Summer 2025

Knesset Israel is offering a full range of programming this summer, indoors, outdoors and online. We look forward to welcoming old friends and new faces.

Highlights this summer include:

Wildman Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with JTS Chancellor Shuly Rubin-Schwartz

• Friday Night, July 11 - Musical Minyan, Community Dinner & session with the Chancellor - RSVP
• Saturday morning July 12 - Chancellor Schwartz will give the D'var Torah and teach after kiddush.

Services & Meals

In-Person services every weekend - Friday night, Saturday morning, Sunday morning, plus Tisha B'av and Selihot. Most services will be in the sanctuary, and Friday nights and Saturday mornings will be livestreamed. 

A Kiddush luncheon every Shabbat from July 5 through August 23. Sponsorship opportunities are available, and contributions are always welcome. Some shabbat luncheons will be followed by a speaker.

Communal Shabbat Dinners after Kabbalat Shabbat services - June 7 (after Shabbat Across the Berkshires), July 12, August 9. Dinner requires advance registration.

Cultural & Social Programs

The Berkshire Jewish Film Festival - fascinating films - every Monday afternoon & evening from July 14 to August 18. 

A Klezmer Concert on Monday night, August 25. 

Ramblin' with the Rav - Hikes of varying difficulty led by Rabbi Weiner - exercise, community, and a little Torah in the glorious Berkshires. Some weekdays, some Sundays. Click for more information and to register.

Adult Education
JTS in the Berkshires - Top-notch scholars from the Jewish Theological Seminary deliver classes on Friday mornings at the Bernstein Theater at Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, 11am. This year: JTS Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz on July 11 and Rabbi Gordon Tucker on August 8!

Lunch & Learn after kiddush most Saturday afternoons.

Torah, Rashi & More with Rabbi Weiner most Friday mornings, 9-10 a.m. in July and August - Drop-ins are welcome to join our ongoing (and very slow-moving) study of parashat Vayetze using the new Koren Mikraot Hadorot edition of the Torah and commentaries. Check the KI calendar for exact dates.

For more information click on the hyperlinks above, check out the calendar page, or go to knessetisrael.org/RSVP to register for events. 

Pictured: JTS in the Berkshires, summer 2023