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 Duncan Himmelman and Jen Werner for an introduction to native and non-native plants and the relationship between both plant species. This class is held over Zoom. Transform your garden with native plants while avoiding species that are considered invasive in western Massachusetts and surrounding areas. Discover the ecological value of native plants and learn approximately 24 herbaceous […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, 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
Join Samantha Geracht, artistic director of the Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, to learn about Anna Sokolow, a modern dance pioneer and a Jewish voice for justice. This Jewish Federation of the Berkshires program will be presented via Zoom. This presentation will trace Anna Sokolow’s (1910-2000) life and art from New York City’s Lower East Side […]
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
In celebration of Tu B’Shevat, join Rachel Simons, the founder of popular tahini outfit Seed+Mill in New York’s historic Chelsea Market, for a discussion of her new cookbook Sesame which celebrates the evolution, history, and diversity of this classic ingredient. Part of Jewish Literary Voices: A Federation Series in collaboration with The Jewish Book Council.
Diversity and Inclusion, Nature and Recreation, 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 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College (OLLI at BCC) presents the next installment of its Distinguished Speakers Series. Speaker Javier Corrales’s talk, Tyrants, Smugglers, and Hostile Takeovers: U.S.-Venezuela Relations, will provide an informative update and on the intense political topic. The talk will be presented via Zoom.
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