BERKSHIRE JEWISH SUMMER 2019 Guide to Cultural and Educational Programming

Lectures & Courses Assault on Truth and Memory, Dr. Deborah Lipstadt The 52nd Annual Feigenbaum Lecture Books & Authors Book of Separation with Author Tova Mirvis Jewish Festival of Books

Music & Theatre

Nefesh Mountain Jewish Bluegrass Concert

Art & Film Mamboniks, Berkshire Jewish Film Festival

Enriching and celebrating Jewish life in the Berkshires and beyond

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SUMMER 2019 FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2019 Verdi in Terezin: A Composer’s Inspiration Dr. Gerald Cohen, composer, cantor, and assistant professor at H. L. Miller Cantorial School Lecture and a Performance by the Pittsfield High School String Quartet

FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 What Can the Bible Teach Us About Wagner: Jewish Views on the Imperfect Messenger Dr. David Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics Lecture and Text Study

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019 Matchmaking and Midrash: A Hebrew Comedy from the Time of Shakespeare Dr. Stefanie Siegmund, Women’s League Chair in Jewish Gender and Women’s Studies Lecture and Dramatic Reading

Shakespeare & Company, Elaine Bernstein Theater, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox, Massachusetts All three programs will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tickets: $15/session

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Shabbat and Daily Services learning the first chapter of the Megillah and it will be Shabbat Services are available at all Berkshire County a wonderful opportunity to feel like you are in Yeshivah Congregations as listed on Page 3. Please check with the one hour a week! No previous experience is necessary. congregations directly regarding times. For daily minyan Talmud class promises to feed your mind and soul. FREE. information please visit jewishberkshires.com or knes- Sponsored by Chabad of the Berkshires. More info at: setisrael.org. jewishberkshires.com or (413) 499-9899. Saturdays, June 1 through August 31 — Thursdays, June 6 through August 29 — 9:30 a.m. 1:15 p.m. Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Torah Plus: Shabbat Morning Study Open Meditation Torah Plus is the place to be on Shabbat morning! Join us Rabbi Liz will lead guided meditation and light yoga for all in an ongoing conversation about Jewish text, religion, ages and abilities – no prior experience or athletic cloth- culture and spirituality. Texts range from weekly Torah por- ing necessary! Rabbi Liz has significant experience with tions to modern poems and reflections. All are welcome. mindfulness and meditation, particularly in a Jewish con- FREE. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: text. Members, guests, and not-yet-members of Temple ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910. Anshe Amunim are all invited to join. FREE. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org Mondays, June 3, 17, July 1, 15 — 9:30 a.m. or (413) 442-5910. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Saturdays, June 8, July 6, August 3 and Barrington, MA 24 — 10:30 a.m. Useful Ideas in Finance Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Following on the heels of this well-attended series in previous years, this discussion group will again focus on Spiritual Physical Fitness – Hike personal financial issues including asset allocation, taxes, Join Rabbi Liz for a Spiritual Physical Fitness (SPF): Hike, a and investment & retirement strategies. Each session new way to experience Shabbat this summer. Each time will be led by one of the following experienced finance we meet, Rabbi Liz will lead a Shabbat hike as we enjoy professionals: Jon Budish, Eric Katzman, Terry Webb and the beautiful Berkshires! We will meet at Temple Anshe Jay Weintraub. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Amunim to depart as a group for our hike. Hike locations Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. will include Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Kennedy Park, Canoe Meadows, and Olivia’s Overlook. Please be Wednesdays, June 5 through July 10 — prepared for moderate physical activity and dress accord- 12:30 p.m. ingly. FREE. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910. Chabad of the Berkshires, 450 South Street, Pittsfield, MA Saturdays, June 22, July 13, August 10 — Torah and Tea Exclusively for Women 10:30 a.m. An intriguing and personal weekly Torah discussion of the Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA practical and the mystical and its contemporary relevance. Hot tea and freshly baked goodies always served! FREE. Spiritual Physical Fitness – Mindfulness Sponsored by Chabad of the Berkshires. More info at: Join Rabbi Liz for Spiritual Physical Fitness (SPF): jewishberkshires.com or (413) 499-9899. Mindfulness, a new way to experience Shabbat this sum- mer. Each time we meet, Rabbi Liz and other guest teach- Wednesdays, June 5 through July 31 — ers will lead a Shabbat morning experience to include 12:30 p.m. light yoga and meditation. FREE. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) Chabad of the Berkshires, 450 South Street, Pittsfield, 442-5910. MA Weekly Talmud Class Rabbi Levi Volovik will teach Talmud on Wednesdays during the months of June and July. The class will be

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Saturdays, June 29, July 27, August 17 — Aging With Joy and Freedom 10:30 a.m. A six-part experience led by Cynthia Mann and Jody Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Rosenbloom, facilitators trained by the Institute of Jewish Spirituality in New York. These two-hour sessions will Spiritual Physical Fitness – Learn explore – with sensitivity, compassion and humor – topics Join Rabbi Liz for Spiritual Physical Fitness (SPF): Learn, that include: creating a new and positive model of aging, a new way to experience Shabbat this summer. Building managing loss, cultivating nourishing relationships, find- on our popular Torah Plus study group, Rabbi Liz will lead ing meaning that is not work-centered, and shaping our a Shabbat morning experience focused on deepening legacy. First time offered in the Berkshires. Limited to 12 our understanding of Shabbat, prayers, and more. FREE. participants between the ages of 55 and 75. $120 plus Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: $18 for the book. Advanced registration required to clou- ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910. [email protected]. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More info at: knessetisrael.org or (413) 445-4872. Tuesdays, July 9, 16, 23, 30 — 10 a.m. Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Fridays, July 12 through Sept 6 — 1 p.m. In Fascism’s Grip: Play Analysis Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Dr. Barbara Waldinger, theatre Barrington, MA professor and director, will The Jewish Road to Character: A Journey into teach a play analysis course. the Study and Practice of Mussar We begin with Bertolt Brecht’s 9 week program. Over the summer of 2019, we will delve The Private Life of the Master into the study and practice of the Mussar tradition’s Race.We will read several short wisdom for our lives in our times on a weekly basis. In plays contained within this our confusing and contentious time, many are seeking a depiction of 1930s Germany. greater sense of grounding in core virtues which can guide Next we will read Michael Dr. Barbara Waldinger us, uplift us and inspire us to become the best persons we Franyn’s Copenhagen. Based can be. Inspired by the work of The Mussar Institute and on a 1941 meeting between the Nobel Prize-winning other contemporary efforts at reclaiming mussar for our physicists Niels and Werner, this play takes place after day. $180. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. their deaths as their spirits come to grips with their influ- More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. ence on the development of the atom bomb. $40 for members, $45 for not-yet-members, for all 4 sessions or Sundays, July 28 through Aug 25 — 9 a.m. $15 per session. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great More info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910. Barrington, MA Wednesdays, July 10, 17, 24 — 11:30 a.m. A Life of Meaning: Exploring the Sacred Path of Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Reform Judaism The God You Don’t Believe in Doesn’t Exist: This course explores the elements that make American Lunch and Learn Series Reform Judaism distinct and vibrant. With Rabbis Hirsch and Gordon, you’ll study the fundamental principles that Join us for a lunch and learn series with Rabbi Liz about make us Reform Jews. Using a new curriculum released God. We’ll examine Jewish perspectives on God from the by the Reform Movement, we’ll study text and learn via Bible to present times, with a special emphasis on the video lecture with many of the leading Jewish thinkers in role of God in our lives today. Whatever your relationship America today, exploring our history, our theology, the or understanding of God, this class is for you. FREE for development of our prayer, and our mission in this world. members; $5 not-yet-members; bring your own lunch, $25. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More beverages and dessert will be provided. Sponsored by info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910. Wednesdays, August 7, 14, 21 — 11:30 a.m. Thursdays, July 11 through August 15 — Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA 3:30 p.m. The Old is New and the New is Holy: Preparing Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA for the High Holy Days Join us for a lunch and learn series with Rabbi Liz to

