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News from Middle Tennessee's Jewish Community | Saturday, March 21, 2026
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B'nai Mitzvah February 2026

Kaylee Stein will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, February 7, at 10:30 a.m. at Congregation Micah. Kaylee is the child of Laura and Daniel Stein, the sister of Laila and Eli Stein, and the granddaughter of Sherry Stein of Nashville and Julie and David Bufford of Conway, NH.  

seventh grader at Meigs Middle Magnet School, Kaylee loves basketball and math.  

She has been helping to foster kittens with the Nashville Humane Association (NHA) and Metro Animal Care and Control (MACC). The familys two current cats (Igloo and Yeti) were foster fails from NHA three years ago. 

Rebekah Francine Henning-Felder will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, February 14, at 11 a.m. at The Temple. Shewas born on February 16, 2013, in Peoria, IllShe is the daughter of Aaron Z. Felder and Tempest Henning and the grandaughter of Merle and Joseph Felder of Nashville.  

Rebekah is a seventh grader at Bellevue Middle School.  

For Rebekahs mitzvah project, she is supporting seniors in our community. 

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Walter Haley Davis will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, February 21, at 11 a.m. at The Temple. He was born on December 14, 2012, in NashvillHe is the son of Emily and James Davis. His grandparents are Joan and Sam Lorber of Nashville, and Les Davis and Tracy Smith of Nashville.. 

A seventh grader at Meigs Middle School,  Walt loves sports, especially baseball and football, video games, math and hanging out with friends and neighbors. 

For Waltmitzvah project he is volunteering with shelter animals at Metro Animal Care and Control where he adopted his two cats. 

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Skye Brittain Mitchell will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, February 28, at 11 a.m. at The Temple. She was born on February 27, 2013, in Los Angeles, Calif. She is the daughter of Melissa and Jason Mitchell. Her grandparents are Sheri Marion of Scottsdale, Ariz., Lynn and Mark Cane of Los Angeles, Mark Krems of Scottsdale and Jon and Michelle Mitchell of Sarasota, Fla. 

A seventh grader at Harding Academy, Skye loves singing, cheer, swimming, tennis, art, creating, spending time with friends, going to the mall and hanging out with her sister, Harley, their dogs and family.  

For Skye’s mitzvah project, she is volunteering with Wags and Walks Nashville.  

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