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Sherith Israel the Jewish bserver www.jewishobservernashville.org Vol. 82 No. 10 • October 2017 11 Tishrei-11 Cheshvan 5778 Holocaust With ‘Violins of Hope,’ community Memorial, examines Holocaust, social issues art events By KATHY CARLSON intage musical instru- ments that were lovingly on Oct. 8 restored after surviving or more than 10 years, the Holocaust will give Nashville has had a site ded- all of Nashville a focus for icated to remembering those better understanding how who lost their lives through Vpeople confront injustice and hatred. the institutionalized evil The instruments – collectively called of the Holocaust. On Oct. the Violins of Hope – will be played F8, the Jewish community will gather by Nashville Symphony musicians and at the Nashville Holocaust memorial exhibited at the Nashville Library next on the grounds of the Gordon Jewish spring as the city’s Jewish, arts and com- Community Center to remember those munity organizations come together with who were killed as well as Holocaust a host of related programs. survivors, including those who made the Mark Freedman, executive director Nashville memorial possible. of the Jewish Federation and Foundation “So much has changed over the of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, years since the Memorial was complet- spoke at a news conference detailing ed,” said Felicia Anchor, who helped upcoming programs. He thanked the organize the memorial. The community many partner organizations and individu- has lost several survivors who were als who have worked to bring the Violins instrumental in establishing the memo- of Hope to Nashville. rial, including Elizabeth Limor and He recalled how he visited Yad At a news conference at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Mark Freedman, Esther Loeb. The event on Oct. 8 will Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum, in executive director of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and 1986. The visit inspired him to compose Middle Tennessee, tells what the Violins project means to him.. PHOTO COURTESY OF NASHVILLE allow the community to honor their SYMPHONY/LINDSAY BINKLEY memories along with the memories of a poem on the spot that said, in part, all who perished. “There are 6 million songs lost in the of North Carolina-Charlotte musicol- March 26, the instruments will be placed The event starts at 1 p.m. at the hills of Jerusalem. ogy professor James Grymes will speak on exhibit through Memorial Day at the memorial. “…I didn’t know what that meant at the Southern Festival of Books on Nashville Public Library. There will be Related events planned for that day until I learned about Amnon Weinstein,” Oct. 14 at the Nashville Public Library’s no charge to view the instruments. include the opening of a collaborative art the Tel Aviv violinmaker who with his downtown location. Grymes received a Nashville Symphony President and project sponsored by the GJCC and titled son, Avshi, has restored the Violins of National Jewish Book Award for “Violins Chief Executive Officer Alan Valentine Under One Roof. The exhibit brings Hope, Freedman said. Weinstein’s work- of Hope,” published in 2014. said he held one of the violins when together local organizations to create an shop “is a sacred, holy place, and we are Thirty-four Violins of Hope instru- they were on display in Sarasota, Fla. art exhibit around the theme “Reflection, bringing that sacredness and holiness to ments are coming to Nashville, 25 of “You could feel the energy coming off Remembrance, Resilience.” Nashville.” The presence of the Violins of which can be played by musicians. They this instrument.” “As our national discourse has become Hope in Nashville will allow the instru- will arrive in Nashville in mid-March. “Each violin will have its own soul,” more divisive, our project aims to bring ments to tell the stories of those who The Nashville Symphony’s Violins of said Giancarlo Guerrero, music director together diverse people, organizations and played them in the concentration camps. Hope program will be performed on of the Nashville Symphony. Musicians ideas from our local community to unify Avshi Weinstein and University March 22-24. On the following Monday, Continued on page 4 Under One Roof and collectively exhibit artworks prepared by each organization, based on the theme,” GJCC President Frank Gordon and GJCC Executive How to help after hurricanes Director Leslie Sax said in a news release. The “roof” will be the GJCC’s com- irst Harvey pummeled and and Middle Tennessee offers all of us your contribution will go directly to munity sukkah – a temporary structure flooded Houston, Port Arthur, a way to help these communities deal support the vitally needed supplies, ser- constructed during the happy, weeklong Beaumont and much of south- with the devastation, just as other vices and financial assistance that will Jewish fall holiday of Sukkot, which falls in east Texas. communities stepped up for us when be provided to the flood victims,” says October this year. The sukkah reminds us Then Irma lashed the Nashville suffered historic flooding