6 | www.jewishberkshires.org prepare for the High Holy Days. This year, TAA will begin reservation is required. Sponsored by Jewish Federation using Mishkan HaNefesh, the Reform movement’s new of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or High Holy Day prayer book. This class will use the new (413) 442-4360. book as our guiding text for our spiritual journey into 5780. FREE for members; $5 not-yet-members; bring your own June 3, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. lunch, beverages and dessert will be provided. Sponsored Federation program at Congregation Knesset Israel, by Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim. 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA org or (413) 442-5910. Familiar Songs and Their Unfamiliar Stories Discover the Jewish {JUNE} roots of some of the May 31, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. best-known American songs and how they Federation program at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, came to be written. 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA Storyteller, musician, Woody Guthrie’s Holy Ground – The Yiddish and educator Sandy Connection Schuman will feature Join Nora Guthrie, Woody Guthrie’s daughter, as she dis- songs from the Great cusses the artistic implications of her father’s relation- American Songbook ship with his Jewish mother in law, Yiddish poet Aliza with stories about Greenblatt. Explore the photographs, music, writings, the Jewish writers and artwork that illuminate the personal and creative and composers who relationship that existed between Woody and Aliza and made them famous expressed itself throughout Woody’s career. Program FREE. – Harold Arlen, Irving George and Ira Gershwin $11 for catered lunch following program. Advance lunch Berlin, George and Ira

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Gershwin, Jay Gorney, E. Y. Harburg – come join us! FREE. to learn together about a variety of topics. Of course, Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More there will be plenty of time for eating and spending info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. time together! FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, Knesset Israel, and Temple Anshe Amunim. More June 6, 2019 — 4 p.m. info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA The Berkshire Eagle: Fred Rutberg and Kevin Moran With roots going back to 1789, The Berkshire Eagle is the leading newspaper in the Berkshires. In 2016, the Eagle was purchased by a local investor group including retired District Court Judge Fred Rutberg who is now the Eagle president and publisher. Fred and executive editor Kevin Moran will discuss the issues facing the Eagle in a chal- lenging journalistic environment. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. June 9, 2019 — 3 p.m. Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Wanda Houston Shavuot: 70 Faces of Torah Celebrate this holiday of community and Torah with us. June 9, 2019 — 7 p.m. Join Rabbis David Weiner, Liz Hirsch, and Neil Hirsch Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA Common Ground: A Celebration of Jazz and Jewish Music with Wanda Houston and Paul Green Renowned jazz singer Wanda Houston and clarinetist Paul Green will present a program that fuses jazz and Jewish music and reflects the longstanding fellowship between the African American and Jewish communities. The concert is a benefit for Clinton Church Restoration, which is restoring and repurposing the historic Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church in downtown Great Barrington as an African American heritage site, visitor center and community space. A reception will follow the program. $25 suggested donation. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. June 9, 2019 — 11 a.m. Chabad of the Berkshires, 450 South Street, Pittsfield, MA Shavuot Luncheon, Delectable Desserts and Ice Cream Fete Adults and children alike are invited to celebrate Shavuot by hearing the TEN COMMANDMENTS being read from the Torah and enjoying a delicious luncheon, delectable desserts and ice cream party at Chabad of the Berkshires,

8 | www.jewishberkshires.org 450 South Street in Pittsfield, For more information contact: Sara at 413-499-9899. FREE. Sponsored by Chabad of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.com or (413) 499-9899. Graphic Design June 13, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. www.tgo.com Federation program at Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA Proof of ad for: ______Barbara Greenfeld Please respond by ______The Maggid: Divine Sparks and Tales of the Baal Publication:Shem Tov______Berkshire Jewish Summer 2018 to: (Tel) 413/ 528-0328 (Fax) 413/ 528-0328 [email protected] Performing artist Richard Stone will share tales of the SendJewish to: ______mystic,[email protected] the Baal Shem Tov, a disciple who became ❏ Changes req’d. & new proof a Maggid, “Besht” preacher and storyteller in the 1700s. It 1 June 14, 2019 — 6 p.m. No. ofis pagesbelieved (inc. that cover): the Besht’s ______soul “ascended” to heaven to ❏ Approved as is. ❏ Approved with corrections as noted. intervene between humans and God. Richard will explore Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA 4/19/18 1 Proofhow sent: these ______stories illuminate what is most Proof authentic # ______and ShabbatApproved by:Across ______the Berkshires spark a deepening connection with the mysterious. Join with friends from across the Berkshire Jewish Program FREE. $2 suggested donation for kosher lunch Community as we welcome Shabbat with a musical, following program. Lunch reservations are required and family-friendly service led by our local Rabbis and musi- can be made up to 9 a.m. on the day of the program by cians and followed by a festive oneg. All are welcome! calling (413) 442-2200. Sponsored by Jewish Federation FREE. Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or Berkshire Minyan, Congregation Ahavath Sholom, (413) 442-4360.

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Congregation Beth Israel, Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, this creative company marches to its own beat and stays Knesset Israel, Temple Anshe Amunim, and Berkshire Hills relevant. We’ll start at the headquarters and continue to Hadassah. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) the warehouse where art, gardens and frolicking sheep 442-4360. help form Blue Q’s unique environment and keep the creativity flowing. FREE. Sponsored by Jewish Federation June 15, 2019 — 8 a.m. of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or Church Street, Great Barrington, MA (413) 442-4360. Hevreh Hits the Farmer’s Market Come for the veggies, stay for Shabbat. Stop by the Hevreh booth at the Great Barrington Farmer’s Market to partake in some Shabbat sweetness. See what we’re up to this summer and catch up over challah and grape juice. On June 15, join us to learn how to roll your own beeswax candles to take home and use. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. June 17, 2019 — 10:30 a.m. Blue Q Company Headquarters, 103 Hawthorne Avenue, Pittsfield, MA On-site Tour Through Blue Q’s Pop Culture Blue Q owners Seth and Mitch Nash We’re taking it on the road for this on-site tour! For 30 years Blue Q’s creative genius has put its spin on everything from June 18, 2019 — 7 p.m. soap to socks to lip balm and recycled bags. Owners Seth Seven Hills Inn, 40 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA and Mitch Nash will give us a personal tour and share how Impact 2019: Russia, Israel & USA Misha Libkin, Director of ORT Russia and Freda Baram, Delegation Director (Northeast Region) for the Jewish Agency for Israel, will share the impact of our local support on youth and young adults in Russia, Israel and the USA in partnership with World ORT and the Jewish Freda Baram Agency at the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires’ 79th Annual Meeting. Celebratory dessert reception on the patio and brief annual meeting preceding their talk. Free and open to all in the Berkshire Jewish community. FREE. Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. June 20, 2019 — 4 p.m. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA America the Great? Has America ever been “great?” We’ll evaluate categories by which we measure our standard of living compared to

