The JCOGS office will be closed for administrative clean up and organization from December 29-January 9. The building will be open and scheduled events will take place. Please allow 48 hours for the return of emails and phone calls.
Rabbi Michael Margaretten Cohen is a faculty member at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and Bennington College and Director of Community Relations for the Friends of Arava Institute. A former Policy Advisor to the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Speechwriter Adviser in the White House, he is rabbi emeritus of the Israel Congregation in Manchester Center, Vermont, a regular contributor to the Jerusalem Post, and the author of "Einstein’s Rabbi: A Tale of Science and the Soul." The cost for this catered dinner and talk is on a sliding scale. Click HERE to register.
EDUCATION
Gesher TODAY Wednesday, January 7, 4:15-6:30pm Pre-Mitzvah & Mitzvah Class JCOGS Saturday, January 10, 10:00am-12:00pm
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1:00–2:30 PM | UCC Morrisville Community Hospitality – Share lunch and music as part of the UCC resource center. 2:30–5:00 PM | JCOGS
Chesed (Kindness in Action) – Visits, calls, and care-based outreach
Cook for Lamoille Community House – Prepare meals for neighbors in need
Cooking & Baking with Kids – Family-friendly service
Draft Dodgers – Make door/window draft stoppers to use or donate
Tikkun Ha’Bayit – Clean-up and small repairs around JCOGS
USCRI Donations*H/Sorting – Support refugees & immigrants—see below for items needed
Rainbow Coalition Art Project – Create blessing cards for our youth
5:00–6:15 PM | JCOGS Community Soup Supper – Vegetarian soups, bread, and dessert, with brief clergy reflections on Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. Come for one project or stay all day.
On Mitzvah Day join the JCOGS Green Team to make draft stoppers that save energy and repurpose materials.The collection box for material is in the JCOGS lobby.
USCRI Donations You can help USCRI refugees resettle in Vermont by bringing these specific items to the donation box in the JCOGS lobby:
Personal Hygiene items (shampoo, soap, deodorant) - new
cleaning supplies-new
pots and pans, Dishes-(full sets only), Knives and other cooking utensils,
Bedding (sheets/blankets/comforters) - twin, full, and queen (no king-size)
Community Shabbat Service: Join Rabbi David for this Shabbat Morning Service with a lite kiddush following service. - Saturday, January 10 10:00am-12:00pm
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Yahrzeits
Sunday Rose Vasilevsky Black
Monday Samuel B Lipton Theodore Hamber Jean Green Levine David Erstein
Thursday Henry Siegel
Friday Frances Rosenberg Wolkowitz Fanny Ewen
Shabbat Alvin Segal
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