care for Yourself and Others
Farmers to Families Food Box Program The Vermont National Guard will be at Lamoille Union High School, 736 VT Route 15 W, Hyde Park, this Friday, May 22, from 10AM-2PM distributing non-perishable food boxes, along with produce, chicken, and dairy products provided by the Abbey Group. Anyone is welcome to come pick up food. All food will be distributed while supplies last. Just pull up in your car, open your trunk, and the appropriate amount of food will be loaded by members of the Guard. Please be sure to have space for the boxes in the car and to wear a mask. Click here for the schedule and for more information. ...................................................
Beginning Friday, May 29, frozen meals provided by the ShiftMeal Project will be available weekly for pickup at the Cambridge Elementary School from 11AM-1PM. For Cambridge residents of all ages and income levels. Made by local restaurants like the Skinny Pancake and packed in portions providing one generous serving. For more information, contact Heather Hobart at hhobart@lrcvt.org.
Childcare Vermont’s Early Childhood Alliance has compiled a thorough and very helpful list of resources for the early childhood community.
Building Bright Futures has put out a form to collect childcare questions. Submit your questions so that collective concerns and needs can move Vermont towards guidance that meets people’s needs.
Mazel Tov to our Bar Mitzvah! Saturday, May 23, 10:00 AM Lex's bar mitzvah My name is Lex and I am almost 13 years old. I go to Main Street Middle School in Montpelier, except now I’m actually going to school in my living room. I am very into acting and singing and debating. I have been in musicals, plays, tv and films. I like to read, play board games and card games. I love to swim, snorkel, dance, hike. I love traveling. My service project is to raise money for voting rights which are always so important, but especially for the upcoming election. My project connects to my Torah portion, which is about the Jewish census. RSVP here to join via zoom. ................................................
Saturday, May 23, 9 PM Havdalah Join in Havdalah with Rabbi David and family. Set yourself up before havdalah with a glass of wine or grape juice, some sweet smelling spices, and a havdalah candle (here’s how to make one or to buy one), and follow along with the prayers here. Join via zoom here. ....................................................
May 24-26: Crescendo Brought to you by this year's virtual Stowe Jewish Film Festival, Crescendo will be available to view from home from May 24-26 at no cost. A world famous conductor takes on the challenge of forming an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra in an attempt to create harmony out of discord. Please register for the film in advance HERE. Preview the film here. ....................................................
Offerings by communities throughout Vermont including: JCVT, Living Tree Alliance, Jewish Community of Greater Stowe (JCOGS), Ruach HaMaqom, Ohavi Zedek, Rutland Jewish Center, Temple Israel of Manchester, Beth Jacob, Havurah of Addison county, and Congregations Beth El of Bennington and St. Johnsbury, Brattleboro Jewish Community, and Temple Sinai.
We are pleased to announce that ZenBarn in Waterbury will be offering Shavuot special meals for pick up during the weekend. ....................................................
Click here for details about the discounted fuel rates available for JCOGS members only. The deadline to sign up has been extended to the end of July. ....................................................
Events sponsored by other area organizations
Wednesday, May 20, 3-4pm Grow a Garden Series Join Living Tree Alliance's educator, Elliot Cluba, as he shares his wisdom of wild foods as nourishment. Leap into the abundance provided all around us. Join us on Zoom here — password GARDEN ....................................................
“Rescuers in the time of COVID-19” Vermont Student 2020 Essay Competition Vermont Holocaust Memorial invites Vermont students to honor an individual or group they may know or have encountered in their community, by sharing a story of modern day “rescue.” This may be a doctor, house of worship, nurse, grocery clerk, shopper, postman, neighbor, friend, organization, parent, delivery person – or others. Ordinary people CAN DO extraordinary things. This is the only way people survived during the Holocaust, and the way people will survive this current crisis.
Yahrzeits
Domenic Castagna Cynthia Levine Bove Sophie Brown Carol Elaine Ellner Jack Waldman Eric Smith Norman Rosenbloom Freda Danziger Edward Klein Nathan Blumsack
