"Yiddish: A Global Culture" - Telling the Story of a Jewish Counterculture

"Yiddish: A Global Culture" is the just-opening core exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst. Through books, images, and artifacts, it tells a fuller story of the Yiddish language and its cultural (and countercultural) expressions in the modern era.

"The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire"

On Thursday, September 28 at 6:45 p.m., join Dr. Joseph Sassoon, professor of History and Politics at Georgetown University, for a program about his book, "The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire." He spoke to the BJV about the family and his work last August.

The Feeling of "Yichus": Berkshire Native Laurie Sukel Joins Legacy Circle

Pittsfield native Laurie Sukel shares her reasons for joining Federation's Legacy Circle: “I think that the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires is intrinsic to the survival of Judaism and Jews in that part of Massachusetts and the surrounding area.”

Susan Levine Hired as Food Service Director for our Kosher Meals Program

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires has hired Susan Levine as the new Food Service Director for its Connecting with Community kosher meals program that provides free nutritious meals for the community (in-person, takeaway, and meals-on-wheels) year-round.

The Book of Jonah - Differing Notions of Divine Punishment and Divine Mercy

In this Rabbi Reflection, Rabbi Neil Hirsch of Hevreh of Southern Berkshire explores the Book of Jonah and considers the debate in the text between notions of divine punishment and divine mercy.