Thirty mosaic butterfly sculptures were recently installed at Nashville’s Holocaust Memorial. This marks the completion of four years of major changes, the first made since its creation in 2006. In a full circle moment, the butterflies brought to fruition a ...
Nashville’s Holocaust Memorial invites the entire community of Nashville for a docent-led tour during the week surrounding Yom HaShoah, which begins at sundown on Monday, April 13th, when the yellow memorial candle is lit, and lasts through Tuesday, April 14th. Each ...
Sunday, December 7th marked a milestone for Nashville’s Holocaust Memorial. That day saw the most visitors in any one day in the memorial’s history. More than 60 people were guided by five MTSU History students over the course of an hour ...
Nashville’s Holocaust Memorial invites the entire community of Nashville for a docent-led tour during the week surrounding Yom HaShoah, which this year falls on Thursday, April 24th. The Memorial Committee has made many notable improvements to the sculpture garden in the past sixteen months, including: ...
Nashville’s Holocaust Memorial invites the entire community of Nashville to a special tour of its grounds on January 27, 2025, at 2:00 pm. Docent Chair, Marsha Raimi, will highlight the experiences of her father, Saul Raimi/Betzalel Reingevirtz (z.l.), who survived over two years in Auschwitz concentration ...
West End Synagogue was abuzz with activity on February 11 as its Men’s Club and Sisterhood co-hosted the “World Wide Wrap.” Created by the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs to encourage people to put on tefillin (phylacteries) as part of morning services, the event is held annually on Superbowl ...
At an intimate private ceremony on Sunday November 5, Nashville’s Holocaust Memorial unveiled new inscriptions on its Pillars of Remembrance. Eight families remembered loved ones who perished in the Holocaust, or those who survived and subsequently lived in the Nashville area. Rabbis Shana Mackler ...
“Peace, Love & Light on a Magical Hanukkah Night”, the City of Franklin’s first-ever public menorah lighting, lived up to its title. On Wednesday, December 13, over 300 people celebrated the seventh night of Hanukkah at Eastern Flank Battlefield Park with music, greetings from local politicians, ...
Nashville’s Holocaust Memorial welcomed two very different groups of visitors this summer: Metro Nashville Police Officers and Israeli teenagers. On June 21 and July 5, Memorial Committee Chair Felicia Anchor led tours for approximately sixty new and transfer officers of the Metro Nashville ...
The “About Us” description on Facebook reads, “This group is for the Jews of Franklin, TN to connect, network, get together, become friends, etc. We might not have a synagogue, but we have this group.” In just three short months, the Facebook group “Jewish Franklin,TN” started by Ellen Witt ...