This year there was something for everyone during Chanukah. The Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville’s Eight Nights of Nashville (8NON) held eight different celebrations, during which over 2,000 people enjoyed sufganiyot, shakshuka, latkes, candles, dreidels, hockey, hot chicken, music, and ...
For over a decade, musician Ellie Flier has called Nashville home. During those years, she has carved out a place in the Jewish music scene both locally as a founder of Jewsic City, and beyond Nashville leading services and performing at synagogues and venues throughout the US, Europe, and ...
This year marks a special milestone for West End Synagogue. For the past 150 years, congregation has served as the spiritual home for Middle Tennessee’s Conservative Jewish community. To mark the anniversary, several events and celebrations are planned, including the addition of a new Torah scroll. ...
The Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville’s 90th annual meeting, scheduled for January 25th, will recognize and honor several of the community’s new and veteran leaders. This year’s meeting is a refresh of the traditional format and features the popular band Nefesh Mountain, along with brunch, ...
The Gordon Jewish Community Center last month filed a lawsuit against the neo-Nazi group, the Goyim Defense League (GDL). The civil suit, filed in both Federal and Tennessee state courts names, among others, GDL founder Jon Minadeo and Travis Garland, the person who earlier this ...
The Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville’s women’s philanthropy division kicked off Chanukah with a pre-holiday reception at the home of Erin Colemam, chair of the division. Jewish Nashville’s women munched on latkes and sufganiyot while hearing from Coleman about the Jewish Federation ...
Last week, just as Chanukah was about to begin for us here in the United States, a tragedy unfolded in Sydney, Australia. As Jewish people were celebrating the holiday under a warm sky on the shores of Bondi Beach, terrorists mounted a surprise attack, killing 15. Among the dead are a Holocaust survivor ...
It is an often-repeated statistic: antisemitism is making a steady climb upwards, last year reaching 9,354 incidents nationally as reported by the Anti-Defamation League. This number represents a 344% increase over the last five years. And the subject topped the ...
The Jewish community’s use of artificial intelligence is multi-faceted, influencing everything from healthcare, to education, the arts, and of course rabbinic practice, as well as raising concerns around antisemitism. Dr. Maya Ackerman, a computer scientist and AI pioneer, says, “I got ...
