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HIGHLIGHT
Israeli-themed Musical Shabbat and Catered Oneg Friday, May 16, 6-8pm In Person and Online This Shabbat, we begin at 6pm by commemorating Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day. The second Memorial Day since October 7, we will mark the lives lost on that day with special prayers and will write notes to the families of the remaining hostages. We will then bring in Shabbat and observe Yom Haatzmaut, Israeli Independence Day with some Israeli and Shabbat music. Plan to stay for a Middle Eastern and Israeli food feast catered by Aladdin!
GOT INTEREST? Southern U.S. Civil Rights Interfaith Trip Today through Sunday, please share with us if you are seriously considering joining this trip. You can learn all about it HERE, including the exciting itinerary. No formal commitment is necessary, however, registration will soon open and we want to have a sense of the total numbers. Simply email jcogs@jcogs.org with your interest, or for questions, contact Bill Shore at wm.shore@gmail.com.
Tour Organizer and Guide Dr. Todd Allen
From Passover to Shavuot: Ancient Ethics for Today with Rabbi David ONLINE ONLY Two Sessions: Saturday, May 17, and Saturday, May 31 9:00-9:45am We make it out of Egypt on Passover... but what's next? If we free ourselves from actual slavery, do we fully leave the slavery-mentality behind? Join this two-part learning journey (one or both weeks) as we dive into ancient Jewish wisdom to unlock what it means to live ethically today.
EDUCATION
TOT SHABBAT in the Garden Saturday, May 17, 10:00-11:30am at JCOGS Young families join Rabbi David and Beth in the JCOGS Mitzvah Garden for our final gathering of the year. We'll dance and sing and hear the classic story, Eliezer and the Gezer, about a stubborn carrot and then plant carrots to eat next year. Followed by a lite nosh.
Join us for a very special Shabbat service honoring Priscilla Minkin, JCOGS Vice President. Priscilla has served as a leader on JCOGS’s board of Trustees for over a decade. Priscilla’s contributions to our community include supporting members in need as chesed chair, outreach to new members, successful stewardship of donors to JCOGS’s endowment fund, and so much more.
JCOGS COMMUNITY
Calling All Shabbat Supper Stars to fill our Oneg Openings We have many openings for Oneg Sign up: May 30, June 6 and 27, July 4, 11, 18, and 25, and August 1 Sign up HERE to host an Oneg. 📩 Questions or want to co-host? Contact Olivia at olivia.easdale@jcogs.org.
GREATER COMMUNITY
Prom Swap Support for Civic Standard in Hardwick Collection Through May 16 JCOGS is collecting clean, new, or gently used dresses and suits to help make prom accessible to all. Drop off during JCOGS office hours and Shabbat Services.
United Community Church Warming Center Mondays Mondays, 1-3pm For information about volunteering contact Patti Rubin: patti6036@gmail.com
THANK YOU
Olam Chesed families and other members for sponsoring the Oneg Stacy Burnstein and Anna Westervelt for Tikkun Olam cooking for the shelters
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Yahrzeits
Sunday Janice Grover
Monday Renee Zwerin
Tuesday Leonard Fox
Wednesday Sophie Brown
Thursday Cynthia Levine Bove Carol Elaine Ellner
Friday Shelli Solomon
Shabbat Jack Waldman
Jewish Community of Greater Stowe 1189 Cape Cod Road Stowe, VT 05672 802 253 1800 (office) jcogs.org
