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Jul

15 2018

CONCERT | Beyond the Pale (with Surprise Guest)

12:00PM - 1:15PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

Celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, Beyond the Pale brings a global, world-music approach to klezmer.

Jul

15 2018

CONCERT | Yiddish Meets Ladino, with Sarah Aroeste and Anthony Russell

3:00PM - 4:15PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

Ladino vocalist Sarah Aroeste and Yiddish vocalist Anthony Russell join forces to musically reconcile these…

Jul

15 2018

CONCERT | Socalled String Quartet

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

This concert by the brand-new Socalled String Quartet features the mad wizard of Yiddish hip-hop on vocals…

Jul

16 2018

Berkshire Jewish Film Festival

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Lenox Memorial High School
197 East St.
Lenox, MA 01240

 

Levinsky Park

A documentary about the tens of thousands of refugees from sub-Saharan Africa who are seeking relief a…

Jul

16 2018

Berkshire Jewish Film Festival

8:00PM - 10:00PM  

Lenox Memorial High School
197 East St.
Lenox, MA 01240

 

Shelter

A drama about two women—a Mossad agent and a Lebanese informer—who find themselves trapped in a labyrint…

Jul

18 2018

The Jewish Road to Character: A Taste of Mussar

11:45AM - 1:00PM  

Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

In his 2015 book, The Road to Character, NY Times writer David Brooks posits that we live our lives by two different …

Jul

18 2018

A Mind-Expanding Tour of the Cosmos - 92nd Street Y Lecture Series

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Kimball Farms
235 Walker Street
Lenox, MA 01240

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, in collaboration with Kimball Farms, will screen thought provoking pre-recorded…

Jul

19 2018

Current Affairs: Topics in Contemporary American and International Politics

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

This Federation event takes place at Knesset Israel
16 Colt Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201

The Jewish Federation Connecting with Community presents "Current Affairs: Topics in Contemporary American and…

Jul

19 2018

Matches Made in Heaven

11:30AM - 1:00PM  

temple anshe amunim
26 broad st
pittsfield, MA 01201

 

What do we know of our ancestors’ deepest commitments beyond the names and the dates? Follow one immigrant family…

Jul

19 2018

Vichy France and the Jews

4:00PM - 5:30PM  

Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

The right-wing French regime based in Vichy governed much of France following that country’s defeat by Germany in 1…

Jul

19 2018

Judith Schumer presents her new book, In the Presence of My Enemies.

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

CONGREGATION AHAVATH SHOLOM
15 North st
Great Barrington, MA

 

In the Presence of My Enemies is the story of Holocaust survivor Adam Zurawin who was labeled as a Nazi collaborator.…

Jul

20 2018

The History and Future of Western Democracy in an Age of Populism

10:45AM - 1:00PM  

This Federation program will take place at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
270 State Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

Knosh & Knowledge: The History and Future of Western Democracy in an Age of Populism

Jul

20 2018

Tanglewood Shabbat with Hevreh

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Tanglewood
West St.
Lenox, MA 01240

 

Celebrate Shabbat with Hevreh