The Jewish Observer
News from Middle Tennessee's Jewish Community | Friday, July 4, 2025
The Jewish Observer

Carrie Mills


The Jewish Observer
News

Kvetch in the City, July 2025

Contrary to popular belief, there are many good things still happening in the world  to applaud.  Give me a few minutes…I’m thinking.   Wait…let me go shut off the no good horrible day news coming from the tv and on my phone. And while I’m at it I think I’ll close my computer ...

The Jewish Observer
News

Kvetch in the City, June 2025

Habits, hope, and fairytales die hard. I’m back on Hinge. Last trip to NYC I couldn’t help myself.      And in just a few short months in the online dating world I noticed a new trend among men my age.      Old men on bicycles are the new shirtless old men holding fish ...

The Jewish Observer
News

Kvetch in the City, May 2025

Once upon a time, in a fearless world, people used to plaster their car with bumper stickers. In an instant you knew more about the person who owned that car then you may ever want to know. It was yesteryear’s version of social media. Yesteryear’s tweet, meme, and scroll all rolled into one stuck ...

The Jewish Observer
News

Kvetch in the City, April 2025

Turns out there is another upside to my new purging routine. Besides all the space magically appearing in my home, turns out I’m so busy sorting through treasures and trash, I have less time to watch the news. Kinda goes along with that saying, “No news is good news.”    It’s occurred ...

The Jewish Observer
News

Kvetch in the City, March 2025

It started with deleting the dating app from my phone.     Snapping out of the dating trance I had mindlessly gotten sucked into that had me endlessly swiping on possible future fantasy husbands on Hinge, there I stood squinting, looking around at the surroundings I call home, when it ...

The Jewish Observer
News

Winter/Spring Art & Music Classes at the Gordon JCC

The Madeline Pargh Arts and Crafts Center (MPACC) at the Gordon JCC is offering a variety of art and music classes this winter and spring.    Ceramics & Mosaics    With the kilns now fully operational, the center will soon announce a schedule of ceramics and mosaic workshops.    Ongoing ...

The Jewish Observer
News

Kvetch in the City February 2025

Years ago, I asked a few close friends, after reading a suggestion in some new age self-help book, to tell me what they thought were my character strengths and weaknesses. One friend replied in her assessment on my weaknesses, that I choose men like I choose shoes, they may look good, but they don’t ...

The Jewish Observer
News

Kvetch in the City, January 2025

Winter. Besides getting to wear my favorite cozy clothes covering my entire body and a multitude of sins, I pretty much dread this time of year. They say the holiday season is a season of miracles. Although it just past, quite honestly, if there are any left-over miracles, I could use one or two right ...

The Jewish Observer
News

Kvetch in the City, December 2024

I know it’s going to be a bad day when I turn on the news, wait, I meant to say is…I know it’s going to be a bad day when I pick up my phone, which has facial recognition, and my own phone does not recognize my face. However, if I’m going to be truthful, lately I’ve been looking in the mirror ...

The Jewish Observer
News

Kvetch in the City November 2024

  These days if someone asked me where in the world I would most like to live, I’d probably answer by telling them where I’d most like to die. I know that can appear to sound morbid, however, the seed for this way of thinking started way back in the day.     In my twenties I ...

More articles »