The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College (OLLI at BCC) presents the next installment of its Distinguished Speakers Series. Speaker James Brooke’s talk, Ukraine-Russia War in the Era of Trump 2.0, will provide an informative update and lively discussion on the Russia-Ukraine war. Brooke is a former New York Times foreign correspondent and […]
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
Roni Fantanesh Malkai's memoir is a profound exploration of the Ethiopian Jewish community's historical journey, resilience, and struggle for equality in Israel. Malkai will share the struggle of Beta Israel to preserve their Jewish identity through centuries of exile and their arduous journey to the Promised Land.
Diversity and Inclusion, History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
The only thing better then reading a book on a winter’s eve is discussing the story with friends! Join The Mount online book club and explore the themes, characters, plot, and structure of three great stories, while enjoying the company of other people passionate about reading. The first group meeting is January 15 at 4 […]
Belong Berkshires, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
Join Samantha Geracht, artistic director of the Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, to learn about Anna Sokolow, a Modern Dance pioneer, as well as a Jewish voice for justice.
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
In September 2022, Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Jina Amini was killed by Iran's morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab too loosely. Award-winning British-Iranian journalist Jonathan Harounoff demystifies the context leading up to the historic protests to this crime inside Iran and abroad and examines the potential future ramifications. He will be joined in […]
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
Join Professor Sven-Erik Rose, author of Making and Unmaking Literature in the Warsaw, Lodz, and Vilna Ghettos, for a conversation with Hannah Polin-Galay (Pen Tishkach Chair of Holocaust Studies and director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at UMass Amherst) and David Mazower, the Yiddish Book Center’s research bibliographer and editorial director. […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Online Event
The only thing better then reading a book on a winter’s eve is discussing the story with friends! Join The Mount online book club and explore the themes, characters, plot, and structure of three great stories, while enjoying the company of other people passionate about reading. The first group meeting is January 15 at 4 […]
Belong Berkshires, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
Join Christa P. Whitney, director of the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, as she shares video highlights from the project’s growing collection. We’ll hear from actors who began their careers on the Eastern European stage, familiar faces from American screens who got their start in Yiddish theater, avid Yiddish theater-goers who share memories […]
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
The only thing better then reading a book on a winter’s eve is discussing the story with friends! Join The Mount online book club and explore the themes, characters, plot, and structure of three great stories, while enjoying the company of other people passionate about reading. The first group meeting is January 15 at 4 […]
Belong Berkshires, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event