Scholar Reflection
By Louis D. Levine
Allow me to paraphrase the prophet Amos. I am not a rabbi, nor the son of a rabbi. And while Amos protested too much, for he was indeed one of Israel’s great prophets, I can stake my claim with no fear of contradiction. But I am greatly honored by th…
Great Barrington’s Aaron Thier on his novel, The World is a Narrow Bridge
Interview by Rabbi Seth Wax
Aaron Thier is a local author who grew up in Williamstown, and after college, graduate school, and stints living in Miami, now lives with his wife and two children in Great Barringto…
By Avi Dresner / Special to the BJV
The subtitle of Barry Joseph’s, Seltzertopia, is The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Drink, and the book definitely lives up to that title. There is nothing two cents plain about this story, which is frequently as effervescent as its subject matter.
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