October H8TE – The Fight for the Soul of America (October 8), a 2025 documentary directed by Wendy Sachs and co-produced by Sachs and the actress Debra Messing, will be screened on Monday, July 28 at 8 p.m. as part of the Berkshire Jewish Film Festival. Following the film, Kenneth S.…
Roberta Silman’s latest book, Heart-work, collects short stories that the author wrote over the past 50 years, most of them published in major magazines or winners of prestigious awards.
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires will host its annual Major Donors Celebration on Sunday, July 20 at 9:30 a.m., at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield. Event co-chairs Judy and Mark Usow are full-time residents of the Berkshires and they share how Federation has been with them…
Opening in early July, the new Chabad of the Berkshires in downtown Lenox will be home to the largest Jewish center — and represent the largest capital investment in the Jewish community — in the Berkshires.
On July 1, Rabbi Valerie Lieber will assume the pulpit of Pittsfield’s venerable Temple Anshe Amunim, a congregation that has been central to Jewish life in the Berkshires since 1869. In this BJV Interview, Rabbi Lieber shares her goals in her new role.
