BJVoices After Oct. 7 - “A Real Summer Camp and Not a Grief Summer Camp”

In this BJV Interview, Alon Parnas of Kimama's Camp Halfmoon in Monterey, MA, shares how his camp welcomed 33 Israeli children and teens from hostage families to the Berkshires this summer for "a real summer camp, not a grief summer camp."

A Rabbi's Reflections on October 7th and its Aftermath

Rabbi Neal Borovitz reflects on his lifelong connection to Israel and shares some thoughts on how the Jewish state might move forward following the Oct. 7 attacks. A Berkshire Jewish Voices After Oct. 7 essay.

Berkshire Jewish Voices After Oct. 7: For Such a Time As This

In this Berkshire Jewish Voices After Oct. 7 essay, Albert Stern draws on his experiences growing up among Holocaust survivors and living in Israel during the Yom Kippur War to reflect on Oct. 7.

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How to Draw the Holocaust: A Talk With Cartoonist Amy Kurzweil

In two award-winning graphic memoirs, the 2016 Flying Couch, and Artificial, a self-described “work of memory and imagination” published in 2023, New Yorker cartoonist Amy Kurzweil chronicles her family’s Holocaust legacy. The BJV's Linda H. Davis had a chance to talk to Kurzweil in…