10 | www.jewishberkshires.org other economically developed nations: health care, life June 23, 2019 — 10:30 a.m. expectancy, education, crime and violence, environment, Triplex, 70 Railroad Street, Great Barrington, MA infrastructure, and quality of life. Steven J. Rubin is the former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Adelphi Hevreh Goes to the Movies: Heading Home: The University. He regularly teaches classes for the Berkshire Story of Team Israel Osher Lifelong Learning Center and conducts a monthly Join us at the Triplex for our annual summer movie morn- seminar in current affairs for the Jewish Federation of ing! Heading Home is a stirring story of sports, patriotism the Berkshires. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern and personal growth. Heading Home charts the underdog Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. journey of Israel’s national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. $10. Sponsored June 21, 2019 – 10 a.m. by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org High Lawn Farm, 535 Summer Street, Lee, MA or (413) 528-6378. “Moooove” On In To Summer June 24, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. Families are invited to join PJ Library and the Jewish Federation program at Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Federation of the Berkshires for a "Cool Summer Kickoff" Pittsfield, MA at High Lawn Farm. We will celebrate the Jewish festival of Shavuot, learn about kindness to animals, and have Exploring Jewish Humor: Hershele Ostropolier fun exploring the farm. We'll meet the calves, see how and The Wise Men of Chelm milk is processed, and have an ice cream treat. FREE. RSVP A three part series. Yiddish Scholar Dick Macht, Ph.D. required: [email protected] or 413-442- explores the world of Hershele Ostropolier, a “shoichet” 4360, ext. 10. Rain date, if necessary, TBD. in the town of Ostropoler. One of the poorest of the poor, he earned his livelihood by making fun of the Jewish June 21, 2019 — 11:30 a.m. community and Rabbis. He was a great Jewish clown and Crissey Farm, 426 Stockbridge Road, his clever witticisms, and satirical remarks have survived Great Barrington, MA Annual Meeting Lunch of the Jewish Women’s Foundation Celebrating their 10th anniversary, the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Berkshire County is dedicated to sharing Jewish values by meeting unmet needs in the commu- OPEN nity and supporting social action. Annual membership YEAR commitment is $500 and members are offered the oppor- ROUND! tunity to serve on an advisory committee that decides how the funds are distributed. Lunch is $60 per person. Reservations required by June 11. Sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Foundation of the Berkshires, a division of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. June 21, 2019 — 4 p.m. Sheffield Farmer’s Market, 125 South Main Street, Sheffield, MA Shabbat at the Market TODD RUNDGREN • SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY Come on down to the Sheffield Farmer’s Market for a sweet MOMIX • BUDDY GUY • PATTI LuPONE Shabbat experience with Hevreh. It’s a wonderful place to FAB FAUX • SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK gather everything you need for a delicious, locally grown NATALIE MERCHANT • DAVID SEDARIS Shabbat meal, and we’ll be there to share blessings and SAVION GLOVER • PAUL TAYLOR DANCE enjoy the sunshine together. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh PINK MARTINI • JOHN PIZZARELLI & more! of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. Plus! International HD Broadcasts and Monthly Movies 14 Castle St, Great Barrington, MA • 413.528.0100 • mahaiwe.org

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Harvey Granat: The Jewish Composers Who Created the Great American Songbook Harvey Granat takes us to the start of the American songbook with a live performance and stories of notable composers; a program that he has presented at major synagogues in New York. Granat presents a popular series at the 92nd St Y and has done over 250 shows at Canyon Ranch. He recently completed a 10-week series at Florida Atlantic University and leads supper clubs including Feinstein’s in the Regency, The Metropolitan Room and The Wise Men of Chelm Birdland. Musical Director: Rob Kelly. $20. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or today. Chelm in Poland was the legendary Jewish town (413) 528-6378. of fools and innocents, “nebechs, shlimazls and shlemiels.” Program FREE. $2 suggested donation for kosher lunch June 25, 2019 — 6 p.m. following program. Lunch reservations are required and Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great can be made up to 9 a.m. on the day of the program by Barrington, MA calling (413) 442-2200. Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or The Game of Life and Death (413) 442-4360. “Hello” is a conversation game about living and dying and what matters most. Hevreh is sponsoring two June 24, 2019 — 4 p.m. opportunities to play “Hello,” a game designed to open Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great doors of exploration and help identify what is most Barrington, MA important to you. You will laugh, cry, and discover new things about yourself and the people you care about. We request that you RSVP in advance but walk-ins are welcome. Come to one or both of these events, sponsored by our Hevra Kadisha. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. June 27, 2019 — 7 p.m. Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Forty Years in the Wilderness: My Journey to Authentic Living Yiscah Smith, educator at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Israel, spiritual activist and published author, shares her personal story of the joys and struggles with her spirituality, gender identity and commitment to authentic living. Having transitioned from a Chabad man to an observant woman, she exemplifies what it means to carve one’s own path. As an unapologetic trailblazer, Yiscah Smith Yiscah encourages, ennobles and empowers others to seek their inner Divine spark. FREE. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim, Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, Knesset Israel, Congregation Beth Israel, and the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 442-5910.

12 | www.jewishberkshires.org June 28, 2019 — 10 a.m. Pittsfield, MA Hadassah Summer Book Club Join Hadassah members in a lively and thoughtful discussion group. The book is: The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman. FREE. Sponsored by Berkshire Hills Hadassah. More info at: (413) 553-5522. June 28, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. Federation program at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA Choosing Enemies: The Jews of Palestine in Jews in the British Army World War II When war between Britain and Germany broke out in Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More 1939, the Jews of Palestine faced a dilemma – should they info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. continue to oppose Britain or join them to fight Hitler, Germans, and their allies. Dr. Louis D. Levine will look at June 28, 2019 — 5:45 p.m. decisions that were made and ways that Jews of Palestine Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great participated in the war against the Axis. Dr. Levine was Barrington, MA the founding Director of Collections and Exhibitions at Jewish Living as the Cultivation of a Spiritual the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to Practice with Yiscah Smith the Holocaust. Program FREE. $11 for catered lunch fol- Presentation follows services. This session explores lowing program. Advance lunch reservation is required. excerpts from Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, the

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Piaseczna Rebbe (d.1943). These teachings describe Jewish June 30, 2019 — 10 a.m. living and tradition as the cultivation of a spiritual practice. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great The Piaseczna Rebbe’s inspiring and progressive ideas Barrington, MA discuss our inherent spiritual nature, how we awaken to the Divine presence within us and how we can integrate Lech Lecha – Go to Yourself: Heeding the Still this awareness into a fuller mind, body and soul experi- Small Voice Within ence in our lives. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Scholar in residence Yischa Smith explores the spiritual Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. practice of Lech Lecha – moving away from one sense of self – the finite self, the ego based self, the limited self, June 29, 2019 — 12 p.m. towards another sense of self- the infinite self, the beyond Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great ego self, the limitless self. Yet, why would a person move Barrington, MA away from the familiar to an unknown destination? FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: Lunch N Learn with Yiscah Smith: Developing hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. Sacred Chutzpah “Sacred or Holy Audacity/Brazenness/Chutzpah.” There is June 30, 2019 — 5 p.m. something deep-rooted, a fundamental matter, that with- Wahconah Park, 105 Wahconah Street, Pittsfield, MA out it, one’s spiritual journey – the entirety of a life journey in general – is not able to succeed. Scholar in Residence TAA Picnic at Pittsfield Suns Baseball Game Yiscah Smith explores amazing texts that discuss cultivat- Bring the whole family and join Temple Anshe Amunim for ing self-confidence, trusting in one’s self and developing baseball, a picnic, and a lot of fun as we watch our hometown a “different spirit” that challenges the status quo power team, the Pittsfield Suns, at Wahconah Park! RSVP by June construct. Following 10 am services. FREE. Sponsored by 20 to Temple office (413) 442-5910 or email templeoffice@ Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or ansheamunim.org. $20 per adult, $10 children 10 and (413) 528-6378. under. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910.

