Join us for an inspiring evening with A Chance to Meet, a collective of artists and activists from Gaza and Israel who have been working in secrecy to connect and create art since 2019.

Their mission is to foster understanding and bridge the divide between Gaza and Israel/Palestine through art and storytelling.

This event will allow us a unique opportunity to engage directly with their artwork, listen to their stories, and create art together.

What to Expect:

• Community Engagement: Connect with others in a safe, supportive environment dedicated to peace, solidarity, and social justice.

• Artists’ Dialogue: Hear firsthand experiences and the challenges faced by artists working across barriers of conflict.

• Interactive Art Creation: Bring your favorite portable art materials, like markers or Fimo clay (some materials will be provided).

Event Guidelines:
To ensure the safety and privacy of the artists, please note:

• In-Person Only: No recordings or photography are allowed.

• Donations Welcome: 100% of monetary donations go directly to support the artists, especially those in Gaza who face severe survival challenges. Contributions are accepted in cash, checks, or via PayPal.

Refreshments:
Light snacks and tea will be served.

 Limited Seating — Register at: A Chance to Meet: RSVP for Art and Activism Event at UVM Interfaith Center

 In Person Only: No recordings or photography allowed, for artists' safety.

Want more details? Go to registration link above, and/or write to: VTFoST@gmail.com

Kabbalat Shabbat to honor R. Jan and Rebbiztmon Loredo. Friday, November 22nds 6:00pm- at its ‘womb’, the Old Red Brick Synagogue, on Archibald Street.

After 7 long and wonderful years, it’s time for R. Jan and Loredo to step aside and into Emerita status in the RhM community. We’ll gather to welcome the Shabbas, then PARTY!

Please join us as we mark this moment in the history of RhM. And make a donation in honor of this moment!

You can park at 274 N. Winooski Street, next to the Vermont Law Line building. Please do not use the parking lot at 294!

3rd Annual Jewish Food Festival, aka Northern Nosh. Sunday, November 10th, 11-3 at Ohavi Zedek. From children’s programming to an epic array of “Jewish food”, this is a celebration of culture and community. Ashkenaz, Sefardi, Mizrachi, and other culinary traditions will be available.

Havdallah and Re-Weaving of RhM , Saturday, November 9th, 6:30 pm. Rhm needs YOU to braid together the next version of our progressive Jewish community.  Rabbi David Curiel and Rabbi Lee Moore will lead havdallah and begin a conversation with YOU as to what you envision as the next iteration of RhM. 

During this shift, RhM also seeks your financial support. PLEASE make a donation to RhM! Honor someone you love! Honor someone’s memory! Show your gratitude for the past and eagerness for the future! Give RhM the resources it needs to move forward. 

Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday, November 8th, 6:30 with Rabbis Jan, David Curiel and Lee Moore.

As Rabbi Jan steps into her Emerita role, we welcome R. David and R. Lee to join her in leading a rousing, profoundly spirit-infused welcome of Shabbas, followed by our epic pot luck veggie dinner. Let us gather to reweave our tapestry of progressive Jewish Renewal! On Saturday, we’ll come together for a havdallah and begin to hold a conversation about the next steps for RhM (see separate listing for details).

Kabbalat Shabbat! Friday, Oct. 25th, 6:30 at the UU. Join us for a lively Kabbalat Shabbat and delicious veggie pot luck!

Yom Kippur, Saturday, October 12th, 10 am. This, the highest/deepest Holy Day of our calendar, we note where we as individuals and as a community, look within to see where and how we  have 'missed the mark' and not lived up to our most elevated ideals. We  are invited to divorce ourselves as completely as humanly possible from the mundane world in which we live, in order to devote ourselves with all our hearts and minds to our relationship with the  Flow of Blessing. Refraining from eating or drinking, making love or wearing leather, this is the quintessential sacred 26 hours of  embodied mindfulness. You are encouraged to dress in white!

Kol Nidre: Friday, October 11th, 5:30 pm. It’s Shabbas, too! Please arrive a little early, to get settled so we can begin promptly at 5:30 pm. We enter into our most purposeful prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur.  A quiet, sacred time that initiates some of the deepest probing of who we are as individuals and as a community, it is filled with what might be called real soul music. We invite you to dress in white.

Tashlich And Shofar blowing Thursday, October 3rd, 4 pm
Rock Point Retreat Center

Join us at Rock Point where we'll engage in the ritual which encourages us to reflect on the poignant memories of last year and enter into the new year. We will ritually cast off, of our regrets, inviting us to a deepening commitment for a new year of possibility and connection. Bring weather gear if necessary; we’ll collect rocks at the water’s edge to toss upon the waters. A short evening service will follow our Tashlich. Do you have a shofar? a conch shell? Bring them!

Rosh HaShanna, Day 1, October 3rd, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.

We will gather in awe and wonder at the New Year which celebrates Creation and offers us the chance to begin a focused 10-day journey to renewal. Filled with song and stories, new tunes and traditional melodies for this potent Holy Day, we cultivate a spirit of forgiveness, for ourselves and others,  through prayer, open-hearted singing, and times of silence.

We’ll gather in the Parlor at the UU.

Please do not park in the lot behind the building, but rather, use public parking on the streets and in the parking garages.

Need a copy of the machzor? Here is the link

Supplement link here

Vermont Friends of Standing Together, Sunday, Sept. 29th, 6 pm. Join us the create a Vermont Friends of Standing Together, one of a growing worldwide network, to help Standing Together envision justice, self-determination and peace for all in the Middle East, from the bottom up!

Mikva at Oakledge Beach, Sunday, Sept. 29th, 4:00 pm. Pending good weather (and even if it’s raining a little bit!) we’ll gather at the picnic tables at Oakledge Beach, next to the Standing Stones/Earth Clock. We’ll spend some time in preparation, and then enter into the lake. Bathing suits required. Car parking on site (modest parking fee).

Kabbalat Shabbat! Friday, Sept. 13th, 6:30 pm at the UU. With our amazing veggie pot luck dinner and opportunity to just come together in community!

2024 Pride Seder! Wednesday, Sept. 11, 5:30 pm. This year’s gathering is shaping up to be a very meaningful program. Please consider joining us and sharing this with anyone who might be interested.  This year the team has made the start time earlier, to allow for families to participate more easily.

Women’s Weekly Torah! We meet every Wednesday at noon to study text from Torah. Please join us…all are welcome! Here’s the new registration link which you only need to use the first time you register.

Women’s Weekly Torah! We meet every Wednesday at noon to study text from Torah. Please join us…all are welcome! Here’s the new registration link which you only need to use the first time you register.

Women’s Weekly Torah! We meet every Wednesday at noon to study text from Torah. Please join us…all are welcome! Here’s the new registration link which you only need to use the first time you register.

Kabbalat Shabbat! Friday, Aug. 9th, 6:30 pm at the UU. With our amazing veggie pot luck dinner and opportunity to just come together in community!

Women’s Weekly Torah! We meet every Wednesday at noon to study text from Torah. Please join us…all are welcome! Here’s the new registration link which you only need to use the first time you register.