Ohavi Zedek Lunch & Learn

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Format: 2024-12-22
Format: 2024-12-22
TBD January - 01/16/2025
From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue:   For more information: www.ohavizedek.org
The Challenges Facing Caregivers - 11/21/2024
From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue: Alan E. Rubel is a co-author/editor of a powerful collection of 43 stories about the reality of being an unpaid caregiver. The book, The Greatest Burden. The Greatest Blessing, includes stories involving a variety of...
The Forgotten History of Barre’s Jewish Community - 05/16/2024
From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue: With deep ties to Burlington and Montpelier, Barre’s Jewish families nevertheless forged their own singular identity in a diverse environment of Yankees, Italians, French Canadians, Scots, Spanish, Syrians, and...
The Two Lives of Henrietta Szold - 04/18/2024
From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue: Henrietta Szold was one of the most important Jewish leaders of the 20th century. Her long life, from 1860 to 1945, spanned some of the most turbulent years in modern history. The events of that time shaped the lives of...
Preserving & Sharing Yiddish Literature & Culture: The Role of the Yiddish Book Center - 03/14/2024
From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue: Zvi Jankelowitz, the Yiddish Book Center’s Director of Institutional Advancement, shares highlights of “Yiddish: A Global Culture”, the Center’s new permanent exhibition, and explains how the...
A Look at Burlington’s Key Housing-Related Initiatives - 02/15/2024
From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue: Since 2021, the City of Burlington has been working to implement a 10-point housing action plan. The plan includes major housing-related initiatives for institutions (such as UVM); for the South End; and for City-wide...
Journeys to Lithuania - Echoes of the Past, Realities of the Present - 09/19/2019
Ohavi Zedek members Mark Banks and Aaron Goldberg share historical perspective and experiences from family heritage trips to their ancestral home.
Across the Abyss - Changing the Muslim-Jewish Relationship - 04/22/2018
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue invites you to an extraordinary afternoon with scholars Imam Abdullah Antepli and Yossi Klein Halevi as they present "Across the Abyss: How a former anti-semite and a former Jewish extremist are changing the Muslim-Jewish...
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger - 10/19/2017
Miro Weinberger speaks about his policies and work as Burlington's mayor at the Ohavi Zedek lunchtime program.
Connecting Communities With Police - 01/19/2017
Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo discusses accountability, transparency, and communication as he shares his background and his personal philosophy of policing.
Why Are We Repeating a Sordid Chapter in American History? - 10/20/2016
“'America Firsters’ of 1939 and Trump’s ‘America First’ Movement in 2016: Why Are We Repeating a Sordid Chapter in American History?” by speaker Howard Ball, UVM Professor Emeritus of Political Science and...
The Election of 2016 and the Future of the American Presidency - 05/19/2016
A presentation by William F. Grover on presidential politics and the American election of 2016.
Dr. Anna Hajkova on the "Children of Terezin" - 03/17/2016
A presentation prepared and presented by Dr. Anna Hajkova, Professor of Modern Continental History at the University of Warwick, UK, in connection with the Theatre Kavanagh production of Brundibar. Brundibar was performed in Burlington, VT, over the...