Berkshire Jewish Community Calendar

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Sep

4 2019

Jewish Women's Foundation Cards & Mah Jong

11:30AM - 4:00PM  

Berkshire South Community Center
15 Crissy Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230

Sep

5 2019

Grinspoon Community Meeting for Grant Guidelines

9:30AM - 11:30AM  

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

 

Community meeting in the Berkshires to discuss grant guidelines and changes for the coming year.

Sep

5 2019

Schindler's List: Books and Film Talk

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

Hugh Black to share a discussion about novel Schindler's Ark

Sep

8 2019

The Road to Ready: Getting in Gear for the New Year

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

Congregation Ahavath Sholom
15 North St
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

This is the first of a two part study session. We will explore the liturgy, the themes and the spiritual entrances to…

Sep

8 2019

FILM | "In Heaven, Underground"

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, 01002

 

"In Heaven, Underground: The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery" is an enchanting journey into a secluded Berlin Jewish…

Sep

9 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

Sep

12 2019

Bullying in the Older Adult Population

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

Bullying isn't just for teenagers. It is a problem older adults grapple with as well

Sep

15 2019

"Self-Portrait Sunday, " a studio workshop by artist Ilene Spiewak

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Congregation Ahavath Sholom
15 North Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

Please bring a small mirror or cell phone. Art supplies, wine and snack provided Reservations required Fee…

Sep

15 2019

RESTORATION: Anti-Semitism in France

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Temple Anshe Amunim
26 Broad Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Two 1-act plays written by Jesse Waldinger

Co-sponsoring this performance with Temple Anshe Amunim.

Tickets $15.00

Sep

16 2019

Interreligious Illiteracy: Creating Understanding Across Religions

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

Terry Schmitt, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding.

Sep

17 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

Sep

19 2019

Current Affairs: Contemporary American and International Politics

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 "Current Affairs: Topics in Contemporary American and…

Sep

20 2019

Choosing Joy. Alzheimer's: A Book of Hope

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

Join author Helene Berger as she shares the mistakes and the successes that allowed her and her husband to build the…

Sep

21 2019

The Road to Ready: Getting in Gear for the New Year

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Congregation Ahavath Sholom
15 North St
Great Barrington, MA 01230

 

This is the second of a two part study session. We will explore the liturgy, the themes and the spiritual entrances t…

Sep

22 2019

FILM | "Aliyah Dada"

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

Oana Giurgiu, a Romanian filmmaker raised under the "Supreme Communist Truth," rights history in her…

Sep

23 2019

Screening of "Raise the Roof"

10:45AM - 12:30PM  

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

Raise the Roof which follows artists Rick and Laura Brown, who are not Jewish and not Polish, yet they set out to…

Sep

26 2019

Play reading of "God in the Goat"

10:45AM - 12:00PM  

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

Play reading of God in the Goat, performed by Alyce and Paul Bernstein and directed by Milton Lestz.

Sep

28 2019

Families Beeeeee with us to celebrate the Jewish New Year!

3:00PM - 5:00PM  

Mill River Farm
282 Brewer Hill Rd
Mill River (New Marlborough), MA 01244

See how honey bees make one of our favorite and most important Rosh Hashanah foods!