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Simchat Torah at JCOGS last Friday (picture credit Stephen Friedman)

Havdallah and the Incredible Nefesh Mountain band at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center
Saturday, October 25
6-9pm Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center
At 6pm, you are invited for an exclusive end of Shabbat Havdalah ritual with Nefesh Mountain and Rabbi David Fainsilber at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center. Doors then open at 6:30pm, and the show begins at 7pm.
Click HERE ​​​​​​​for tickets. Use code JCOGS20 to receive 20% off the ticket price

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. 

 Please be aware that scammers have been sending fraudulent emails using Rabbi David's and Cyndy Wyatt's names. The only legitimate email address is  (the individual's name)@jcogs.org, so please take care and verify before responding to any message that looks suspicious.

You may have seen the Tikkun Olam sign-up board in the JCOGS lobby during the High Holy Days. If you already wrote your name, thank you—we’ll be in touch soon to follow up. If not, email alisonlink@gmail.com to let us know what you are passionate about getting involved with:

• Climate action planning; Housing and homelessness; Nourishing others and food justice; Cooking for the shelters; Donation collections; Rainbow coalition / LGBTQ+ support; Civil rights and racial justice; Immigrant and refugee support; Advocacy and organizing.

Or join a small committee to help plan our MLK Day of Service, Monday, January 19, shaping meaningful projects for a day of action. Email: alisonlink@gmail.com.

Shoresh
Saturday, October 25, 2025
10:00-11:30am
Join us for our monthly Shoresh gathering at JCOGS with singing/movement with Rabbi David and Katie Yoskowitz, followed by a hands-on activity, ending with blessings over challah/grape juice and a lite nosh.

 9th and 12th-grade advisory groups visited with Miriam Rosenbloom from the Vermont Holocaust Memorial and learned about her family's incredible history and survival during the Holocaust. This was a meaningful and educational opportunity for all who attended. If you are interested in viewing the slideshow presentation,
  click this link.

• Patti Rubin for cooking and cleaning for the oneg, and Rabbi David and Lis Erickson for helping with clean up.

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