In this New Year-themed Rabbi Reflection column, Rabbi Barbara Cohen of Congregation Ahavath Sholom in Great Barrington considers how a simple linguistic shift - learning to substitute the word "and" for the word "but" - might transform one's view of oneself and of the world
Last March, artist Carolyn Newberger of Lenox explored her family’s roots in Ukraine through her dismay over the country’s invasion by Russia. She created “Dancing With the Ancestors, Ukraine,” a mixed media collage and painting, as a way of both acknowledging the historical…
In our BJV Interview, Rebecca Soffer, the co-founder of Modern Loss, talks with Rabbi Seth Wax of Williams College about her work, loss, and what we might learn from being more real about our experiences of grief. She will appear at Federation's Knosh & Knowledge at Hevreh in Great…
Noah Hochfelder, who grew up in Pittsfield and is now at Middlebury College, tells his Berkshire Jewish story – and how this Federation made him a creative leader prepared to build community as a young adult
Is a Rosh Hashanah 'tzimmes' worth the 'patchke'? Of course it is - and our Traveling With Jewish Taste correspondent Carol Goodman Kaufman tells us about the history of this classic Ashkenazi holiday dish, plus a recipe.
