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. First off, I’m a native East Coaster living in D.C. I have received many ...
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 ...
A Jewish live music-sharing Facebook group sparked the idea for The Temple’s annual Songwriters’ Shabbat service. Inspired by Harmony in Unison, where Cantor Tracy Fishbein had performed some of her songs, she brought the concept home, crediting congregant Stacy Beyer, who co-founded ...
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 ...
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. I met Leslie Kirby and her family at Nashville International Airport, and she drove me to the ...
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. Fishel, 34, is the vice president of acquisitions at Hamilton Creek Partners in his hometown of Nashville. “Usually, ...
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. Her sister’s husband worked in Clarksville, Tennessee, which prompted Cohen to search ...
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. Franklin resident Ellen Monen created The Star of David, a social media page of collective art that she said seeks to inform ...
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 ...
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. Goldner, who passed away one ...