Mark Freedman, the Nashville Jewish of the fragility and temporary nature of life Caribbean, the Florida Keys in 2010. Federation’s executive director. “We and helps us focus on the truly important. Fand Gulf Coast cities. And the Atlantic Go to https://www.jewishnashville. know you will answer the call, as so many The Under One Roof exhibition is hurricane season doesn’t officially end org and hit the “Donate Now” button others in 2010 responded for us. Thank open and free to the public and runs from until November. when you see the screen on hurricane you for making a difference, thank you Oct. 4 to 18. • The Jewish Federation of Nashville relief. “Be assured that 100 percent of for saving a life.” • A Publication of the Newcomers Nashville Entertainment event, other Jewish Film & Dining Out events, Festival opens Special pages 17 and 22 on Oct. 17, Section, page 5 section insert WWW.JEWISHNASHVILLE.ORG Think Globally. Learn Locally. Online registration available 6thstarting Annual October 9Nashville at www.jewishnashville.org/globalday Theme: Beauty and Ugliness Date: Sunday, November 19, 2017 Cost: Free of Charge – Complimentary Lunch Included Schedule: Location: The Akiva School 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (Baby-sitting available upon reque Arrival, Registration and Opening Learning st) Session with Pardes Scholar Rabbi Michael Hattin: ics and Unearthing the Temple Menora: Aesthet Allegory 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. To register for the Learning Session with Pardes Scholar Global Day of Jewish Rabba Yaffa Epstein: ave Learning, please contact If You Would Have Been Ugly You Would H Barbara Schwarcz at Studied More: The Talmud’s Take on Beauty (615) 354-1630 or [email protected], 12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. or visit Complimentary Lunch www.jewishnashville.org. 1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Breakout Learning Sessions with Rabba Yaffa Epstein and Rabbi Michael Hattin PresentedP by the Jewish Federation 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. anda Jewish Foundation of Nashville anda Middle Tennessee and its Joint Learning Session with Rabba Yaffa partnerp local Jewish agencies and Epstein and Rabbi Michael Hattin congregations.c The Global Day of JewishJ Learning is a project of the Is Physical Beauty a Jewish Value? Ambiguity or AlephA Society. The Nashville Global Ambivalence? DayD of Jewish Learning is funded by a grant from the Jewish Federation (More details and updated information about Global Day programs anda Jewish Foundation of Nashville anda Middle Tennessee. and activities will be available) online at www.jewishnashville.org and in The Jewish Observer The Global Day of Jewish Learning in Nashville is generously underwritten by Libby and Moshe Werthan to support the participation of Rabba Yaffa Epstein and Rabbi Michael Hattin of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. 2 October 2017 The Observer Global Day of Jewish Learning examines concept of beauty By KATHY CARLSON Institute, and she has been a capacity to think critically about Talmud. The classes begin later this year teacher of Talmud, Jewish law, Jewish texts, which is great.” and extend through next year. mong the familiar faces and Liturgy at Pardes for more Her presentation will be She describes it as “We’re going at this year’s Global than a decade. first in a ten-part series, pre- to be doing some of the greatest hits Day of Jewish Learning She first taught in sented in partnership with of the Talmud.” People can learn what will be one of two vis- Nashville two years ago, during Jewish Federation and Jewish the Talmud says on various topics and iting scholars teaching Passover, as scholar in residence Foundation of Nashville and life lessons. Five classes will be online on this year’s theme, at Congregation Sherith Israel. Middle Tennessee and the Gordon and five will be in-person sessions with ABeauty and Ugliness. Since that initial visit, she taught Jewish Community Center, covering Epstein at the GJCC. • “I’m always honored and thrilled to during Global Day 2016 in Nashville learn with the Nashville and focused on Talmudic Jewish community,” passages exploring the Abbie Wolf honored for service to community Rabba Yaffa Epstein of moral implications of the Pardes Institute of the Biblical concept that Jewish Studies said in each human being is cre- a telephone interview. ated in the image of God. The community “works She will be in Nashville so beautifully together. even more following this It’s very inspiring. The year’s Global Day. unity is quite beautiful.” Her presentation (The Observer will this year is titled “If You interview Global Day Would Have Been Ugly visiting scholar Rabbi You Would Have Studied Michael Hattin, who Rabba Yaffa Epstein More: The Talmud’s teaches Tanakh and Halakha at Pardes in Take on Beauty.” Jerusalem, in next month’s issue.) Asked how to prepare for the ses- This year’s Global Day of Jewish sion, Rabba Epstein said, “I don’t know if Learning will be the sixth for Nashville, there’s any way people can prepare.
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