Marchetti Combines Third Thursday, Artswalk in New Downtown EventBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:15PM / Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mayor Peter Marchetti is holding true to his administration's slogan "Be bold or go home” by combining two beloved downtown events. "I think we have to start celebrating what we're doing and shouting from the mountaintop of what we're doing. So this event will give people the opportunity to come back downtown to see the downtown,” he said. "We have probably said a few times ‘Hey, the Marchetti administration is going to be about be bold or go home,' We're going to make some bold changes. We're going to try to bring people to the downtown. I'm sure we're probably going to disgruntle a few >> Read More |
Daf Moby: A Voyage Through Melville's Talmud| 11:47AM / Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | |
 PITTSFILED, Mass. — There is a Jewish tradition of studying a single page of the Talmud every day until its completion. According to ta press release, this tradition is called Daf Yomi (Hebrew for "page of the day"). Because the Talmud is a multi-volume work of ancient law, narrative, and commentary, a full cycle of Daf Yomi takes about seven and a half years to complete. Jews from around the world who study the same page on the same day over this long period of time share a distinct sacred experience. Williams College professors, Jeffrey Israel and Eden Dekel wondered what would happen if they studied a page of Moby-Dick every day in the tradition >> Read More |
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