Rabbi Seth Wax, College Chaplain and Director of Jewish Life at Williams College, reflects on how "living in the light and seeing clearly is critical for life, this time of year reminds us that there is also a time for being present with mystery, with the thick cloud, with darkness."
In this BJV Interview, Professor Joanna Homrighausen talks about her upcoming December 18 program for Federation, “The Art of Ancient Hebrew Letters: Manuscripts, Mysticism, and Monsters.” It's the first of three talks about Hebrew calligraphy she will present for us in the months ahead.
This fall, Susan Bronson takes the reins at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, succeeding the institution's founder Aaron Lansky. The BJV spoke to Bronson about her new role and plans on continuing to grow the Center
On Thursday, November 13 at 7 p.m., we welcome photographer David Kaufman, The Posthumous Landscape: Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe, a photographic tribute that highlights the stories behind the remnants of Jewish communal in post-war Poland, western Ukraine, Lithuania, and Latvia.
