News from Middle Tennessee's Jewish Community |
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
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The Gordon JCC’s veteran staffer, Carrie Mills, has been promoted. In addition to her 20-year stint as assistant to the TGIT program, and Curator for the J’s art galleries, she will now add the role of Older Adults Program Manager. Noted as a Renaissance woman, Carrie is also an artist, designer, and musician. Her broad, diverse, creative life includes painting, collage, photography, fashion, styling, jewelry design, songwriting, singing, and pet portraiture. For nearly 20 years, Carrie has been the advertising manager for the Observer newspaper and she currently writes a monthly column, "Kvetch in the City” for the paper. For 10 years, Carrie has also taught a popular Fashion Camp for Camp Davis. She is very excited about her new role as Older Adults Program Manager and has great plans for creative and engaging programming. Coming your way, The Arlene & Alan Show featuring Rabbi Kohansky and his beautiful bride who consider it an honor to sing and dance and kibbitz with our seniors, their favorite mensches! Also in the works is a presentation on balance and fall prevention. Who doesn’t need that?! Stay tuned! And please…let Carrie know if there are programs that you would like to see. Feel free to share any other good ideas…carrie@nashvillejcc.org.
At times, the Talmud can be a bit technical. Pages over pages with discussions that can test the patience of those willing to spend some time learning from this ancient fountain of wisdom. Sometimes it can be hard to just keep it up. And yet, in the midst of so much argument and debate on any given subject, if you pay close attention, you may discover wonderful insights that continue to be relevant in our days.
