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Jul

30 2017

FILM | "Portrait of Wally"

2:00PM - 3:30PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St
Amherst, MA 01035

 

Portrait of Wally, Egon Schiele’s tender picture of his mistress, Walburga (“Wally”) Neuzil, is the pride of th…

Jul

31 2017

"The Extra" by Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

This Federation event will be held at Congregation Knesset Israel
16 Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

The Jewish Federation Connecting with Community welcomes Dr. Avraham Horowitz who will discuss "The Extra" by…

Jul

31 2017

Berkshire Jewish Film Festival

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Lenox Memorial Middle and High School
197 East Street
Lenox, MA 01240

 

Keep Quiet

Jul

31 2017

Gained in Translation: PJ Library's sister programs in Israel

6:30PM - 7:30PM  

Lee Public Library
100 Main Street
Lee, MA 01238

 

Come learn how the renowned PJ Library program has been adapted to create exciting book gifting programs in Hebrew…

Jul

31 2017

A Family’s Journey to Freedom: Escaping the Holocaust through the Far East

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

CONGREGATION AHAVATH SHOLOM
15 NORTH ST
GREAT BARRINGTON,

 

Judith Schumer, who was born in Shanghai, China, in October, 1945 will tell the story of her parents’ odyssey to th…

Aug

1 2017

Play Analysis Class with Dr. Barbara Waldinger

10:00AM - 11:30AM  

Temple Anshe Amunim
26 Broad Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

A four-week course, led by Barbara Waldinger, Professor of Theater at Queens College in New York City and Artistic Di…

Aug

2 2017

Yoga Class - Come Relax at Hevreh

10:30AM - 11:30AM  

Hevreh
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

Do you want to stretch your body and your spirit?

Aug

2 2017

Lecture, Lunch and Learn on the Dreyfus Affair

11:30AM - 1:30PM  

Temple Anshe Amunim
26 Broad Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

The Dreyfus Affair: details forthcoming

Aug

2 2017

Lunch N’ Learn at Hevreh with Professor Alfred Ivry

11:45AM - 1:00PM  

Hevreh
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

This series of classes is meant to elaborate on the main themes in Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed, as brought…

Aug

3 2017

Alfred Uhry, The Southern Jewish Playwright

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

This Federation event will be held at Knesset Israel
16 Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

The Jewish Federation Connecting with Community welcomes dramatist and director of local theater, Diane Steinbrink,…

Aug

3 2017

Hevreh Presents: The Jewish Imagination & Health and Healing

3:30PM - 5:00PM  

Hevreh
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

We will discuss selections from the Talmud, Jewish mysticism, and modern Hebrew literature that illuminate care for…

Aug

4 2017

JTS in the Berkshires

11:00AM - 12:30PM  

Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre
70 Kemble St,
Lenox, MA 01240

 

Four professors from the Jewish Theological Seminary will each discuss an aspect of the 2017 theme: Times of Crisis: …