Rabbi Daniel Lehmann reflects on the themes of the Purim holiday, and how Esther was "the catalyst for the unfolding of a new era in Jewish history...in which the human intellect and human agency take center stage as prophetic revelation recedes"
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.
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)
“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.
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”
