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Jewish Federation of the Berkshires is proud to announce that its president, Arlene D. Schiff, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of Jewish Federations of North America, an umbrella organization representing over 350 Jewish communities across North America.
This summer, Camp Halfmoon welcomed 55 Israeli campers from hostage families. They join campers from around the U.S. and the world to take a much-needed breath from the intensity of life back home, where even this summer was marked by the 12-day war with Iran.
What's in a name? In this Reflection column, Harman Grossman of The Berkshire Minyan ponders the curious (and spurious) legend about the naming of Jug End Road in Egremont.
In this Traveling With Jewish Taste column, our correspondent (and noted writer of mystery novels) Carol Goodman Kaufman does some sleuthing close to home to unravel the curious find of Revolutionary War-era tefillin in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
