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Richard Barnett’s 98-year-old mother works in Philadelphia as a rabbi’s administrative assistant, a position she has held for 56 years at the temple where Barnett grew up and where she is a leading donor. He credits her giving nature and humility as his inspiration for becoming a donor with the Life & Legacy Foundation.
As I bid farewell to my college internship and step into a new role closer to home, I feel reflective, happy, and so, so grateful. This internship with the Jewish Observer Nashville has been anything but ordinary.
A Jewish live music-sharing Facebook group sparked the idea for The Temple’s annual Songwriters’ Shabbat service.
Life & Legacy is an endowment program designed to ensure the sustainability of local Jewish communities through after-lifetime giving. The Harold Grinspoon Foundation partnered with the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville to bring the program to Nashville in 2017. We will spotlight a donor, or the family of a donor, in this section.
Although coming to Nashville marked my first solo trip, I never really felt like I was on my own for the three days that the Observer’s team met for the annual AJPA conference in downtown Nashville.
Scott Fishel initially felt some impostor syndrome upon first joining Leadership 615, a debut fellowship program for mid-career Nashville adults. But he quickly found his place.
Sixteen-year-old Ana Cohen did not have a Jewish community in her hometown of Espírito Santo, Brazil, so she took to the internet in hopes of finding that community while broadening her horizons.
A local graphic designer knew that she could not effectively reach people by reacting in anger to the events of Oct. 7, so she decided to use love and kindness instead.
Glasses clinked and chatter filled the room over plates of hummus, pita, rice dishes and salad. More than 20 Jewish music professionals met for dinner at Lyra, a Middle Eastern restaurant in East Nashville, on Jan. 25. The dinner was part of a nationwide Shabbat of Love spearheaded by the Jewish Federations of North America.
Dr. Fred Goldner had more than 50 years of clinical practice and teaching at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, but became depressed and frustrated when his advancing age brought an inevitable cognitive decline. A local art program helped put a smile back on his face.
LilyFish Gomberg backed into her parking space at Vanderbilt University for a few weeks in order to conceal her rainbow flag bumper sticker. Working as a fellow for the Vanderbilt Hillel team, Gomberg feared for her safety amid “intense” anti-LGBTQ+ protests on the campus.
Aveva Dese did not begin sharing her music with the world until after a serious car accident left her home for over a year. Now, she is a celebrated singer-songwriter who sells out VIP concert tickets.
Rachel Duben, a 15-year-old Nashville native, toured Israel with the Jewish Federation’s Get Connected, a program designed to help tenth and eleventh grade students foster a connection to their sense of Judaism, their peers in Nashville and to Israel and its people. Rachel and eight other teens spent two weeks in Israel, from June 6 to 19.
When dyslexia made it challenging for Ayla Schwartz to learn Hebrew verses for her bat mitzvah, her Frenchtown, New Jersey cantor turned the Torah into melody, kindling her passion for Jewish music. Now, in Nashville, Schwartz is The Temple’s first cantorial intern.
Jonathan Gluck treats the children and grandchildren of the very first patients of the local orthodontic practice his father founded in 1983. On Sept. 9, the Gluck family and community members will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Gluck Orthodontics, the only Jewish orthodontists currently practicing in Nashville.
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 Holocaust Education Day on Nov. 15.
When the Gay Street Synagogue building was demolished in 1947, a window went missing. The synagogue — since relocated to Nashville’s West End Avenue — is now known as West End Synagogue. Read the story of how this ‘treasure’ was returned to the synagogue over half a century later.
LilyFish Gomberg backed into her parking space at Vanderbilt University for a few weeks in order to conceal her rainbow flag bumper sticker. Working as a fellow for the Vanderbilt Hillel team, Gomberg feared for her safety amid “intense” anti-LGBTQ+ protests on the campus.
Last month, NowGen — the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville’s young adult professional group — debuted 8 Nights of Nashville, featuring one community event each night of Chanukah from Dec. 7 to 14.
On Nov. 12, the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville debuted Leadership 615, a six-month fellowship program that aims to provide mid-career adults with leadership skills relevant to the local Jewish community.