News from Middle Tennessee's Jewish Community |
Thursday, April 3, 2025
I am rolling into 2023 sharing my healthy happiness diet.
Rabbi Fred Guttman Receives Distinguished Alumni Award from Montgomery Bell Academy
Free speech advocate to bring ‘unconventional approach’ to discussion of free speech: Ken Paulson will speak at the Gordon JCC on Jan. 19
On Thursday, December 8, the Nashville Jewish Book Series hosted local award-winning journalist, Marissa Moss in conversation with writer and NPR music critic Ann Powers, to discuss her new book, Her Country. The event took place at 3Sirens recording studio and community space in East Nashville, which proved to be the perfect cozy atmosphere for the rainy-day weather.
New teachers today are facing a professional landscape far different from teachers of past generations. Hardly any schools have escaped the teacher staffing shortage that afflicts the entire country. In Tennessee, the teacher shortage grows, and both public and independent schools are feeling the strain. Last year, Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of Education graduated a cohort of graduate students, almost 90% of whom took positions in Metro Nashville Public Schools. For these teachers, and those currently training at Peabody, local public-school observations and practicums make up a vital and impactful part of their training. But the cutting-edge research and pedagogical approaches they study are often hard to observe in practice in the very classrooms most new teachers end up teaching in. With the national number of teachers dropping over 300,000 in the last few years, effective training for those still committed to the profession is critical.
As 2022 winds down, the Gordon JCC is excited to welcome two new staff members to our team - Assistant Aquatics Director Guilherme Passos (Gui), and Assistant Sports and Fitness Director, Diamond Battle.
From Berditchev to Broadway: An evening with world renowned Tenor, Cantor Aryeh Hurwitz
It’s been in the news for months. Nashville is in an affordable housing crisis. Service workers, teachers, police officers, and firefighters are being forced to move out of Davidson County to find housing they can afford. Many of us have secure housing, yet are feeling the consequences through understaffed emergency services, reduced hours in restaurants and entertainment venues, teacher shortages and more.
