Berkshire Jewish Voice Highlights

Highlights from the Berkshire Jewish Voice

Seth Rogovoy Captures the Musical Voice of “The Quiet Beatle”

In his new biography of George Harrison, the Berkshires' best cultural writer, Seth Rogovoy, captures the musical voice of "The Quiet Beatle." Read it and you'll better hear "the George" all over The Beatles' songs, and gain a renewed appreciation of Harrison's distinguished post-Fab Four recordings

Not From Here: The Song of America, with Leah Lax

On Thursday, November 21 at 7 p.m., Federation welcomes Leah Lax, author and librettist whose new book, Not From Here: The Song of America, follows her journey back into society through listening to new immigrants tell their stories. This free program will be presented via Zoom.

Lee Yaron's "10/7": More Than a First Draft of History

On Thursday, October 31, at 7 p.m., Federation hosts Israeli journalist Lee Yaron, who will present an online program in which she will discuss her remarkable new book, "10/7: 100 Human Stories." Part of Jewish Literary Voices: A Federation Series in collaboration with The Jewish Book Council.

A New Dream - A Local Girl's Correspondence with Rachel Goldberg-Polin

Rachel Goldberg-Polin made many friends in the Jewish Berkshires in March 2023, when she worked in Jerusalem with members of Chabad of the Berkshires on a group visit to Israel. The community stayed in close touch with Rachel throughout her family's ordeal. On the morning before her son…

From My Place to Our Place - Young Israeli Evacuees Share Their Art

Our Federation's participation in the Afula-Gilboa Partnership2Gether program has forged connections between the Jewish Berkshires and this region in northeast Israel, now a place where evacuees are seeking refuge from the hostilities. Our friends at the Mishkan Museum in Ein Harod have…