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Gallery Hours...Art Display...OZ Social Hall
Ohavi Zedek is exhibiting the work of Ben Stein (1922-2010), architect, outdoors man, dancer, traveler and artist.Proceeds from sales will benefit OZ, ACLU-VT and The Green Mountain Club. Images of his work can also be viewed online.
Gallery Hours: Monday, August 9 through Sunday, September 2
9am-5pm: Monday-Thursday
9am-3pm: Fridays & Sundays
Closed Saturdays
For further information, please contact Deborah Stein Sharpe at (781) 828-8291 |
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Saturday, August 28...Guest Speaker...OZ Shabbat Service
Shabbat Morning, August 28~Guest speaker: Marissa Parisi, Executive Director of Vermont Campaign To End Childhood Hunger
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Sunday, August 29...Communal Mikveh...North Beach...1:00 pm
OZ Annual Communal Mikveh in preparation for the Days of Awe. Sunday, August 29th, 1 pm at North Beach. Prepare for the soul searching of the High Holy Days by immersing in the waters of Lake Champlain. Please bring a swimsuit.
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Fall Classes beginning Oct. 24...Drawing as a Way of Knowing...OZ classroom No. 2
An Introduction to the Basic Principles of Drawing~No Previous Drawing Experience Required
Seven Sessions: Sundays, Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, and 21, Dec 5, 12, from 2 to 5 p.m. Cost: $150 which confirms your registration. Plan on spending an additional $50 for a text and materials when class begins. Proceeds (the $150 registration fee) go to OZAE development. Class will require a minimum of 7 students, with a maximum limit of 12. Enrollment will be closed once 12 have enrolled. Payment required by October 1, 2010
For more information contact the instructor: Michael Strauss (http://mjstrauss.com). To sign up please contact Tari at in the front office.
Learn about materials used in drawing, perspective, mechanical aids to perception, measurement, what you "know" and what you see, movement of the eye and the hand, eye-hand coordination, gesture drawing, the contour line, lost and found edges, value, defining form with light, chiaroscuro, and composition.
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| ONGOING EVENTS & PROGRAMS |
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Your Life Cycle Events...
Please share your life cycle events with the OZ community! If you are celebrating a new birth, special anniversary or birthday, a wedding or civil union, a conversion, or have any other occasion you wish to share, please email announcements to Tari or call 864-0218 x21. |
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Challah Purchases from Kathy Guevara
Kathy will take orders up until Wednesday of every week for pick-up on Friday. Place orders via email or call Kathy at 482-4158.
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Thrift Barn now open...
Mon-Fri 10:30am-3:00pm and Sundays 11:00am-3:30pm
We are always looking for household items, such as pots and pans, casseroles, dishes, silverware, and household items, that make an empty apartment a home. All items should be in reasonably good condition. When donations are sorted, all clothing which is torn, has broken zippers or is stained is discarded. We want to respect others by offering clothing which we would wish to wear ourselves. Also welcome at any time are NEW cleaning supplies (sponges, dishwashing liquid, Windex, lestoil, etc.) and NEW personal hygiene items (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, etc.). Although regular sizes are preferred, sample or travel sizes, such as those given by hotels, are also welcome. Questions, please email Tari, or call her on 864-0218 x21.
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Shabbat Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Joshua...
Will begin on Oct. 6th from 8:30am to 9:00am...At OZ
We study the parashat ha'shuva (sections of the weekly Torah reading). Along with Rabbi David and, as we move along, some of you, Rabbi Joshua facilitates our learning together. No knowledge of Hebrew is necessary, and if you have other plans for after 9:00, please feel free to come only for the half hour, though you know we'd be delighted if you stayed for the service and actual chanting of the Torah portion we have studied. Email Rabbi Joshua Chasan or call him at 864-0218 x23.
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Monday Afternoons...Hebrew Study..
Will begin on Oct. 6th from 4:00pm to 5:30pm...At OZ
The Hebrew study Group will resume on October 6th during the intermediate days of Sukkot. For those who want to learn Hebrew, both the reading of Hebrew and conversational Hebrew, Rabbi Joshua will be leading a weekly class, tentatively scheduled for Monday afternoons. We will be using both a text book, Ha'Yesod, as well as interactive DVDs published by Rosetta Stone, beginning with Hebrew Level I. These DVDs can be found on the internet. If the cost is a problem, please email Rabbi Joshua Chasan or call him at 864-0218 x23.
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Wanted... Music CDs for Jewish Communities in Cuba
Sephardic singer, Sarah Aroeste, and Cuban-born musical collaborators are collecting Jewish music CDs and songbooks across all Jewish music genres, as well as used discmen or small portable CD players for Jewish communities in Cuba. PLEASE NOTE: CDs and songbooks can be used, but only those in good condition. Also, we cannot accept burned CDs— only original copies, please. If you would like to donate Jewish music CDs, songbooks or discmen/CD listening devices (including adapters and headphones), please send items to: Aroeste Music LLC, Attn: Cuba-Jewish Music Project, 255 W. 108th St., #5B, New York, NY 10025.
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Vermont Hadassah Cards & Tree Certificates
For information on purchasing cards and tree certificates, please call Fern Ellen Blood, at (802) 241-4181. |
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The OZ Volunteer Network to the Rescue!
Do you need a ride or help with shopping and other errands? Would you like someone
to accompany you to a doctor's appointment? Or do you need a minyan to say Kaddish?
We're here for you! We'll do our very best to help. Please
contact Tari at 864-0218 x21. |
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Office Volunteers Needed
We often need volunteers to help with various tasks, such as mailings, folding The Voice, and stuffing envelopes. Please email Tari or call 864-0218 x21 if you're interested in helping.
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PJ Library of Vermont
Families with at least one Jewish parent may sign up their child(ren), age 6 months through 7 years old, to receive FREE monthly Jewish books for one year. FREE renewal subscription after the first year. Parents also receive books on Jewish parenting, family life and other topics of interest. There is no obligation. Special PJ Library programs will be available to the families. Click
here for more information on signing up for or to donate to this program.
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VRRP Need Volunteers
The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program (VRRP) is alive and well and bustling with new arrivals! We are receiving refugees from Burundi, Bhutan, Iraq and soon from Burma! These are wonderful and fascinating people to get to know and to help adjust to American life! Would you like an opportunity to make a remarkable difference in someone's life? How about the opportunity to make yourself happy by giving of your time and talents? We are in need of volunteers right now and in the future. If you would like to join our dynamic volunteer group, please call Deirdre at 338-4632 or email for details and an application!
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