Despite some challenging weather, approximately 250 people attended this year’s Jewish Community Relations Committee Social Justice Seder, featuring special guest Sloan Luckie. Luckie, a lay pastor and youth mentor in his hometown of Chicago, spoke about his passion for studying the Old Testament ...
Over the last several weeks President Donald Trump has taken aim at some of the country’s largest law firms through the use of executive orders. These orders include actions such as stripping the firms’ security clearances, barring access to federal buildings, and terminating federal contracts held ...
An estimated 6.3 million children in the United States will experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18. That’s according to the National Alliance for Children’s Grief. Tennessee ranks fifth in the nation, with one in nine children affected by these losses, and that means the state’s ...
Nashville is home to hundreds of refugees from countries around the world, some of which are at war. Refugee status means these people are invitees of the United States and are entitled to a small amount of monetary assistance from the government to help them settle. The method and terms of resettlement ...
After Gil Fox’s wife Joyce died several years ago, he remembered a few things he’d heard from others who’d lost spouses. One was that after their spouses died, some of their best friends disappeared. The other was that people who were not close friends became their close friends. And there was ...
According to the Anti-Defamation League, antisemitic incidents have soared to over 300% since October 7, 2023. But even prior to that date, Jewish communities throughout Tennessee experienced increasing antisemitic incidents in the form of fliers and Nazi grafitti. For the past several years, the Jewish ...
The Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville’s annual report features a new type of cover model, and people are asking, “Who’s that girl?” Violin virtuoso turned fiddle player, Ada Pasternak, made her way to Nashville from Moscow via New York, Connecticut, and Los Angeles. The journey began when ...
In an historic bipartisan move, the Tennessee Legislature last month agreed to create a Tennessee/Israel caucus designed to strengthen and further build upon their relationship. State representative Scott Cepicky (TN-District 64), one of the sponsors of the caucus bill welcomed the move and said the ...
Last month Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville’s 89th annual meeting celebrated a successful 2024 annual campaign, congratulated outgoing board members, and installed the 2025 board. The evening began with the annual Life & Legacy celebration, highlighting and remembering community members ...
It’s almost game time at West End Synagogue when sports journalist Jared Stillman takes the stage as the featured guest of the synagogue’s annual fundraiser on March 30th. The Nashville born and raised host of Stillman and Company spoke with The Observer from New Orleans where he was broadcasting ...
