"What I Could Have Done..." - A Son of Survivors Reflects on a New Cookbook

In this Berkshire Jewish Voices essay, our bronfin (whiskey) correspondent Alex Rosenblum responds to a cookbook that collects recipes shared by Holocaust survivors, which evoked memories of his own parents (survivors themselves) and their relationship to food.

Between Earth and Sky: The Berkshires and Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod

The Mishkan Museum of Art in Kibbutz Ein Harod is one of Israel's Afula/Gilboa region institutions with which Federation is connected through our participation in the Partnership2Gether program with other New England federations. Tanya Fredman, an educator at the museum with family…

Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes, with Ira Rosen

Award-winning television producer Ira Rosen (60 Minutes, Primetime Live) talks to the BJV about his career, the current media landscape, and his memoir "Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes." Rosen will present an online program on Thursday, December 8 at 6:45 p.m., as part of …

BJV Interview: David Sipress on "What’s So Funny? A Cartoonist’s Memoir"

The New Yorker cartoonist David Sipress talks to the BJV about his work and the upcoming Jewish Literary Voices program he will present on November 17

Roberta Silman’s "Summer Lightning" —A  Sweeping Saga of a Jewish Family

Award-winning author Roberta Silman of Great Barrington has just released her latest novel, "Summer Lightning." In our BJV Interview, she talks about her inspiration and what the idea of "summer lightning" means to her.