In March, Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) announced that Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch of Temple Anshe Amunim in Pittsfield was selected to be its next executive director. In this BJV Interview, Rabbi Hirsch talks about her goals for this high-profile role in the Reform Movement, and shares some…
Follow the links for Berkshire Jewish Voices stories from the latest BJV: Albert Stern's "Don't Let the Perfect Become the Enemy of the Pot Roast" and Ruth Kaplan's "Accepting the Inevitable."
Tea - after water the most popular drink in the world. In this Traveling With Jewish Taste column, our correspondent Carol Goodman Kaufman writes about the Tribe's love of the camellia sinensis plant (traditional tea) and the many herbal infusions enjoyed at our tables.
In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, on Thursday, April 20 at 6:45 p.m., join celebrated photographer, author, and professor Daniel Levin for an online discussion about his new book, "Violins and Hope: From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall," which explores master violinmaker Amnon Weinstein’s…
In this essay about Tom Stoppard's "Leopoldstadt," Linda Burghardt connects the themes of the play - how the dreams of a Jewish Viennese family broke into a thousand pieces during World War II - to her own "assimilated" Austrian family's experiences and memories.
