Berkshire Jewish Voice Highlights

Highlights from the Berkshire Jewish Voice

An Evening of Inspiration and Light - with Neshama Carlebach, Feb. 13

Federation and its affiliates welcome Neshama Carlebach for a community-wide Havdalah online on Saturday, February 13 at 7:30 p.m. The BJV spoke with Neshama about how her life as a performer changed during this pandemic, and what we can look forward to on Saturday.

Traveling With Jewish Taste - Purim in Persia

In time for Purim, our Traveling With Jewish Taste columnist Carol Goodman Kaufman delves into the long history of Jews in Persia - and shares a recipe for Kufteh-ye Pesteh-o Anar (Pistachio and Pomegranate Meatballs)

Berkshire Jewish Voices: Not All Who Wander Are Farblondjet

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” Yogi Berra famously remarked - but as our writer found out, that's not always so easy. A Berkshire Jewish Voices story about getting hopelessly lost (in Yiddish, 'farblondjet') in the Berkshire hills.

Yevgeny Kutik's “Finding Home: Music from the Suitcase in Concert”

Violinist Yevgeny Kutik, emigree from the former Soviet Union resettled in the Berkshires with the help of the Jewish Federation, explores his roots in the online 'docu-recital' “Finding Home: Music from the Suitcase in Concert”

Honey on the Page, Yiddish Children's Literature Translated by Miriam Udel

Honey on the Page is Miriam Udel's new translation of Yiddish children's literature of the first 75 years of the 20th century. The BJV spoke with Professor Udel about the anthology and her academic research.