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After Helping Seniors Get Around for 43 Years, Buz-A-Buz Will Make Its Final the Jewish bserver www.jewishobservernashville.org Vol. 81 No. 9 • September 2016 28 Av-27 Elul 5776 Jewish Nashville invited to take part Lihitraot, Liron; in program to build legacy giving Shalom, Adi Has “potential to transform our community” By CHARLES BERNSEN and provide the financial incentives. Jewish identity and continuity in North “This truly has the potential to trans- America. Nashville already participates in ewish Nashville has been form our community by helping us devel- two of those initiatives – PJ Library, which accepted into a nationwide pro- op the kind of legacy giving that will promotes Jewish literacy by providing free gram of the Harold Grinspoon ensure its future,” said Risa Klein Herzog, Jewish books and music to families with Foundation aimed at helping director of foundation development for young children, and the B’nai Tzedek pro- Jewish communities across North the Nashville Jewish Foundation. gram, which encourages b’nai mitzvah-aged America secure endowments and As a general rule, a nonprofit organi- teens to establish philanthropic funds with Jbuild legacy giving into their zation should aim to get about 20 percent the Nashville Foundation with support philanthropic cultures. of its annual budget from endowments in from the Feldman/Hassenfeld Fund for Local Jewish synagogues, schools, order to remain financially secure, said B’nai Tzedek. institutions and agencies that become Herzog, and one of the purposes of Life Last month, after a site visit to partners in the Grinspoon Foundation’s & Legacy is to help local Jewish organiza- Nashville to gauge local interest, the Life & Legacy program will be eligible for tions work toward that goal. More broad- Grinspoon Foundation invited the city’s The Nashville Jewish community held a going-away party last month for special training, marketing assistance and ly, she said, it also will raise awareness of Jewish community to join 36 others in shlicha Liron Finkelstein (left). Among financial incentives to help build endow- the importance of legacy giving within its Life & Legacy program, which was those who spoke was 8-year-old ments, particularly legacy endowments the Jewish community. launched four years ago with the goal of Emmie Wolf-Dubin, who described that extend beyond the donors’ lifetimes. Founded 23 years ago by the real estate helping Jewish organizations recognize the special bond the two developed The Grinspoon Foundation decided entrepreneur and philanthropist whose and respond to what it describes as the during long talks outside her moth- er’s office after school. A story about to bring Nashville into the program as a name it bears, the Grinspoon Foundation “unprecedented transfer of generational Finkelstein’s sendoff and a profile of result of efforts by the Jewish Foundation has launched a number of initiatives in wealth” taking place among American her successor, Adi Ben Dor, are on of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, which which it partners with local Jewish commu- Jewish families. Through last March, Life pages 4 and 5. (Photo by Rick Malkin) will administer the four-year partnership nities to underwrite programs promoting Continued on pages 3 After helping seniors get around for 43 years, Buz-A-Buz will make its final run this month By CHARLES BERNSEN chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, which operates the s he stepped aboard the program with funding from the Jewish small bus parked at the Federation of Nashville and Middle entrance to the Gordon Tennessee, decided earlier this year to Jewish Community discontinue the program as a result of Center following a recent declining ridership and rising costs. Thank Goodness Its In a recent letter to members AThursday lunch program for seniors, Fred announcing the decision, local NCJW Prozeralik handed a foil-covered plate of co-Presidents Jamie Brook, Freya Sachs food to the driver, Doug Bishop. It’s been and Erin Zagnoev emphasized that sup- his routine for much of the past 15 months. porting transportation for seniors through “I’m worried about him,” a smiling alternative means will remain a core mis- Prozeralik said of Bishop. “He’s looking sion for the group. like he’s missed a few meals.” “… there are more efficient transpor- That kind of banter – and genuine tation services available for our seniors friendliness – is typical on the Buz-A- and we would like to work with Shalom Bus, which over the past 43 years has pro- Taxi with hopes of increasing senior vide low cost door-to-door transportation ridership,” the letter said. “We hope you service for seniors, helping thousands of will join us in celebrating the