In this Rabbi Reflection, Rabbi Neal Borovitz explores the danger of "sinat chinam" (groundless hatred) within the Jewish community and how it might be checked by the practice of "ahavat chinam" (unconditional love).
In this Berkshire Jewish Voices essay, local author Richard Reiss writes about how anti-Semitism has affected his life, and on the importance of taking action as anti-Jewish acts spike in the United States today.
In his new book, Lenox resident Rabbi Dennis S. Ross guides us through a year of Torah readings through the lens of Martin Buber's thought and views about human and divine connection
Three weeks on California's John Muir Trail showed Professor Michael Hoberman of Fitchburg State University that God and tradition follow us wherever we are willing to take them
Our Traveling With Jewish Taste correspondent Carol Goodman Kaufman writes about the Jewish history of the Balkan nation of Croatia, and shares a recipe for restani krumpir, a delicious and simple potato dish
