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Jul

9 2018

#metoo: Changing Sexual Attitudes with Bonnie Saks, MD

9:30AM - 11:30AM  

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

 

Hevreh member and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of South Florida, Dr. Saks will explore current …

Jul

9 2018

Music and Friendship

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 "Music and Friendship" with Linda Worster and David Grover.

Jul

9 2018

Berkshire Jewish Film Festival

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

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

 

The Oslo Diaries

A documentary about a group of Israelis and Palestinians who secretly come together in Oslo for uns…

Jul

9 2018

Berkshire Jewish Film Festival

8:00PM - 10:00PM  

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

 

A Bag of Marbles

A story of the Nazi occupation through the eyes of two young Jewish boys struggling to survive on t…

Jul

10 2018

Chai Tea sponsored by Berkshire Hills Hadassah

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

Alice Schiller
28 Ice Glen Road
Stockbridge, MA

 

Chai Tea sponsored by Berkshire Hills Hadassah is open to Hadassah members and non-members. Everyone is invited to br…

Jul

11 2018

Israel @70 #1: Challenges for a Young State

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Knesset Israel
16 Colt Rd.
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Description:
On November 29th 1947, the UN divided Mandate Palestine into two states. In this class we focus on major…

Jul

12 2018

Soil and Shul - The Story of a Jewish Farm Colony in the Berkshires

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 "Soil and Shul - The Story of a Jewish Farm Colony in the…

Jul

12 2018

Eleanor Roosevelt: Personal and Political Transformation

11:30AM - 1:00PM  

Temple Anshe Amunim
26 Broad St.
pittsfield, MA 01201

 

On July 12, 2018, Temple Anshe Amunim will host a dramatic presentation by Dr. Robyn Rosen. The groups we most…

Jul

12 2018

Becoming The Nazi Officer’s Wife

4:00PM - 5:30PM  

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

 

The central task of the collaborating biographer is to become as much as possible the person whose story is being tol…

Jul

12 2018

CONCERT | David Krakauer's Acoustic Klezmer Quartet

8:00PM - 9:30PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

Delight in a performance emphasizing the beauty of traditional klezmer dance tunes, ritual songs, and reflective melodies.

Jul

13 2018

JTS in the Berkshires - Rabbi Daniel Nevins - Biotech and the Bible

11:00AM - 12:30PM  

Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre at Shakespeare & Co.
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, MA 01240

 

Humans have been tinkering with lifeforms since the beginning of history, breeding plants and animals to suit their n…

Jul

13 2018

CONCERT | Heather Klein & Joshua Horowitz

2:30PM - 3:45PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

Classically trained soprano Heather Klein presents lost works of the Yiddish Art Song repertoire with accompanist…

Jul

13 2018

CONCERT | Tsvey Brider, featuring Anthony Russell & Dmitri Gaskin

5:30PM - 6:45PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

Yiddish vocalist Anthony Russell and pianist/accordionist Dmitri Gaskin explore diverse idioms and styles to create…

Jul

14 2018

Tot Shabbat on the Town

9:30AM - 11:00AM  

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

 

Hevreh's Tot Shabbat is hitting the road and setting up at Great Barrington's beloved children's summer event, David …

Jul

14 2018

CONCERT | David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness Reunion Concert with Socalled

8:00PM - 9:30PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

 

This reunion concert of Klezmer Madness features Krakauer’s groundbreaking fusion of early klezmer sounds, jazz…