Where were we 50 years ago? Come together to celebrate our 50th Anniversary with special exhibitions and programs throughout the year. Arnold Skolnick, Concert poster for the Woodstock festival, August 1969. 1969. August festival, the Woodstock for poster Concert Arnold Skolnick,

SUMMER/FALL EXHIBITIONS Woodstock to the Moon: 1969 Illustrated Norman Rockwell: Private Moments Inspired: Rockwell and Erikson

5o years of illustration art All rights reserved. Agency. Family © Norman Rockwell Museum Collection Norman Rockwell Major sponsors: Audrey and Ralph Friedner NRM.org • Stockbridge MA 413.298.4100 • KIDS & TEENS FREE! (detail), 1969. Norman Rockwell Family Agency. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. Agency. Family Norman Rockwell 1969. on the Moon (detail), Tracks Man’s Impossibility: Final The (1894-1978), Norman Rockwell

14 | www.jewishberkshires.org {JULY} defiance, endurance and the willingness to sacrifice it all. $18 suggested donation. Sponsored by Chabad of the July 1, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. Berkshires and funded in part by the Harold Grinspoon Federation program at Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Foundation. More info at: jewishberkshires.com or (413) Pittsfield, MA 499-9899. Exploring Jewish Humor: Isaac Bashevis Singer July 8, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. A three part series. Yiddish Federation program at Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Scholar Dick Macht, Ph.D. Pittsfield, MA speaks about Isaac Bashevis Singer who is known for his Exploring Jewish Humor: Sholom Aleichem writings delighting in Jewish A three part series. Yiddish Scholar Dick Macht, Ph.D. speaks religious customs, yet filled about Sholom Aleichem. Considered the father of modern with humor and psychological Yiddish literature, he was cultural hero of Eastern European skepticism. When asked at Jews, who wrote about virtues and short comings with humor. Once seen talking to himself, a friend remarked, a synagogue where he was Isaac Bashevis Singer giving a lecture, “Mr. Singer, “Sholom, don’t you realize you’re talking to yourself?” To are you a vegetarian for health reasons?” His reply was, which Sholom replied, “And what if I do! I’ve finally found “Yes, for the health of the chicken.” Program FREE. $2 a clever person to talk to and you have to butt in.” Program suggested donation for kosher lunch following program. FREE. $2 suggested donation for kosher lunch following Lunch reservations are required and can be made up to program. Lunch reservations are required and can be made 9 a.m. on the day of the program by calling (413) 442-2200. up to 9 a.m. on the day of the program by calling (413) 442- Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More 2200. Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. July 2, 2019 — 10:30 a.m. Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Why the Vote Mattered & Why it Didn’t: Thinking Beyond Suffrage on the Centennial of The 19th Amendment 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Join us for a lunch and learn series with Dr. Robyn Rosen Film: The Barn examining the suffrage victory in the broader context of concerns and demands that animated women reformers July 8, 2019 — 4 p.m. from the 1920s through the 1970s. FREE for members; $5 Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, not-yet-members; bring your own lunch, beverages and MA dessert will be provided. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – Beneath the Ink Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) 442- and The Barn 5910. Two short films. First, an Appalachia tattoo artist donates July 7, 2019 — 7 p.m. his services to erase symbols of hate from those seeking to reverse past, bigoted mistakes. Next, The Barn is a Berkshire Plaza Hotel, One West Street, Pittsfield, MA captivating and honest film of a Holocaust survivor and Entebbe Rescue Operation by Veteran Soldier his granddaughter who travel to Poland and reunite Reuven Sasson with his savior as they all share a journey of memory and “Sassy”, a veteran of the Israeli Defense Force served in rediscovery. Co-produced by Nancy Spielberg and Rachel the IDF’s elite “Red Beret” paratrooper unit as part of the Kastner. $7. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More info at: rescue operation raid on Entebbe. Sassy’s intriguing story berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org or (413) 445-4872. takes you through the mission to its completion with the safe return of the hostages to Israel. Sassy,amongst the first soldiers to jump out of the Hercules C130 on the Entebbe airport runway will share the miraculous story of courage,

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July 12, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. Federation program at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA Today’s Supreme Court with Linda Greenhouse Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Linda Greenhouse has covered the United States Supreme Court for nearly three decades for The New York Times. Drawing on decisions from the Supreme Court’s current Film: The Mamboniks term, Greenhouse will offer July 8, 2019 — 8 p.m. observations and insights into Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, the direction of the Court; its relationship to Congress and MA Linda Greenhouse the presidency; and prospects Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – I NY and The for the future, with a particular emphasis on the implications Mamboniks of the Court’s current focus on enhancing the role of Two short films. First, celebrated Hungarian-Jewish graphic religion in public life. Program FREE. $11 for catered lunch designer Milton Glaser shares the inspiration behind the following program. Advance lunch reservation is required. creation of his iconic I NY logo. His love affair with the Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More Big Apple is reflected in breathtaking imagery of the info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. city’s boundless energy and cultural diversity. Next, The Mamboniks portrays the 1950s, free-spirited, mostly Jewish July 12, 2019 — 11 a.m. dancers from New York City who fell head over heels for the Shakespeare & Co, Bernstein Theater, 70 Kemble mambo, the hot dance from Havana, Cuba. $10. Sponsored Street, Lenox MA by Knesset Israel. More info at: berkshirejewishfilmfestival. org or (413) 445-4872. JTS in the Berkshires: Verdi in Terezin: A Composer’s Inspiration July 9, 2019 — 12 p.m. The Nazis allowed some art and education to take place Lee, MA in Terezin, to both occupy the prisoners and to deceive Berkshire Hills Hadassah Chai Tea the world about concentration camps. Composer/cantor Gerald Cohen tells the story of a determined group of To support Hadassah’s Young Judea Scholarships, and prisoners in Terezin and their performance of Verdi’s Youth programs in Israel and the US. Listen to Israel’s Requiem under the dynamic conductor Rafael Schachter. PJ Library Director. $18. Sponsored by Berkshire Hills Cohen explores the significance of the Requiem and along Hadassah. More info at: (413) 553-5522. with his own string quartet, Playing For Our Lives, which will July 11, 2019 — 4 p.m. be performed as their tribute. $15, or $45 for series of 3. Sponsored by Knesset Israel, JTS, Jewish Federation of the Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Berkshires, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. More Barrington, MA info at: knessetisrael.org or (413) 445-4872. Perspectives on the Holocaust: FDR While FDR earns praise for America’s role in the defeat of July 12, 2019 — 12:30 p.m. Nazi Germany in World War II, Roosevelt has been heavily Chabad of the Berkshires, 450 South Street, Pittsfield, criticized for inaction concerning European Jewry during MA most of his presidency. Hevreh member Stu Schweitzer, a All you “Knead” to Know about Challah docent at the Holocaust Museum and Education Center of Find out how to make Challah baking easy and fun! Learn SW Florida, will discuss the stance of President Roosevelt how to make traditional Challah. Experiment with various and the U.S. government toward the imperiled Jews of braiding techniques. Bring home your own homemade Europe during 1933-45. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Challah! $18 suggested donation. Sponsored by Chabad Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.com or 528-6378. (413) 499-9899.

