Interview: Alexis Schaitkin of Williamstown, Author of the Novel "Saint X"
The Williamstown-based novelist Alexis Schaitkin ("Saint X") on exploring the mysteries of motherhood, how trauma teaches, and Jewish historical memory
The Williamstown-based novelist Alexis Schaitkin ("Saint X") on exploring the mysteries of motherhood, how trauma teaches, and Jewish historical memory
Journalist Tuvia Tenenbom's project is to expose casual, cultural, political, and institutional manifestations of anti-Semitism - he spoke with the BJV about his tour through Great Britain and the challenging situation for its Jewish residents chronicled in his latest book, "The Taming of the Jew"
An exhibit about the Native American Stockbridge-Munsee Band led our Traveling With Jewish Taste correspondent Carol Goodman Kaufman to reflect on the cross-cultural similarities between the Berkshires' original residents and Jewish values - plus a recipe for succotash
Singer Sarah Aroeste, Berkshire-based ambassador of Ladino and Sephardic culture, will be honored by The Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America (La Ermandad Sefaradi) in December. Here, Sarah shares her experiences returning to the Balkans and Israel in support of her critically-acclaimed…
Rabbi Levi Volovik of Chabad of the Berkshires writes how, in the newly-minted year of 5782, it is "time to 'unpack' our bag of inspiration...to infuse any and all spiritual lethargy with renewed energy and positivity."