Jewish Federation of the Berkshires will host our annual Major Donors Celebration on Sunday, July 26 at 9:30 a.m. at the Berkshire Hills Country Club. The event honors the individuals and families whose leadership gifts help sustain and strengthen Jewish life across the Berkshires, in…
Independent documentary film director and producer Abby Ginzberg will be in the Berkshires on Monday, July 20, when her latest film, Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold, is featured at the Berkshire Jewish Film Festival. In the BJV Interview, correspondent Carol…
In this column about Jewish books, Dr. Steve Rubin reviews Alice Austen’s "33 Place Brugmann" and Sarah Yahm’s "Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation." All are invited to attend Dr. Steve's to Current Events Seminar on July 16 and August 20 at noon, a Connecting With Community program held…
In this Rabbi Reflection column, Rabbi David Weiner of Knesset Israel considers the influence of Assyrian culture on the Book of Deuteronomy, and shows how "in the same way that we are immersed in contemporary culture, our ancestors were enveloped by Assyrian language, laws, iconography,…