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of the lawn at approximately 7 pm. Purchase tickets at bso.org or at the Tanglewood box office. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. July 13, 2019 — 12 p.m. Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA Lunch and Learn: Tragedy Test Rabbi Richard Agler will share his journey as an author after lunch. The Tragedy Test: Making Sense of Life Changing Loss – A Rabbi’s Journey was written in the wake of the sudden, accidental death of Tanglewood Shabbat his twenty-six year old daughter, Talia. Endorsements from Harold July 12, 2019 — 7 p.m. S. Kushner, author of Why Bad Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox, MA Things Happen to Good People, Tanglewood Shabbat and scholars and lay readers alike. Available for sale in Knesset Israel Join us for a special gathering on the lawn at Tanglewood. office (weekdays). Portion of the Rabbi Richard Agler Look for the blue and white balloons in the middle of the proceeds will be contributed to lawn to set up your picnic dinner, and bring a dessert to The Tali Fund. FREE. Advanced reservations requested by share. We will gather for Kabbalat Shabbat at the back Wednesday preceding program. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More info at: knessetisrael.org or (413) 445-4872. DISCOVER July 14, 2019 — 9:30 a.m. a lebedike velt, a lively world Country Club of Pittsfield, 639 South Street, Pittsfield, of Yiddish culture at the MA YIDDISH BOOK CENTER Federation’s Major Donors Celebration Celebrating the leadership role major donors play in Exhibits ■ Performances bringing comfort, care and connection to Jews across the Educational Programs & more Berkshires, in Israel and around the world. Special Guest Robert Tresten, Executive Director, ADL New England who will discuss Federation’s initiative bringing the World of Difference anti bias training program to hundreds of local students in collaboration with six Berkshire school districts. Minimum contribution of $1,000 to the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires’ 2019 Annual Campaign. $36. Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. July 14, 2019 — 12 p.m. Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox, MA YIDSTOCK: Tanglewood Summer Sundays Young Families the festival of new Yiddish music Meet Up July 11–14, 2019 Join us at Tanglewood in Lenox for a young families meet up. Bring a picnic, enjoy the activities and stay for the concert. Amherst, MA ■ Sun–Fri 10–4 Look for the blue and white balloons on the lawn – we’d yiddishbookcenter.org

18 | www.jewishberkshires.org be delighted to welcome you and point the way to our gathering. Purchase tickets at bso.org or at the Tanglewood box office. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910. July 14, 2019 — 5 p.m. Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Jewish Radical Feminism: An Evening with Dr. Joyce Antler An evening with Dr. Joyce Antler, Samuel J. Lane Professor Emerita of American Jewish History and Culture and Professor Emerita of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University. Her book, Jewish Radical Feminism, places women’s activism at the center of feminist and Jewish narratives. Hear stories of Jewish feminists, illustrating how women’s liberation and Jewish feminism unfolded over the course of the lives of an extraordinary cohort of women, influencing the social, political, and religious revolutions of our era. FREE. Sponsored by Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910.

Film: Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People LIVE JAZZ MUSIC, July 15, 2019 — 4 p.m. Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, GREAT BAR SELECTION, MA FARM TO TABLE FOOD Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People-An inspiring American success story recounting the life and times of modern journalist’s founding father, relevant to the “fake news” era. This superbly crafted biography heralds freedom of the press at a time when First Amendment rights are 51 WALKER ST, challenged. $10. Sponsored by Knesset Isreael. More info at: Berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org or (413) 445-4872. LENOX MASS 413.637.2532 GATEWAYSINN.COM

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July 18, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. Federation program at Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA A Hundred Acres of America: Jewish American Literature and the Sense of Place Join author and professor Michael Hoberman as he discusses his recently published book, A Hundred Acres of America. Hoberman combines literary history Film: Rescue Bus 300 and geography to restore Jewish American writers, July 15, 2019 — 8 p.m. often limited to an Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, immigrant model, to their rightful roles as critical MA members of the literary Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – Rescue Bus 300 landscape and argues that A powerful and tense docudrama telling the story of the Jewish history, American 1984 hijacking and daring rescue of Bus 300 on its way literary history, and the from Tel Aviv to Ashkelon. $10. Sponsored by Knesset inhabitation of American geography are, and always have Israel. More info at: Berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org or been, contiguous entities. Program FREE. $2 suggested (413) 445-4872. donation for kosher lunch following program. Lunch reservations are required and can be made up to 9 a.m.

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20 | www.jewishberkshires.org on the day of the program by calling (413) 442-2200. Knesset Israel. More info at: knessetisrael.org or (413) Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More 445-4872. info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. July 19, 2019 — 5:45 p.m. July 18, 2019 — 7 p.m. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA Barrington, MA A River Could Be a Tree: Shabbat Services with Seltzertopia: The Extraordinary Story of An Author, Angela Himsel Ordinary Drink This lyrical memoir traces the Seltzertopia is the definitive author’s journey from one biography of seltzer, and of eleven children, growing there is nothing two cents up in rural Indiana as part plain about the story, which of an apocalyptic, doomsday is frequently as effervescent Christian sect led by a white as its subject matter. supremacist to a Modern Attendees will be treated to Orthodox Jewish woman Joseph’s presentation and to living on Manhattan’s Upper a real siphon bottle seltzer, West Side. The Jewish Women’s milk and Fox’s U-Bet egg Archive is sponsoring this cream reception and book event. FREE. Jewish Festival of signing afterwards. This Egg Books is sponsored by Hevreh, Angela Himsel Cream Eggstravaganza will the Jewish Women’s Archive, be the culmination of a two the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, and the Harold month egg cream special Grinspoon Foundation. More info at: hevreh.org/books at The Great Barrington Bagel Company & Deli in Great or (413) 528-6378. Barrington benefitting the festival. $20. Jewish Festival of Books is sponsored by Hevreh, the Jewish Women’s Archive, the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation with additional support from Great Barrington Bagel Co. and Brooklyn Seltzer Boys. More info at: hevreh.org/books or (413) 528-6378. July 19, 2019 — 5:30 p.m. Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA Dr. David Ellenson: One Rabbi’s Approach to Announcing Jewish Faith: A Personal Reflection Rock On Join us for a musical Shabbat @ Berkshire service followed by kosher Music School dinner and program with July 8-19 Dr. David Ellenson who will 12-5pm discuss his personal journey $250/week from an Orthodox childhood in Virginia to the Reform Rock On rabbinate. Thinkers such as @ The Guthrie Center Buber and Rosenzweig, but Songwriting Workshop also feminist like Falk, Plaskow, and Adler and Zionists like Aug 5-9 Herzl and Ahad Haam have 1-4pm With guest Seth Glier shaped his approach to Jewish Dr. David Ellenson faith and life. Advanced dinner Register: rockonworkshop.org reservations required by July 17. $20 adult, $15 teen, 413-329-2280 • [email protected] children free. Sponsored by Rabbi Jan Kaufman and

