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By Pam Kelner, Executive Director Jewish Family Service
Sukkot is my favorite Jewish holiday. Every year our family chooses a different theme for our sukkah. One year we built it to look like a maritime village, in honor of my mother’s (z”l) childhood in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Anoth…
In mid-October, just after the dedication of the Madeline Pargh Arts and Crafts Center, we will say goodbye to Leslie Sax, who has served as the Executive Director of the Gordon Jewish Community Center for the past decade. Leslie has accepted a position at the JCC in Hartford, CT so that she…
The Jewish Federation hosted a pre-Rosh Hashanah reception, complete with honey cake and mini shofars for the kids. The event was a sweet farewell to Carolyn Hecklin Hyatt who, for the past seven years, has served in various roles on the staff, most recently as the campaign director. Carolyn…
Arnold, right, collaborating on curriculum development during her CDC Fellowship.
This past summer, Alene Arnold, Head of School at the Jewish Middle School, secured a coveted position at the Center for Disease Control's Summer Fellowship. This highly competitive program offers STEM educa…
We in the Jewish community of Nashville are blessed with a wide array of options for Jewish holiday observance and celebration. Our local congregations represent different branches of Judaism, from strictly observant to more modern interpretations and practice, with diverse viewpoints from c…
