On Thursday, November 21 at 7 p.m., Federation welcomes Leah Lax, author and librettist whose new book, Not From Here: The Song of America, follows her journey back into society through listening to new immigrants tell their stories. This free program will be presented via Zoom.
On Thursday, October 31, at 7 p.m., Federation hosts Israeli journalist Lee Yaron, who will present an online program in which she will discuss her remarkable new book, "10/7: 100 Human Stories." Part of Jewish Literary Voices: A Federation Series in collaboration with The Jewish Book Council.
Rachel Goldberg-Polin made many friends in the Jewish Berkshires in March 2023, when she worked in Jerusalem with members of Chabad of the Berkshires on a group visit to Israel. The community stayed in close touch with Rachel throughout her family's ordeal. On the morning before her son…
Our Federation's participation in the Afula-Gilboa Partnership2Gether program has forged connections between the Jewish Berkshires and this region in northeast Israel, now a place where evacuees are seeking refuge from the hostilities. Our friends at the Mishkan Museum in Ein Harod have…
In this BJV Interview, Alon Parnas of Kimama's Camp Halfmoon in Monterey, MA, shares how his camp welcomed 33 Israeli children and teens from hostage families to the Berkshires this summer for "a real summer camp, not a grief summer camp."
