In our Rabbi Reflection column, Rabbi Barbara Cohen of Congregation Ahavath Sholom in Great Barrington shares thoughts on how the difficult inner work to rediscover and reclaim parts of our exiled selves can be very restorative and well worth the effort
In September, the Jewish Women's Foundation of the Berkshires partnered with Meals of Hope and enlisted community volunteers to help pack 25,000 meal packages that were distributed to food pantries by the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
The edicts of our sages, the world of our fathers, and the iconography of underground art meld in the images, sculpture, and Judaica of Steve Marcus, now on view at the Yiddish Book Center
The Williamstown-based novelist Alexis Schaitkin ("Saint X") on exploring the mysteries of motherhood, how trauma teaches, and Jewish historical memory
Journalist Tuvia Tenenbom's project is to expose casual, cultural, political, and institutional manifestations of anti-Semitism - he spoke with the BJV about his tour through Great Britain and the challenging situation for its Jewish residents chronicled in his latest book, "The Taming of the Jew"
