Berkshire Jewish Voice Highlights

Highlights from the Berkshire Jewish Voice

Taking Comfort and Finding Strength in Our Most Human Responses to a Crisis

Dara Kaufman, the executive director of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, shares some of the ways she has been inspired by our community's response to the coronavirus crisis.

Responding to Crisis, Leveraging Our Community’s Powers of Resilience

The Jewish Federation of the Berkshires has mobilized to reach out to the community it serves, and found new ways to deliver vital services and sustain Jewish engagement. Federation is responding to the urgent needs of our most vulnerable persons and to the unprecedented daily challenges…

A New Sense of Purpose

Jordana Kozupsky Bel, a nurse practitioner with ties to the Berkshires, shares her experiences (and anxieties) about working in a busy New York hospital during a time of crisis. A Berkshire Jewish Voices essay.

The Beauty of Breaking - A Student on the Transition at Williams College

Williams College senior Gaia Steinfeld DeNisi on the shock and dismay of having her last year as an undergraduate abruptly ended due to the coronavirus, and finding a way to be grateful for all that happened before. A Berkshire Jewish Voices essay.

Observing From Home - Sheltering in Place, Finding Sacred Space

Jodie Friedman of Hevreh of Southern Berkshire shares the way her post-Zoom Seder letdown was transformed into a renewed appreciation of the power and beauty of Shabbat and other Jewish chagim. A Berkshire Jewish Voices essay.