In two award-winning graphic memoirs, the 2016 Flying Couch, and Artificial, a self-described “work of memory and imagination” published in 2023, New Yorker cartoonist Amy Kurzweil chronicles her family’s Holocaust legacy. The BJV's Linda H. Davis had a chance to talk to Kurzweil in…
As we approach New Year 5785, Rabbi Rachel Barenblat of Congregation Beth Israel of the Berkshires shares some thoughts on the difficult year we just experienced, as well as hopes for a better year ahead.
Is Rosh Hashanah honey cake the Jewish version of the dreaded Christmas fruit cake? Our Traveling With Jewish Taste columnist Carol Goodman Kaufman used to think so, until she discovered the virtues of silan - date syrup. Carol shares her honey cake journey with a recipe you can try for the…
On watching the 2024 Summer Games from Paris, the BJV's bonfin correspondent Alex Rosenblum penned a reflection on his life as an non-Olympian athlete. The photo shows Alex, in his hockey playing youth, skating toward the bench.
Federation is pleased to welcome “Cake Lady” Natalia Monahan as assistant to Food Service Director Susan Levine – they’ll be working together in the Knesset Israel kitchen for our Connecting With Community kosher meals program.
