As part of our ongoing advocacy to combat antisemitism and build local support for the recommendations of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism, Jewish Federation of the Berkshires recently convened a meeting between our Berkshire state legislators and leaders of…
Dr. Steve Rubin reviews two important books by Israeli writers - Hostage, by Eli Sharabi and David Grossman's The Thinking Heart: Essays on Israel and Palestine. Starting on Thursday, June 11 at 10:45 a.m., Dr. Rubin will once again moderate his Current Events Seminar at Knesset Israel,…
"To remember liberation is to accept responsibility for the liberation of others. That is at the ethical core of Jewish tradition." A Passover themed reflection by Rabbi Jennifer Rudin of Congregation Ahavath Sholom.
On Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m., Federation and the Tanglewood Learning Institute host a community Yom HaShoah commemoration led by Terezin Music Foundation Director Mark Ludwig, whose subject will be "The Grey Zone – Music from Terezín and Holocaust Remembrance."