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July 20, 2019 — 9:30 a.m. July 20, 2019 — 12:30 p.m. Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Jewish Communal Belonging: What Responsa Barrington, MA Have to Teach Us The Book of Separation: Kiddush Lunch with During morning services, Dr. David Ellenson will take Author, Tova Mirvis Jewish legal texts from the 19th century dealing with The best-selling novelist discusses her memoir, The Book patrilineality and conversion to reflect on Jewish of Separation, tracing her journey away from her Modern communal attitudes towards inclusion, outreach, and Orthodox upbringing and marriage, as she struggles to boundaries in the modern world. He will look specifically find her footing in an unfamiliar secular world while still at halakhic writings of Rabbis Zvi Hirsch Kalischer, Esriel keeping one foot in the Orthodox world for the sake of Hildesheimer, and David Zvi Hoffmann to frame this her children, and stepping with the other into a new and conversation. FREE. Sponsored by Rabbi Jan Kaufman emerging way of expressing her Judaism and living her and Knesset Israel. More info at: knessetisrael.org or (4130 life. $25. Jewish Festival of Books is sponsored by Hevreh, 445-4872. the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. More info at: hevreh.org/books July 20, 2019 — 10 a.m. or (413) 528-6378. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA July 20, 2019 — 4 p.m. Two Journeys: Tova Mirvis & Angela Himsel in Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Conversation with Judith Rosenbaum Barrington, MA During Shabbat morning services, Tova Mirvis and Angela The World Needs Beautiful Things with Rabbi Himsel will be in conversation with each other, moderated Leah Rachel Berkowitz by Judith Rosenbaum, Executive Director of the Jewish Bring the kids and Women’s Archive. Among other topics, they will recount grandkids on a found their two journeys to and from Modern Orthodoxy, and object art nature walk in explore the power and complexity of community, family, Hevreh’s backyard with tradition and finding one’s own path and meaning. FREE. the author, followed Jewish Festival of Books is sponsored by Hevreh, the by creative crafting, a Jewish Women’s Archive, the Jewish Federation of the hands-on Havdalah and Berkshires, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. More some sweet Shabbat info at: hevreh.org/books or (413) 528-6378. treats. As always, we welcome interfaith July 20, 2019 — 12 p.m. families, GLBTQ families, Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA nursing moms, babies Lunch & Learn: Two Approaches to 19th Century and siblings of all ages, grandparents and Liberal Judaism and Their Implications Today special people, new members, first timers, neighbors, Dr. David Ellenson will present and analyze the teachings and friends. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh, Jewish Federation and approaches to Judaism of two of the major figures of the Berkshires, PJ Library and the Harold Grinspoon in post-Emancipation German Judaism. Rabbi Samuel Foundation. More info at: hevreh.org/books or (413) Holdheim was an advocate of a radical brand of Reform 528-6378. Judaism that ultimately took root in America, while Rabbi Frankel championed a positive-historical approach July 21, 2019 — 10 a.m. to Judaism that served as the ideological foundation Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great of American Conservative Judaism. The importance and legacy of their approaches for an understanding Barrington, MA of Judaism in America today will be considered. FREE. The Raging Skillet: Lunch and Talk with Chef Reservations required by Monday preceding program. Rossi Sponsored by Rabbi Jan Kaufman and Knesset Israel. More The Raging Skillet is a raucous memoir recounting Chef info at: knessetisrael.org or (413) 445-4872. Rossi’s personal revolution against Orthodoxy and the microwave, and her evolution into one of the most

22 | www.jewishberkshires.org AUGUST 1-SEPTEMBER 1 sought after caterers ST. GERMAIN STAGE in New York City. Over the course of the book, she goes from being served bread and wine by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to serving up trays of exotic trayf to the rich and famous. Along the way, she sprinkles fun BY STEVEN LEVENSON and simple recipes, DIRECTED BY JENNIFER CHAMBERS liberally spiced with her own brand of Chef Rossi irreverent humor. $30. Sponsored by Jewish Festival of Books is sponsored by Hevreh, the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. More info at: hevreh.org/books or (413) 528- 6378.

Starring A powerful tale of a Jewish-American family and a culture at odds with itself. Three

J. Anthony Crane Lena Kaminsky siblings reunite to celebrate their father’s 75th birthday. As long- held secrets bubble to the surface, they Film: The Accountant of Auschwitz negotiate — with biting Kathleen Wise Robert Zukerman humor and razor-sharp July 22, 2019 — 4 p.m. insight — how much Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox BEYOND THE STAGE... of the past they’re MA Free to the public, but reservations are strongly recommended. willing to sacrifice Call the Box Office at: (413) 236-8888 Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – The Accountant for a chance at a new of Auschwitz “RE-REMEMBER: THE STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY FROM beginning. “Passionate More than 40 years after serving as an SS officer at GENERATION TO GENERATION” and provoking! Brainy Auschwitz, Oskar Groning told the world what he had with Rabbi Josh Breindel done; his admission led to his trial for complicity in the from Congregation Beth El in its arguments murder of 300,000 Jews. A new generation is reopening of the Sudbury River Valley, MA and visceral in its investigations against the living perpetrators of some of SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 emotions!” history’s worst crimes. $7. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. 1 pm at the St. Germain Stage –The New York Times More info at: berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org or (413) 445-4872. BARRINGTONSTAGECO.ORG 413.236.8888

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July 25, 2019 — 4 p.m. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA Israel Update: A New Look at Israeli Military Vignettes and Their Implications on the Middle East Over the past few years, Hevreh member Steve Schreier, a frequent and knowledgeable visitor to Israel, will review a series of Israeli military vignettes and their implications on the Middle East.This session will look at the period Film: Holy Lands from the end of World War II up to the end of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and discuss some of the lesser known July 22, 2019 — 8 p.m. details-accomplishments and failures of the Israeli defense Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, and intelligence leadership. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh MA of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – Holy Lands James Caan leads an all-star cast as a retired American July 26, 2019 — 10 a.m. cardiologist who leaves everything behind to become Pittsfield MA a pig farmer in Israel. This comedic family drama is a wry and moving tale of a dysfunctional family – with Hadassah Summer Book Group an ex-wife (Rosanna Arquette), an alienated son, and a Join us to review and discuss – The Lost Girls of Paris by perennial student daughter – striving for reconciliation Pam Jenoff. FREE. Sponsored by Berkshire Hills Hadassah. and acceptance. $10. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More More info at: (413) 553-5522. info at: berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org or (413) 445-4872.

24 | www.jewishberkshires.org July 26, 2019 — 11 a.m. July 27, 2019 — 12 p.m. Shakespeare & Co, Bernstein Theater, 70 Kemble Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA Street, Lenox MA Lunch and Learn: The Berkshires Farm Table JTS in the Berkshires: What Can the Bible Cookbook Teach us About Wagner? Jewish Views on the Elisa and Robert Bildner will preview their book due to Imperfect Messenger be published in 2020 entitled The Berkshires Farm Table Richard Wagner, T.S. Eliot, Shakespeare. Sometimes the Cookbook by Countryman Press. They celebrate stories most important messages are delivered by highly imper- of 42 local farmers and farm table chefs together with fect messengers. This is the case in the Jewish tradition 135 delicious recipes inspired by the farmers’ produce as well, which includes flawed figures like biblical Joseph and the chefs’ creativity. They collaborated with Brian or King David. Does Judaism allow one to separate the Alberg, Executive Chef and Vice President of Culinary “message” from the “messenger?” Can the handiwork of Development for Main Street Hospitality to put this work the sinner, if not the sinner him- or herself, be allowed together. FREE. Reservations required by Monday preced- into the community? Dr. David Kraemer will explore this ing program. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More info at: troubling and very current question. $15, or $45 for series knessetisrael.org or (413) 445-4872. of 3. Sponsored by Knesset Israel, JTS, Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. July 28, 2019 — 5 p.m. More info at: knessetisrael.org or (413) 445-4872. Hilton Garden Inn, 1032 South Street, Pittsfield, MA Hadassah: “To Life” Chai Scotch Tasting of 18 year Single Malts Join with us in sampling several 18 year old, single malt scotches, presented and discussed, along with humorous anecdotes, by a professional scotch ambassador. Enjoy wonderful hors d’oeuvres and camaraderie with some of the best scotch drinkers in the Berkshires! Suggested con- tribution $54. Underwriting available at $108 (Chai), $180 (Patron), $360 (Benefactor). Advance reservations required. Proceeds to support National Hadassah Associates’ Men’s Health Initiative for Alzheimer’s Disease. Sponsored by Hadassah Associates of Berkshire Hills Hadassah. More info at: (413) 443-4386.

