News from Middle Tennessee's Jewish Community |
Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025
Lilly Smantha Lapidus will become a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, November 20, at 9:30 a.m. at West End Synagogue. Lilly is the daughter of Brian and Kim Lapidus, granddaughter of Stephen and Leslye Lapidus and Joseph and Joyce Rosenfield of Dallas, Texas. A seventh grader at the University School of Nashville, she participates in cross country, soccer and basketball and is always ready to play any sport even with her brother, Max.
Luke Cohen will become a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, November 6, at 3 p.m. at The Temple. Luke was born September 16, 2008, in Chicago, Ill. His parents are Allyson and Joshua Cohen, and he has a brother, Liam. A seventh grader at Grassland Middle School, he enjoys cheering for the Wisconsin Badgers football team, as well as playing ice hockey, swimming, reading and history.
Condolences to the family of Bernard (Bernie) Bublick who died on August 22..He is survived by his nephew, David (Kristy) King,and great-niece and great-nephew, Olivia and Mason King. Memorials may be made in Bernie’s name to Congregation Micah.
Renette Israel Corenswet passed away in her sleep on August 18 at the age of 98, at Brookdale Green Hills Cumberland, where she spent the last four years of her life. The matriarch of her extended family, she was preceded in death by her husband, Abe, and her son, Robert. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Ellen Corenswet and John Morgan; daughter-in-law Lucy Corenswet; brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Sally Israel; niece Sharon Israel; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren
