At the beginning of June, the Tennessee Holocaust Commission hosted the Vise Family Holocaust Education Summit, a program focused on exploring the mosaic of Holocaust victims through literature and the arts. More than 60 educators from across Tennessee, ranging from elementary to high school, gathered ...
The Nashville community came together in March for the JCRC’s annual Avi Poster Social Justice Seder marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate. The gathering blended the Passover story of liberation with reflections on today’s struggles for justice, bringing people of many faiths into one shared ...
This fall, Nashville will become the newest city to join Student to Student, a national initiative now active in 45 communities across the United States. The program invites Jewish high school juniors and seniors to visit local classrooms and speak directly with non‑Jewish peers ...
The Jewish Federations across Tennessee, in partnership with the Tennessee Forum for Jewish Issues (TFJI) and Friends of the Tennessee‑Israel Caucus (FTIC), held a Day on the Hill in March, meeting with lawmakers from both parties to address the most pressing concerns facing Jewish communities ...
Against the backdrop of a global crisis facing Jews and supporters of Israel around the world, the Israeli-American Council (IAC) convened its 10th Annual National Summit around the unifying theme of Israel at heart in January. This year’s event was notably ...