A curve drawn in one movement becomes a pathway on a hillside. Walk slowly on a spring morning. The cherry trees are blooming. A woodpecker drums in the wood over the hill. The path turns with each step, toward the lake in the valley, toward the wooded slope above it. […]
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Rachel Barenblat and a circle of rabbis build a contemporary community
At the foot of Mount Greylock, a round building with a wall of windows looks out at the the stone path of a labyrinth in the grass. The center of the room is a sanctuary, and a woman stands taking in the light. She moves with poised self-command and an […]
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Berkshire Humane Society celebrates 25 years
Teenagers in the Berkshire foster care system can earn the chance to spend a few hours a week with half-grown kittens or a husky mix who want a walk. And when an animal finds a home, the kids know. As the Berkshire Humane Society helps animals, it helps people, says executive […]
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Berkshire artist Wendy Rabinowitz weaves Shalom in brilliant threads
As a girl growing up on the south side of Chicago, Wendy Rabinowitz would wake at 6 a.m. and slip out of her house to walk a mile to Lake Michigan, to see the sunrise. Her father would come after her, she said, anxious that she had walked the city […]
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