Register herefor the funniest night of the year.Stay tuned for info on how YOU can take part in JCOGS's upcoming amazing auction... Then Laugh Your Tuchus Off as the winners are revealed during our Comedy Night extravaganza on Sunday, June 28. ...................................................
**Make sure to join us for the Annual Meeting this Sunday, June 14, at 10 am. We need your voice for our quorum. Via zoom here.**
Ways to Care for Yourself and Others
Safely interacting in public As restrictions are being lifted, please keep in mind that the novel coronavirus can spread between people interacting in close proximity—for example, speaking, coughing, or sneezing—even if those people are not exhibiting symptoms. Maintaining SIX feet social distancing remains important to slowing the spread of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. ...................................................
Pop up testing The Vermont Department of Health is conducting pop-up testing for anyone who would like to know if they are currently positive for Covid-19. Check the website for locations and to register in advance.
The Vermont Family Network has assembled a plethora of resources for families and caregivers of students with disabilities, on IEPs, and who have health needs. Please visit their Covid-19 page for information ...................................................
Upcoming Online Events click on each link below in order to connect via Zoom.
Our World Needs Repair – We Need Your Help The tikkun olam committee is starting a long-overdue conversation and action about racism, racial equity, white privilege, and justice at JCOGS. If these topics inspire you to action, we'd love to have you join us at the next tikkun olam committee meeting (THIS Friday, June 12 at 10 am). In the meantime, please visit and like the Racial Equity Alliance of Lamoille's (REAL) Facebook page and email REALamoilleVT@gmail.com to join their mailing list for updates. We can increase awareness and show solidarity in the struggle for inclusion, equity and justice by participating in REAL's Drive Against Racism on Sunday, June 14 at noon in Stowe and the REAL virtual meeting Wednesday, June 17 at 5pm. Please let co-chairs of the committee Amy Wenger (amy.wenger@jcogs.org) or Lynne Gedanken (gedanken@jcogs.org) know if you'd like to join the tikkun olam zoom meeting or would like more information. ....................................................
Saturday, June 13, 9:30 AM Kinderlach & Gesher Calling all grandparents, aunts and uncles! Our kinder/children invite you to a tea party on Zoom for special elder(s). Join Rabbi David and young families for a sweet Shabbat morning of song and smiles. Click here for the Zoom link. ....................................................
Mazel tov to our Bat Mitzvah! Saturday, June 13, 4 PM Sammy's bat mitzvah My name is Samantha Kohl. I am getting bat mitzvahed on June 13, 2020. I go to Harwood Middle School, and I am in 7th grade. My top 3 favorite sports are horseback riding, skiing, and field hockey. I like to play the flute and read books with lots of adventure in them. I am really into saving the earth, especially the ocean. That’s why I am going to be raising money for 4ocean. 4ocean is a non-profit organization that collects trash from the ocean. Each pound that they collect is turned into a recycled bracelet and I think that is super cool. There are lots of other things about me, but I am only going to tell you one more. When I get older I want to be an anesthesiologist. I want to be this because I like helping other people. RSVP here to join via zoom. ....................................................
Saturday, June 13, 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. ....................................................
Sunday, June 14, 12 PM, this week in Stowe Sundays of Action: Drive Against Racism The purpose is to demonstrate solidarity against racism and for racial equity in Lamoille and Vermont. More details to come for Stowe's event. ....................................................
Sunday, June 28, 7 PM Laugh Your Tuchus Off: a community-building, fundraising, rollicking good time. Featuring the hilarious Joel Chasnoff and local comedians. See a little more about Joel Chasnoff with a clip of his comedy here. Donations always appreciated. Register nowhere so that you will get the link. We want our whole community there. Donate your talent, a service, and/or items that can be for use now, virtual, or for when it is safer to come together. Everyone at JCOGS has something that is of value to someone else. If we all offer our gifts and we all bid on each other’s items, we can begin making up for lost fundraising. Let us know what you would like to offer for the auction, email debby.sherman@jcogs.org. ....................................................
JCOGS Garden Your newly formed "JCOGS Green Team", working on initiatives to make the JCOGS building, operations and activities more sustainable and resilient, is interested in starting a Community Garden at the Synagogue. The intent is to use the garden "as both an outdoor experiential Jewish classroom and a vehicle to stimulate our community’s commitment to environmental stewardship and food justice." ("May All Who are Hungry Come and Eat: Jewish Community Farming in the Face of Coronavirus”, May 18, 2020).
We're guessing JCOGS members may have among them a number of enthusiastic green thumbs who might enjoy tending a garden at JCOGS. We’re not talking big. Maybe just containers at first and somewhere close to a hose. Just enough to get started and see if it catches on.
Since the growing season is well underway, we need to find out now if you might help us with the ongoing upkeep of this "starter" garden. Please contact Karen Stewart, m:516-429-3377 or email: Stew91995@gmail.comwith your thoughts and any ideas. ....................................................
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. ....................................................
Yahrzeits
Bessie Friedman Beth Danziger Keyes George Moskowitz Gladys Michelson Joe Chen Siegel Norman Redlich Sidney B. Glazier
