Berkshire Jewish Voices From Israel: An Experience of Spiritual Whiplash

In this Berkshire Jewish Voices From Israel story, Rabbi David Weiner of Knesset Israel in Pittsfield shares his experiences on a three-day Rabbinical Assembly mission to Israel "to support Israeli Masorti (Conservative) rabbis and their communities by showing up from overseas, listening…

Berkshire Jewish Voices From Israel: A Seed Was Planted

In this Berkshire Jewish Voices From Israel story, Roy Kozupsky of Stockbridge shares his recent experiences supporting the IDF with the Sar-El program at an air force base in the Negev and at an army base.

Divine Providence? The Purim Story Retold - Plus Mendelssohn's 2nd Quartet

Close Encounters With Music presents “For Such a Time as This,” a retelling of the biblical Esther story on Sunday, February 11, at St. James Place in Great Barrington

Infinite Bach – Music of the Spheres Recorded in a Barn in the Berkshires

Israeli-American cellist Maya Beiser, best known for recording and performing new and avant garde music, not only found a home in the Berkshires during the pandemic, but also the ideal setting to record her interpretation of J.S. Bach's Six Cello Suites - the barn located on the property.…

In a Dark Time, the Light of Our Jewish Community on Full Display

Writes Federation's Executive Director Dara Kaufman: "If we have learned anything in this moment, it is that American Jews must live in a secure, engaged, educated, compassionate, and supported Jewish community." Find out more about what your Federation is doing to make it so.