To many partisans of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders shoulders some of the blame for the former secretary of state’s loss in last November’s presidential election. But rather than being shunned as a spoiler, the Vermont senator appears to be feeling the love, as party leaders appreciate his conciliatory tone and populist message in the Trump…
When Sarit Werner said “I do,” it wasn’t just about a lifetime commitment to the man she loved. It meant leaving behind a life in New York City and the world of high fashion. “What were the chances of me meeting the one Jewish cheese maker from Vermont?” she said. But “Jesse was so cool.”…
(JTA) — A Jewish student at the University of Vermont who was being reported missing while snowboarding has died. Brett Cohen, 22, of Needham, Massachusetts, was found in a wooded area near a trail at a ski resort in Vermont on Monday evening, eight hours after he was reported missing by a friend from whom…
A wide variety of kosher foods have disappeared from grocery shelves in Vermont after the state’s strict GMO labeling law went into effect July 1. At least one supermarket, in the capital city of Burlington, explained that it could no longer offer certain kosher products because their manufacturers did not update their packaging to comply…
(JTA) — Bernie Sanders reads from the Passover Haggadah in Hebrew and jokes with his seder hosts about finding hametz, traces of leavening, after they have thoroughly cleaned the house in preparation for the holiday. The presidential candidate, a socialist competing for the Democratic nomination, also follows Israeli politics close enough to understand the influence…
The Jewish community of Montpelier, Vermont is reeling in the aftermath of a violent shooting. Lara Sobel, 48, was outside her workplace at the Department for Children and Families (DCF) on August 7. Active in the Jewish community, Sobel was a member of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Montpelier. Barney Bloom, former President of Beth Jacob…
The only whiff of anti-Semitism that I experienced during my campaign for governor of Vermont took the form of a reporter’s question. He asked my campaign manager Liz Bankowski: “How are you going to deal with Madeleine Kunin’s liabilities?” “What liabilities?” Liz asked. “Well, she’s a woman, a democrat and she’s Jewish.” Liz thought for…
1) 5,285 Jews live in Vermont. 2) The interior of the so-called Lost Shul of Burlington (better known as the Chai Adam synagogue) was painted in 1910 by Ben Zion Black and is currently in the process of being restored. 3) In 1977, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened the first Ben & Jerry’s Homemade…
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