The JCOGS office will be closed on October 7 and 8 in observance of Sukkot. JCOGS will not hold services in the building this Friday, October 3rd. Services will be held at Rabbi David and Alison's home. Details below
High Holy Days 2025/5786
We invite you to share the spirit and wisdom of Yom Kippur. Join us for prayer, music, and reflection.
10:00 a.m. Morning services include music, prayer, powerful words of Torah, and a community Torah reading. 10:30-11:15 a.m. Parents and young children as well as youth, birth to 10 years old, Yom Kippur storytelling and activities on the JCOGS lower level. IN PERSON ONLY 12:45 p.m. Yizkor Memorial Service: Remembering those beloved who have passed away. 1:30 p.m. Learning session with Rabbi David 2:30 p.m. Walk together on the rec path. 3:30 p.m. Yoga for Yom Kippur: Lite stretching for body and soul.
4:30 p.m. Minchah Afternoon Services, with youth retelling the dramatic story of Jonah and the whale. 5:45 p.m. Ne’ilah Service: The gates close with these final, intimate prayers. Come hear the final shofar blast. Havdalah at 7:11 p.m. to break-the-fast.
Join us at Rabbi David and Alison's home for a short service and some brief reflections on these Days of Awe/Yamim Noraim, followed by a vegetarian/pescetarian potluck (no peanuts or lentils, please). For all-ages. RSVP for the Zoom link or for directions. Please note: there will be no services at the JCOGS building.
All hands on deck for all-you-can-eat tacos and to help build and decorate the sukkah. Please bring schach (organic covering, ie corn stalks or tree boughs).
Join JCOGS members and the wider community in Rabbi David and Alison’s home sukkah. Feel free to bring any friends along and a vegetarian side dish to share. Please RSVP for directions.
EDUCATION
Yom Kippur Day Story Telling and Activites Thursday, October 2, 10:30-11:15am JCOGS Lower Level Parents and young children as well as youth, birth to 10 years old, please join us for this fun, educational holiday experience
Olam Chesed Education Center Enrollment As we step into another vibrant year of youth and family programming at JCOGS, enrollment for the 2025-26 year is officially open and can be found here!
CLERGY CORNER
Southern Civil Rights Interfaith Trip Video Watch our upcoming tour guide Dr. Todd Allen's inspiring presentation of “Traveling Freedom’s Highway"HERE. Not to be missed.
GREATER COMMUNITY
October 7th Remembrance
7:00 PM – EVENING VIGIL - BURACK HILLEL - 439 COLLEGE ST A SOLEMN GATHERING WITH PRAYERS, REFLECTION, AND COMMUNITY VOICES
The Women's Fellowship of Stowe Community Church Invites you to Dinner! Thursday, October 16, 6pm RSVP: Olivia Easdale at olivia.easdale@jcogs.org
Please join us in welcoming the women from the Blessed Sacrament Church, Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, and St. John's Episcapol Church for an interfaith potluck supper and tour of our newly rennovated kitchen. To ensure we will enjoy a wide variety of dishes, have fun with the following guidelines: If your last name starts at the beginning of the alphabet, please bring a main dish If your last name starts in the middle of the alphabet, please bring a dessert. If your last name starts at the end of the alphabet, please bring a salad. OR: bring whatever you want or just yourself. There will be plenty for all.
SAVE THE DATE
American Antisemitism – Past & Present with Rabbi Dan Judson Four Wednesday Sessions on Zoom from 7:00-8:30pm 11/12, 11/19, 12/3 and 12/10 Join one of Rabbi David's mentors, who visited JCOGS in June, to explore the rise in American antisemitism and its deeply troubling but fascinating history, as we try to make historical sense of this moment.This event is sponsored by Hebrew College, JCOGS, and Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
THANK YOU
The Sackett Family for hosting the oneg in celebration of Carolyn's Mitzvah.
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Yahrzeits
Sunday Ovadiah Black
Monday Menno Denneboom
Tuesday Gerald Cantor Evelyn G Redlich
Wednesday Maurice Levy William Aronsohn Josef Klein
Friday Philip "Buddy" Jacobs
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