Family & Friends Friday IN PERSON + ONLINE: Our regular Friday night macinyan welcomes Olam Chesed families to celebrate Shabbat L'CHAYYIM! and the joy of being in community. - Friday, November 4 6:00pm-7:15pm
Community Shabbat Service + Introduction to Leyning/Chanting Torah 1 of 3: Join us in the sanctuary for this monthly Shabbat morning practice of community Torah reading, prayer, and meditation. Participate in a lively, meaningful discussion as we look deeply into the age-old source of our tradition's wisdom. - Saturday, November 5 10:00am-12:00pm
Raise the Roof - Fundraiser: An evening of music, food, raffle, and games to support a new Lamoille Community House year-round shelter. - Saturday, November 5 6:00pm-9:00pm
Mitzvah Day - Home Cleanup: To mitigate not getting evicted, a local Hyde Park family in need has asked for help to clean up their property from debris. Bring your work boots and gloves and join Rabbi David for an afternoon of lifting, cleaning, and mitzvah making. RSVP for the address. - Sunday, November 6 12:00pm-3:00pm
Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism - ONLINE ONLY: Together with long-time JCOGS member Barbara Segal, Rabbi David is pleased to announce our second online cohort of Shalom Hartman Institute limmud/learning at JCOGS. This year’s focus will be on the Ethics curriculum drawn from the Hartman cutting-edge Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism. - Monday, November 7 5:45pm-7:30pm
Musical Shabbat - IN PERSON + ONLINE: Join us for an uplifting musical service to welcome in Shabbat in community led by Lynne Gedanken & Susan Bauchner, followed by a delicious Oneg. - Friday, November 11 6:00pm-7:30pm
Mitzvah class: Saturday, November 12 10:00am-12:00pm
Sandra Manning Book Release & Dessert: Does the couple that kills together - in books - stay together? That's one of the questions that award-winning Vermont author and JCOGS member Sandy (S. Lee) Manning and her husband, Jim (J.B.) Manning, will be answering about their books, their writing styles, and their marriage at an event at JCOGS on November 15 to celebrate the launches of their very different novels. Sandy writes thrillers featuring a Russian Jewish immigrant working as an intelligence operative for the United States; her latest book, Bloody Soil, involves a neo-Nazi plot to overthrow democracy in Germany. Jim's debut novel, Richter the Mighty, is a satiric political thriller that sprawls from Washington D.C. to Florida to Paris, France when a coke-sniffing president dispatches various miscreants to hunt down his children who've discovered he murdered one of his wives. Join for dessert and a fun evening discussing the books and how two former lawyers became writers for their second act. - Tuesday, November 15 6:30pm-8:00pm
Musical Shabbat with the JCOGS Band: Join us for an uplifting musical service to welcome in Shabbat in community, followed by a delicious Oneg. - Friday, November 18 6:00pm-7:30pm
Kinderlach & Gesher young families celebrate Shabbat: Join Rabbi David, Beth, and special friends at JCOGS for a sweet Shabbat morning of singing, dancing, and story. Bring your favorite stuffie to meet Shabbasaurus, the Shabbat dinosaur, and Tzipi, the curious bird! - Saturday, November 19 10:00am-11:30am
Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism - ONLINE ONLY: Together with long-time JCOGS member Barbara Segal, Rabbi David is pleased to announce our second online cohort of Shalom Hartman Institute limmud/learning at JCOGS. This year’s focus will be on the Ethics curriculum drawn from the Hartman cutting-edge Foundations for a Thoughtful Judaism. - Monday, November 21 5:45pm-7:30pm