Challah Bake-Off

July 27, 2019 — 12 p.m. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA Challah Bake-Off Calling all challah bakers and challah tasters. Help us have fun determining Hevreh’s best challah. This is a joint event between the Hevreh Membership Committee and the Berkshire Minyan. It will take place as part of the tra- ditional kiddush after Shabbat morning service. Please Film: Ask Dr. Ruth bring your home-baked challahs before services at 10 am to be judged and enjoyed at the Kiddush, and be sure to July 29, 2019 — 4 p.m. submit your recipe (to avoid any food preferences and/or Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, allergies among our tasters). FREE. Sponsored by Berkshire Minyan and Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: MA hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – Ask Dr. Ruth A documentary portrait chronicling the life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America’s

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most famous sex therapist. $7. Sponsored by Knesset of the lawn at approximately 7 pm. Purchase tickets at Israel. More info at: berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org or bso.org or at the Tanglewood box office. Sponsored by (413) 445-4872. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. August 3, 2019 — 12 p.m. Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA Lunch and Learn: A Story of Shanghai Refugees Yvonne Daniel was born of Jewish parents who fled to Shanghai following Nazi persecution. Yvonne’s actual birthplace was Shanghai, far from her ancestral home, and as an adult went on a journey of rediscovery to try and fully understand her past. Yvonne tells her story, one of many shared by the 20,000 refugees from Germany, Austria, Poland and Lithuania finding shelter in Shanghai, Film: Leona the largest haven for settlement on the planet in the July 29, 2019 — 8 p.m. 1930’s. FREE. Reservations required by Monday preceding program. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More info at: Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox knessetisrael.org or (413) 445-4872. MA Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – Leona A young Jewish woman from Mexico City finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love. There are no easy choices to be made as she struggles to take the best path. (Mature content). $10. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More info at: berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org or (413) 445-4872. {AUGUST} August 1, 2019 — 4 p.m. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA Perspectives on US Jewry and the Holocaust Tanglewood American Jews and the past leadership of the U.S. Jewish community have come under fire in recent decades for August 3, 2019 — 7 p.m. failing to do all they could on behalf of European Jewry during the Holocaust. What could and should they have Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox, MA done? Led by Hevreh member Stu Schweitzer will provide Tanglewood Havdalah some background on the controversy and then pose Join us for a special experience at Tanglewood with questions for attendees to discuss. FREE. Sponsored by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Asher Fisch conducts Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org Schumann, Dorman, Beethoven and Mendelssohn fea- or (413) 528-6378. turing violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth. Don’t miss this beautiful evening with the Temple August 2, 2019 — 7 p.m. Anshe Amunim community. Look for the blue and white Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox, MA balloons on the lawn – we’d be delighted to welcome Tanglewood Shabbat you and point the way to our gathering. Purchase tickets at bso.org or at the Tanglewood box office. Sponsored by Join us for a special gathering on the lawn at Tanglewood. Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org Look for the blue and white balloons in the middle of the or (413) 442-5910. lawn to set up your picnic dinner, and bring a dessert to share. We will gather for Kabbalat Shabbat at the back

26 | www.jewishberkshires.org August 4, 2019 — 7 p.m. Chabad of the Berkshires, 450 South Street, Pittsfield, MA The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust in the Name of Humanity New York Times best selling author Max Wallace will share how he accidentally stumbled upon the true story of a remarkable woman named Recha Sternbuch who suc- cessfully deceived SS chief Heinrich Himmler into destroy- ing the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau six months before the end of the war, thus saving as many as 300,000 Film: Shoelaces Jews. Max Wallace is an award-winning writer and film- maker, based in Toronto, Canada was nominated for a 2001 August 5, 2019 — 4 p.m. Gemini Awad. $10. Sponsored by Chabad of the Berkshires. Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, More info at: jewishberkshires.com or (413) 499-9899. MA Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – Shoelaces This tender family dramedy portrays the knotty rela- tionship between an aging, irascible mechanic and the exuberant special-needs son he abandoned long before. $7. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More info at: berkshire- jewishfilmfestival.org or (413) 445-4872.

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August 4, 2019 — 7:30 p.m. Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, MA Nefesh Mountain – Jewish Bluegrass Concert One night only! Join us for an evening of peace, love and Film: The Unorthodox toe tapping joy with this high energy Jewish bluegrass Quintet. Cited by Rolling Stone as “Refreshingly eclectic August 5, 2019 — 8 p.m. like a blanket passed down as a family heirloom, the Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, results are warm and comfortable. This is an evening you MA don’t want to miss. General admission $25, Young adults Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – The Unorthodox under 30 are $20. Children under 10 are FREE. Appropriate for children 5 and up. Sponsored by Jewish Federation A disenfranchised Sephardic father whose daughter of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or is expelled from a prestigious religious school just for (4130 442-4360. her ethnicity, launches the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, a nascent challenge to the ruling Ashkenazi establishment in this lively, crowd-pleasing drama. $10. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More info at: berkshirejewishfilmfestival. org or (413) 445-4872.

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August 6, 2019 — 9:30 a.m. Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA The Game of Life and Death “Hello” is a conversation game about living and dying and what matters most. Hevreh is sponsoring two opportuni- ties to play “Hello”, a game designed to open doors of exploration and help identify what is most important to you. You will laugh, cry, and discover new things about yourself and the people you care about. We request that you RSVP in advance but walk-ins are welcome. Come to one or both of these events, sponsored by our Hevra Kadisha. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. Sephardic Jewish heritage More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. August 9, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. Federation program at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, August 7, 2019 — 11:30 a.m. 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA The Race to Save Sephardi Jewish Heritage in The Rosenberg Case: An Illustrated Lecture the Middle East and North Africa On June 19, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, having From synagogues on the edge of the Sahara to Jewish been convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage, were fortresses in Arabia, Jason Guberman, Executive Director strapped into the electric chair at Sing Sing and electro- of the American Sephardi Federation, shares the behind cuted. Their execution was and still is controversial: to the scenes story of how a diverse international team of some the Rosenbergs were traitors, to others, they were volunteers is racing against time to document the sites martyrs. Were they guilty of spying for the Soviet Union? and memories of the last generation who remember Did they deserve the death penalty? As part of Temple Sephardic Jewish life in the Middle East and North Africa. Anshe Amunim’s Lunch and Learn series, Jesse Waldinger Program FREE. $11 for catered lunch following program. will explore the case in an illustrated lecture. FREE for Advance lunch reservation is required. Sponsored members; $5 not-yet-members; bring your own lunch, by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More info at: beverages and dessert will be provided. Sponsored by jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. Temple Anshe Amunim. More info at: ansheamunim.org or (413) 442-5910. August 9, 2019 — 11 a.m. August 8, 2019 — 4 p.m. Shakespeare & Co, Bernstein Theater, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox, MA Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA JTS in the Berkshires: Matchmaking and Midrash: A Hebrew Comedy from the Time of An Early Look at the 2020 Race for President Shakespeare Richard Kirsch will help us understand the key dynamics Dr. Stefanie Siegmund will that may play out in the primary race for President in 2020. introduce The Comedy of He’ll take a look at the dynamics in 2019 that are driving Betrothal, the oldest Hebrew the race and how the major candidates are swimming in play in existence, and its creator those waters. And he’ll step back to look at what history Leone de’Sommi, an Italian can tell us about what we should look for as the race moves Jew from Mantua. Written forward. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. in the 16th century Italian More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. Renaissance style, the comedy will surprise you with its themes and creative weaving For more program listings visit of biblical and Talmudic texts Dr. Stefanie Siegmund reminiscent of Shakespeare’s www.jewishberkshires.org marriage comedies. We’ll learn about the history and culture of Italian Jews of the early modern period. Local

