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News from Middle Tennessee's Jewish Community | Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025
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Smart Year End Financial Planning

Taxpayers seeking possible solutions to lower federal taxes for 2022 and the future should take a close look at three planning techniques that can be used individually or together.









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And You Shall Teach it to Your Children

Each year, JCRC decides on key issues of focus for the coming year’s programs. The topics generally relate to specific current events, voting rights, immigration, and access to healthcare. Whatever the winds of change bring we adjust and respond, but there are two areas of focus that are constant every year in our work, Israel education and addressing antisemitism.





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Hanukkah is coming to the J!

If you can believe it, Hanukkah is right around the corner and the Gordon JCC is excited to announce that our Hanukkah Store is officially open, and that Hanukkah Fest will be on December 11!





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Nashville supports Hadassah in Ukraine

On Oct. 30, over 100 people attended this year’s Hadassah donor event, a concert at West End Synagogue, featuring internationally known singer, Batsheva, performing the music of Leonard Cohen in Hebrew and Yiddish. The president of Hadassah’s Southern Region attended and spoke of the lifesaving work that Hadassah medical personnel have performed on the border with Poland. Israel has taken in over 35,000 Ukrainians since this war began. Donations from this event will be split between Hadassah Hospital and Youth Villages where displaced Ukrainian youth are living. Hadassah thanks the Nashville Jewish community for their generosity. Donations can still be made with checks sent to Beth Wise or at hadassahsupersouth.org/donorconcert