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News from Middle Tennessee's Jewish Community | Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025
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Mark S. Freedman


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Farewell…Again

Almost seven years ago to the day, June 30, 2018, I retired as the CEO of your Jewish Federation. Little did I know then, before COVID, before the racial unrest of 2020 that challenged our nation, before the momentous elections of 2020 and 2024 did I ever imagine I would return to the Jewish Federation ...

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A Note from the Publisher of The Jewish Observer

I want to take this opportunity to advise our loyal readers of an important addition to our “Editorial Submissions Policy and Deadlines” which appears each month in The Jewish Observer.  Effective with the February 2025 edition of The Jewish Observer, Letters to the Editor will be limited to ...

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Small Investment, Big Returns: Partnership Together

During my time serving as CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville between 2011 and 2018, the Federation granted annually about 35 percent of its available funds from the annual campaign to meeting Jewish needs overseas. That translated to about $750,000 per year. The bulk of it was allocated ...

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