Super Tzedakah Week 2025 Kicks Off Federation's Annual Campaign

With the arrival of Super Tzedakah Week on June 1, Jewish Federation of the Berkshires is proud to launch its 2025 Community Campaign. This year's co-chairs Leslie and Roy Kozupsky share their thoughts about the importance of giving back to this Jewish community - "This is no time to be…

Kosher Lunches thru June 15

Connecting With Community Kosher Lunch Menus thru June 15

“Chaim Weizmann and The Two State Solution,” with Jehuda Reinharz, PhD

On Friday, May 30 at 2 p.m., Jewish Federation of the Berkshires and Shakespeare & Company are honored to present Jehuda Reinharz, PhD, President Emeritus of Brandeis University and recipient of the President of Israel Prize (1990 and 2024) for a discussion of the life of Chaim Weizmann. In…

"Opening Doors," with Hasia Diner - The Irish and the Jews in America

On Thursday, May 15 at 7 p.m., Federation welcomes Hasia R. Diner, a preeminent scholar of American Jewish history and immigration, whose book "Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America" sheds light on the mutually beneficial, although sometimes fraught,…

Dr. Steve Recommends: A Column About Jewish Books and Authors

Dr. Steve Recommends - A Column About Jewish Books and Authors. This time, two post-Oct. 7 2023 narratives and a new Haggadah.