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May

2 2019

The Jewish German Experience - session 2

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 presents "The German Jewish Experience with David Levinson, PhD, a cu…

May

3 2019

Wildman Kallah with Professor David Freidenreich

5:30PM - 9:00PM  

Knesset Israel
16 Colt Rd.
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Members of the Abrahamic traditions—Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike—have thought a lot about what it means…

May

4 2019

Wildman Kallah with Professor David Freidenreich

9:30AM - 2:00PM  

Knesset Israel
16 Colt Rd.
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Members of the Abrahamic traditions—Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike—have thought a lot about what it means…

May

5 2019

SAVE THE DATE: YACHAD YOM HA’ATZMAUT ISRAEL CARNIVAL

12:00PM - 11:59PM  

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

 

TBA

May

5 2019

Film & Candle Lighting - Holocaust Remembrance Day

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

The Berkshire Museum
39 South Street
Pittsfield, MA

They defied their enemy with the ultimate weapon - the truth!

May

6 2019

The Jewish German Experience - final session

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 presents "The German Jewish Experience with David Levinson, PhD, a cu…

May

7 2019

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires' Executive Committee Meeting

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
196 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires' Executive Committee Meeting

May

12 2019

Film: “Love, Gilda”

2:00PM - 3:30PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with friends, and rare home movies and diaries, comedian…

May

13 2019

Mystery Writer Seeking Truth

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

Jewish Federation Connecting with Community presents "Mystery Writer Seeking Truth" with author Anastasia Goodman.

May

14 2019

 

Berkshire Hills Hadassah will host a dessert reception to support the Youth Aliyah scholarship program to help childr…

May

16 2019

Intersection of Arts and Activism

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

"Working at the Intersection of Arts and Activism" with Kristen van Ginhoven, artistic director of WAM Theatre.

May

19 2019

CONSULTATION ON CONSCIENCE 2019

8:00AM - 5:00PM  

Grand Hyatt Hotel
1000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20001, WA 20001

 

Register here: http://www.cvent.com/d/zgqr4r/4W

May

19 2019

Super Sunday- Make the Call or Answer the Call!

8:30AM - 12:30PM  


196 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Join volunteers from across the Berkshires in reaching out to donors in our Jewish community to help raise much…

May

19 2019

Shabbbatai Tzvi, The 17th Century False Messiah

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Congregation Ahavath Sholom
15 North St
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

Rabbi Barbara Cohen will present this program. She explains, "There have always been individuals, sane or not, who be…

May

20 2019

CONSULTATION ON CONSCIENCE 2019

8:00AM - 5:00PM  

Grand Hyatt Hotel
1000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20001, WA 20001

 

Register here: http://www.cvent.com/d/zgqr4r/4W

May

20 2019

Doctors Without Borders Midwife Reports

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

"Helping Women and Children Survive in the Toughest Places: A Doctors Without Borders Midwife Reports."

May

21 2019

CONSULTATION ON CONSCIENCE 2019

8:00AM - 5:00PM  

Grand Hyatt Hotel
1000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20001, WA 20001

 

Register here: http://www.cvent.com/d/zgqr4r/4W

May

23 2019

The Trustees in the Berkshires

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

"The Trustees in the Berkshires - Yesterday and Today."

May

26 2019

Film: “Call Her Applebroog”

2:00PM - 3:30PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

Born in the Bronx to Orthodox Jewish émigrés from Poland, Applebroog, now in her 80s, looks back at how she…

May

28 2019

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires' Board of Directors Meeting

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
196 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires' Board of Directors Meeting

May

30 2019

Turkish Kurdistan

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

Turkish Kurdistan with Chris Andersen.

May

30 2019

Jewish Perspectives on Death with Dignity

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

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

 

Join Rabbi Hirsch for an exploration the various texts that our tradition provides to consider the Jewish values invo…

May

31 2019

Holy Ground: Woody Guthrie's Yiddish Connection

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

Nora Guthrie discusses the artistic implications of her father Woody's relationship with his Jewish mother-in-law,…