Traveling With Jewish Taste: 'Open Sesame,' Sez Me!

Our Traveling With Jewish Taste columnist Carol Goodman Kaufman shares the Jewish history of sesame, and her own experiences: "It took a year of living and working with Mizrachi Jews in Israel to discover the culinary joys of sesame." Plus a recipe for roasted butternut squash and red onion…

"Downright Bashert!" Alan Paul Takes Over at Barrington Stage Company

On Thursday, June 29, Barrington Stage Company and Jewish Federation of the Berkshires will present a free panel, “Reflections on Antisemitism and the Cautionary Tale of Cabaret." In this BJV profile, our featured panelist Alan Paul, in his first season as the BSC artistic director, talks…

To Boldly Grow: Judaism, Food, and Sustainability - Tamar Haspel on May 31

On Wednesday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m., Jewish Federation of the Berkshires presents “To Boldly Grow: Judaism, Food, and Sustainability,” an inspirational and timely discussion with journalist and author Tamar Haspel. Federation board member Richard Slutzky spoke with Tamar about her book…

Super Tzedakah Week – Plant the Seeds that Make Our Community Bloom!

Super Tzedakah Week kicks off May 21 with Jewish Community Day 2023 at High Lawn Farm in Lee. Lara and Jonathan Denmark have stepped up as Super Tzedakah Week co-chairs - here the Berkshire natives share the ways our Federation supported their family's Jewish journey over the decades and…

"Lessons from Anatevka": Rabbi Reflection by Hevreh's Rabbi Jodie Gordon

In this Rabbi Reflection column, Rabbi Jodie Gordon of Hevreh shares some insights she gleaned while consulting on a high school production of "Fiddler on the Roof," which she characterizes as "a story of Jewish life that was already changing by 1905."