In this Berkshire Jewish Voices From Israel column, we tell the story of Dr. Joshua Yurfest, the Pittsfield-based physician who embarked on a Sar-El mission to Israel this spring.
As Rabbi Levi Volovik points out, a holiday is different from a Holy Day. In this Rabbi Reflection column, he shares some thoughts on how to prepare for the Jewish Holy Days during the summer months preceding them.
"Perhaps the best part of summer is the abundance of locally grown fruits to be had. And the strawberry, among the first fruit to ripen in the Northeast, is king among them." So writes our Traveling With Jewish Taste columnist Carol Goodman Kaufman, who traces the beloved berry's history…
Mark Ludwig returns to the Tanglewood Learning Institute on Friday, August 16 and Saturday, August 17, with a new two-part series titled “Trauma, Memory, & Transcendence in Music.” Ludwig will draw on his Terezín research and also use the work of contemporary composers to explore the…
In August, the Adams Theater presents a staged reading of Alison Bendix's "The Refusenik," an 11-character play exploring Jewish dissident life behind the Iron Curtain. Director is Tony Simotes, longtime artistic director at Shakespeare & Company.
