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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.

MTSU to Host Holocaust Education Day

Frances Cutler Hahn was three years old when her parents dropped her off at La Maison des Petits Enfants to hide her from the Nazis. Lily Isaacs was born in Germany to two Polish Holocaust survivors in 1947. Both Hahn and Isaacs will present at Middle Tennessee State University’s annual Ho…

JFS Intro

 

To the Nashville Jewish Community,

 

The massacre in Israel and the ongoing crisis affects us directly here in Nashville. We want to help you understand how your Jewish Family Service is responding—meeting people’s immediate needs with love, dignity, and care.

 

What is JFS?

J…

Rosh Bash Revelers Usher in 5784

 

This year’s Rosh Bash party goers sported their finest Barbiecore as they welcomed in the Hebrew year 5784 at the Eighth Room.

 

Michelle Biesman (NowGen Chair)

 

Ron Lahav, Michael Marquis, Kristen Pelczar

 

From left: Ertha Luma-Gruber and Rachel Friedman (NowGen Soc…

Partnership Update

Our Israel Partnership program has been active and engaged through the last couple of weeks of war in Israel.

 

Our partner region in Hadera-Eiron is hosting 800 Israelis from communities in southern Israel who have been displaced by Hamas's violent attacks and by the Israel Defense Force…

Jewish Federation Helps Israeli Evacuees Arriving in Nashville

Over 200 Israeli evacuees arrived at Nashville International Airport recently on a hastily arranged chartered flight. The group included some from the orthodox community who had little time to make plans for kosher food or housing for Shabbat. The Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville was o…

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