As the school year winds down, B’nai Tzedek wants to recognize a few important members of the program that will be heading off on their newest journey this Fall – COLLEGE! We will miss Celia Wiston, Sydney Johnson and Max Lapidus and hope they take the lessons they learned as members of the ...
Members of the B'nai Tzedek program came together to give back to the Jewish Community last weekend by cleaning up the Shalom sign at the Gordon Jewish Community Center, after first touring the Holocaust Memorial. In addition to learning how to become young philanthropists and give back to the Jewish ...
There is a remarkable amount of enthusiasm for philanthropy among Jewish teens and young adults in Nashville. For the past forty years, the B’nai Tzedek Program has given local teens the opportunity to explore what it means to be a Jewish philanthropic leader. The B'nai Tzedek Fund teaches young adults ...
Get Ready for the 7th Annual Kosher Nashville Hot Chicken Festival PLUS Inaugural Nashville Jewish Arts & Music Festival at the Gordon JCC.
Dear Nashville Jewish Community Members:
Nearly 40 years ago the internet was born and with it, the beginnings of online shopping, streaming services, social media, and much more that has come to define and document modern human interactions. Social media continues to proliferate daily life with a constant stream of information and opinions, and those people with high profiles and large numbers of followers, dominate much of the platforms’ coverage. All of this begs the question: is social media amplifying rhetoric, both positive and negative? And if so, do those with celebrity followings carry greater responsibility for the effects of their posts? Recently Kanye West ranted on Instagram about rapper Diddy being “controlled by Jews,” and on Twitter he posted what some might say are veiled threats about “going death-con 3 on Jewish people.” He was banned from both platforms. And a few days later, former President Donald Trump posted on his own social media app, TRUTH Social, suggesting American Jews have a dual loyalty when it comes to Israel, comments denounced by the current administration.
Last month, we read reflections from the participants of The Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee’s recent mission to Poland to provide humanitarian relief for Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. We also read about efforts, in Warsaw, by the Jewish Agency for Israel to help Jewish Ukrainians make Aliyah to Israel. But that was only part one of the report. Following the visit to Warsaw, the group traveled to Krakow to provide hands-on support at three locations, the Krakow Jewish Community Center, and Paszkowka JCC Krakow, a residential center managed by the Krakow JCC for Ukrainian refugee families, and the Szafa Dobra Refugee Center.
The Promised Land (1912) by Mary Antin (public domain, free at https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/antin/land/land.html and Bread Givers (1925) by Anzia Yezierska (Third Edition, Persea Books, 2013, ISBN 978-0892552900).
LET’S TALK RETIREMENT (…because it’s not just about the money!)
I remembered falling asleep last night thinking about waking up in the morning to write about possibilities. As soon as my eyes opened, I grabbed my journal and pen, gave a quick tummy rub to Ziggy the Fluffy Dog, and settled myself at the kitchen table ready to write. Possibilities. Thanks to Merriam Webster, we know that possibilities are the abilities or qualities that could make SOMEONE or SOMETHING better in the future. How great is that word? I love possibilities!