Wouldn’t it be nice for all the Jewish communities of
Vermont to work together? Well this is
beginning. A group is working on this
and has named the organization “Jewish Communities of Vermont”.
Representing Temple Sinai, I attended the first meeting of
this group on August 11th.
Other members of our congregation also in attendance were Judy
Alexander, Bruce Chalmers, & Susan Leff.
Over 40 attended in total from 17 Vermont Jewish Communities. Louise Stoll serves on the planning committee
and Susan Leff it the newly appointed Executive Director.
The goal of this group is to “increase communication and
understanding between the many diverse Jewish Communities”. In our six hours together, we spent time
exploring what we have in common, our hopes and dreams, and what we will do in
the next 12 months.
Our goals for the next 12 months are: create a Statewide
calendar, produce a monthly newsletter, create a logo, create a directory of VT
Jewish resources, create a way to communicate i.e. a list serve, begin a
statewide Tzedakah project, create a database of Kosher Foods available in VT,
& host a Jewish immersion experience i.e. weekend retreat. More to come – I welcome your thoughts and suggestions.
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