You are viewing a preview version of this site. The live site https://jewishobservernashville.org has been archived on FedWeb.

News

Welcome to The Jewish Observer News page. Here is where you will find news and information from Middle Tennessee’s Jewish community, Israel and the world.

Sinai and Strawberries

By Theresa Lepore

Mount Sinai and strawberry sundaes were the theme of the Micah Children’s Academy Shavuot festivity. Shavuot, which means weeks, celebrates receiving the Ten Commandments and the Torah. Some say the tradition to eat dairy foods is to remember the land of milk and honey…

Congregation Sherith New Members

Congregation Sherith Israel Welcomes 21 New Members

Welcoming new members is always exciting for the community, and coming out of a pandemic year, it fills congregants with a special sense of joy and gratitude. The new member group has been especially vibrant and engaged in the synagogue co…

RJMP Photo Spread

Children of all ages attend the Revere jewish Montessori Preschool. Starting at 12 months children learn to use their fine motor skills, then go on to build, to write and read In English and Hebrew, to count, to plant, to sing, and to dance, and to become wholesome healthy people, bein…

Pulling together in the face of danger

Last month, the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee and Congregation Micah sponsored a program with writer Bari Weiss to discuss antisemitism across America. Professor Shaul Kelner, of Vanderbilt University, was a mas…

Notes from Noam…

By Noam Harari, Community Shlicha

Editor’s note: The following article represents Noam’s perspectives and feelings as of the writing of this article. Since that day, things are changing constantly. Still, her feelings about the situation represent the viewpoint of an Israeli Shlicha …

Subscribe to posts