success them run routine errands, get to doctor’s of Buz-A-Bus and of NCJW, Nashville appointments, attend community events Section’s ongoing support of transporta- Maureen ‘Mo’ Riley has spent 28 years as the scheduler for Buz-A-Bus riders. Her and visit friends. tion for our seniors.” husband, Doug Bishop, has been driving the bus for 10 years. As the transportation This month, however, the Buz-A- Lori Fishel has chaired the NCJW service for seniors winds down this month, Riley said, “It’s been an honor and a priv- Bus will make its last run. The local Continued on pages 6 ilege to serve these people.” A Publication of the Looking to Nashville Jewish Entertaining “bring joy to Film Festival & Dining Out my life,” busi- lineup includes Special ness exec Tony documentary Section McLarty is Akiva about Skokie page 11 School’s new Holocaust executive survivors director page 17 WWW.JEWISHNASHVILLE.ORG page 6 7th Annual Rosh Bash 2016 | 5777 The premier New Year’s Eve event for young adults. S AMBUCA 601 12TH AVENUE S | NASHVILLE, TN | 37203 Saturday, October 1, 2016 8pm-12am Early Bird Ticket Pricing: $20 Day of Event Ticket Pricing: $25 Vanderbilt Graduate Student Ticket Pricing: $15 (event ticket includes free drink ticket) Get yours now at nowgennashville.org! Sponsored by: NowGen Nashville ĂŝǀŝƐŝŽŶŽĨŽŵŵĞƌĐĞhŶŝŽŶĂŶŬ 5RVK%DVKDG[LQGG 30 2 September 2016 The Observer Restructured NowGen Nashville gets ready for 7th annual Rosh Bash owGen Nashville will has a young professional Jewish group students. Tickets include appetizers and a group’s “voice,” developing new pro- hold its 7th annual Rosh that is active and thriving,” said Carolyn drink ticket. gramming, helping to promote participa- Bash on Saturday, Oct. 1 Hecklin Hyatt, community engagement This year’s Rosh Bash comes as tion and involvement, and engaging with at Sambuca in Nashville’s associate for the Jewish Federation of NowGen completes a restructuring that newcomers to Nashville. historic Gulch entertain- Nashville and Middle Tennessee, which includes a new 14-member volunteer “Just as Nashville has changed every ment district. sponsors the group. programming board co-chaired by Ben year, so has NowGen,” said Flier. “This NRosh Bash is the The event is from 8 p.m.-midnight. Katz and Ellie Flier. While Tara Lerner year I’m especially looking forward to oldest and biggest event Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 the continues to represent NowGen as a having so many new leaders on the board sponsored by NowGen, a day of the event, with a special price of member of the Federation board, Hyatt and seeing how they take NowGen into group for young Jewish $15 for Vanderbilt University graduate said the NowGen board will act as the the new year.” • professionals ages 23-40 that provides a variety of social, philanthropic and Ellie Flier educational activities. Held at a time of the ĜƋƚ±ĬŸŅü year when many young adults are moving to, returning to or visiting Nashville, Rosh Bash is “a great opportunity for us to show that Nashville Ben Katz aåĵŅųƼ¼ Endowments Continued from page 1 & Legacy had assisted 303 Jewish organi- zations in Jewish communities large and åσƣŹåƐåŹĞåžƐƒƐ±ĻÚåŹÆĞĮƒ small to secure more than 9,300 legacy ĚåƐƗŁƒĚƐĻĻƣ±ĮƐBŇĮŇϱƣžƒƐX commitments with an estimated value of over $376 million in future gifts, according to its national director, Arlene D. Schiff. As the local administrator of the program, the Jewish Foundation will invite local synagogues and virtually all other Jewish organizations and agencies in Nashville to participate, said Herzog, who expects at least 10 to accept. An initial meeting of participating organizations will take place on Nov. 17, when Life & Legacy community consultant Christine Kutnick will give a presentation on the importance of legacy giving at this moment in time for Jewish continuity. Life & Legacy is a four-year partner- ship involving the Grinspoon Foundation, the Nashville Federation and Foundation, and the local Jewish institutions and orga- nizations that participate. Over that period, the local participants will be asked to establish endowment poli- cies and put together a team of profession- als and lay leaders who will attend training sessions and be responsible for securing a certain level of legacy commitments from members of the community. In return, the Grinspoon Foundation, in partnership with the Nashville Federation and Foundation, will provide training about how to approach and speak with prospective donors, training eʱƼűa±ĜÚåĬŞųåŸåĹƋåÚ in effective stewardship of endowment aŅƴĜĹčüųŅĵFĹÚĜýåųåĹÏå FĹŞ±ųƋĹåųŸĘĜŞƵĜƋĘ funds, and marketing assistance, includ- Ęųåå:åĹåų±ƋĜŅĹŸŅüaåĵŅųƼ ƋŅeÏƋĜŅĹƵĜƋĘ8ųţ Ęå±Ƌųå ing an annual Book of Life signing event. 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