We Kid You Not - Kitniyot are Permissible on Passover

Our Traveling With Jewish Taste correspondent Carol Goodman Kaufman writes about how at long last "kitniyot" - corn, rice, legumes, etc. - have been deemed "Kosher For Passover" by an Ashkenazi rabbi. What does it mean for you this Pesach? Maybe gundi - Persian chicken and chickpea soup dumplings.

Book Review: How Yiddish Changed America And How America Changed Yiddish

BJV Yiddish and bronfen correspondent Alex Rosenblum reviews "How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish," an anthology of essays, articles, excerpts of Yiddish plays and stories, poems, and cartoons. This "monumental effort" with a "boundless optimism for Yiddish" was…

Berkshire Jewish Voices: My Coming to America by Dr. Leo Goldberger

In this Berkshire Jewish Voices story, Dr. Leo Goldberger shares his experience of coming to America after World War II on a trans-Atlantic journey - accompanied by a daring fellow passenger.

Meanwhile, Back on the Farm...

Elisa Spungen Bildner, co-author (with Robert Bildner) of The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook, updates us on how the farm and food communities in the Berkshires have fared during the pandemic.

Thank You for Supporting Federation’s Work During a Time of Uncertainty

With gratitude, Amy Lindner-Lesser, president of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires', shares how your donations to our Annual Campaign supported our community during a year of crisis