28 | www.jewishberkshires.org actors will perform scenes. $15, or $45 for series of 3. club” in her community. She creates Ezras Nashim, the Sponsored by Knesset Israel, JTS, Jewish Federation of the first all-female ambulance corps in NYC. $7. Sponsored by Berkshires, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. More Knesset Israel. More info at: berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org info at: knessetisrael.org or (413) 445-4872. or (413) 445-4872. August 10, 2019 — 8 a.m. Church Street, Great Barrington, MA Hevreh Hits the Farmer’s Market Come for the veggies, stay for Shabbat. Stop by the Hevreh booth at the Great Barrington Farmer’s Market to partake in some Shabbat sweetness. See what we’re up to this summer and catch up over challah and grape juice. Families with young children are invited to stay for Tot Shabbat on the Town. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. Film: 93 Queen August 10, 2019 — 9 a.m. August 12, 2019 — 8 p.m. Great Barrington Bandstand, 334 Main Street, Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, Great Barrington, MA MA Tot Shabbat on the Town Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – The Other Story Hevreh’s Tot Shabbat is hitting the road and setting up Two rebellious young women, one fleeing the chaos of tables at Great Barrington’s beloved children’s summer secular hedonism for the comforts of faith, the other event, David Grover singing at the Bandstand behind Town Hall on Main Street. Look for Hevreh’s table decorated with blue and white balloons. Join us for singing and dancing, and a special Shabbat breakfast treat. Then stay to enjoy the concert with David Grover starting at 10 a.m. FREE. Sponsored by Hevreh of Southern Berkshire. More info at: hevreh.org or (413) 528-6378. August 11, 2019 — 11 a.m. Chabad of the Berkshires, 450 South Street, Pittsfield, MA A Review of the Liberators – Eyewitness Accounts of the Liberation of the Concentration Camps Stuart D. Feigenblatt, a former research scholar of the Holocaust, will address the community during the ninth of Av about what occurred during the liberation of the concentration camps. FREE. Sponsored by Chabad of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.com or (413) 499-9899. August 12, 2019 — 4 p.m. Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, MA Berkshire Jewish Film Festival – 93 Queen Rachel “Ruchie” Freier is a no-nonsense Hasidic lawyer and mother of six who is determined to shake up the “boys

2019 Guide to Cultural and Educational Programming | 29 {August 2019} seeking to escape her oppressive religious upbringing for Jon Greenberg, Ph.D., teacher, author and botanist, will sexual and spiritual freedom, cross paths unexpectedly in share how plant metaphors in Biblical stories can help to Jerusalem in this empowering drama. $10. Sponsored by chart a way through our taking stock of our successes and Knesset Israel. More info at: berkshirejewishfilmfestival. failures over the last year. We’ll learn stories of the revolt org or (413) 445-4872. of the trees, Jonah and the castor bean, the woman who plucked pomegranates from the Red Sea, and a poisonous weed that replaced lettuce on a medieval German Passover table. FREE. Sponsored by Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360. August 17, 2019 — 12 p.m. Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA Lunch and Learn: Choosing Joy – Alzheimer’s: A Book of Hope Helene Berger has just published Choosing Joy – Jon Greenberg, Ph.D. Alzheimer's: A Book of Hope. In August 15, 2019 — 10:45 a.m. her own words: “Ady (Helene’s husband) was unique. Federation sponsored program at Knesset Israel, Whereas most accounts of 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA Alzheimer’s describe a process Spiritual Guidance from the Plant Kingdom of irreversible decline, Ady With Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur on the horizon, continued to improve. The book became a comprehensive guide describing why this regeneration was possible. Helene Berger Though totally unprepared for this unwanted journey, I ultimately learned, with Ady’s participation, to provide the support-physically, emotionally and socially- that allowed him to thrive.” An inspiring story! FREE. Reservations required by Monday preceding program. Sponsored by Knesset Israel. More info at: knessetisrael.org or (413) 445-4872. August 18, 2019 — 9:30 a.m. Lenox Town Hall, 6 Walker Street, Lenox, MA Opioid Addiction and Its Impact on the Berkshires Introductory remarks by Jennifer Michaels, MD and Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington, followed by a panel discussion with Q&A. Includes light brunch. Advanced reservations are required. $15. Sponsored by the Maimonides Society of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. More info at: jewishberkshires.org or (413) 442-4360

30 | www.jewishberkshires.org August 25, 2019 — 7:30 p.m. CELEBRATE Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad Street, Pittsfield, MA Assault on Truth and Memory: Lessons from WITH ISRAEL BONDS History The 52nd Annual Feigenbaum Lecture presents Dr. Deborah Lipstadt. Dr. Lipstadt is a Dorot A Gift Professor of Modern Jewish With and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta Meaning and an historical consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The topic will be “Assault on Truth and Deborah Lipstadt, Ph.D. Memory: Lessons from History.” Seating will be limited and early arrival is recommended. The doors may close before the lecture begins. FREE. Sponsored by the Hilda Vallin Feigenbaum Lecture Series. More info at: ansheamunim. org or (413) 442-5910. August 27, 2019 — 6 p.m. Country Club of Pittsfield, 639 South Street, Pittsfield, MA Berkshire Hills Hadassah Donor Dinner Celebrate Hadassah’s contribution to medical care in Israel and medical research for all. Honor our special members who have devoted so much time and effort to our chapter. Couvert plus suggested donation. Sponsored by Berkshire Hills Hadassah. More info at: (413) 553-5522. August 30, 2019 — 10 a.m. Pittsfield, MA Hadassah Summer Book Group Join a lively group to review The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. FREE. Sponsored by Berkshire Hills Hadassah. INVEST IN ISRAEL BONDS More info at: (413) 553-5522. israelbonds.com September 2, 2019 — 3 p.m. Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA Knesset Israel Family Fun Day Food, fun and games. Join us for an informal, friendly afternoon of games, crafts, play and a kosher cookout on the Knesset Israel lawn. This is a great opportunity for Development Corporation for Israel 924 Farmington Ave, Suite 205 families to connect with each other, socialize and meet West Hartford, CT 06107 newcomers to the area! All are welcome! FREE but please [email protected] • 860.656.2110 RSVP in advance to [email protected]. Sponsored This is not an offering, which can be made only by prospectus. Read the prospectus carefully by Knesset Israel. More info at: knessetisrael.org or (413) before investing to fully evaluate the risks associated with investing in Israel bonds. 445-4872. Member FINRA Photos: Three Star Photographers, Shayna Levy, Istock

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