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Jewish Bserver Vol the Jewish bserver www.jewishobservernashville.orgO Vol. 84 No. 7 • July 2019 Tammuz 5759 Perlen: Gave 150 percent Federation elected new leadership at June 12 annual meeting, celebrated Life and Legacy Nashville By LARRY BROOK June 12 was a night of transitions for the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, as Lisa Jewish Film Perlen completed three years of what is usually a two-year stint as president, passing the gavel to Steve Hirsch. Festival For her extended service, Perlen was lauded by Hirsch for giv- ing “150 percent” as president. After his first year as executive director, Eric Stillman said the Announces evening wasn’t his first time at our annual meeting, and after fre- quently visiting every agency and every synagogue, there are fewer Season “firsts” for him to list — though there still are many new things to do. The evening also included an update on the Annual Campaign, The Nashville Jewish Film Festival has with Campaign Chair Fred Zimmerman reporting that this year’s announced its 2019 season will feature campaign is just over $2 million toward an anticipated total of just 18 films from Oct. 16 to Nov. 7 at three under $2.5 million. “That means we’re holding our own,” he said. venues, opening with a new documentary, Just before the meeting, there was a celebration of the second “Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles,” the or- year of the Life and Legacy initiative, which has the participation of igin story behind one of Broadway’s most 13 local agencies, congregations, and Jewish organizations. It was Photos by Rick Malkin beloved musicals, “Fiddler on The Roof,” announced that 656 letters of intent had been signed, representing Eric Stillman congratulates Lisa Perlen on her completion of three and its creative roots in early 1960s New $18.5 million in future gifts to the participating groups. years as Federation president York, when “tradition” was on the wane as The 83rd annual meeting was held at the Gordon Jewish Com- gender roles, sexuality, race relations and munity Center in the Pargh Auditorium. ronment,” she said, by supporting programs to develop leadership religion were evolving. In his D’var Torah, Sherith Israel Rabbi Saul Strosberg spoke of among the next generation “and give us a seat at the table.” The Festival will be at The Belcourt how even Aaron, with his high position in the community, needed Perlen said since she took office three years ago, the community Theatre, the Bellevue AMC and the Gor- to feel needed, and “the most important way we can value people has experienced many transitions, in professional leadership, los- don Jewish Community Center. In its 19th is to need them.” He charged the community to “always be sure to ing long-time leaders and finding new leadership. year, the festival has shown more than 200 show each other how much we need them.” “We continue to find new ways to engage people,” she said, films that reflect upon contemporary Jew- The 2019 Sandy Averbuch Young Leadership Award was pre- including the new community-wide volunteer portal. ish life in Tennessee, the U.S., Israel and sented to Jacob Ruden and Christie Wiemers. Perlen explained Perlen said she hoped the community continues “to work to the world. The festival began as a way to that the award had been reinstated in 2013, and in 2017 had been benefit the Jewish community at home, in Israel and worldwide.” celebrate the 150th anniversary of The renamed in memory of Averbuch, who had been the first recipient, She also thanked her family for “support, patience and under- Temple, and is now a program of the Gor- in 1972. standing — especially your patience.” don JCC. Ruden was on his honeymoon, “so he really couldn’t break In his report, Zimmerman said the campaign’s goal is “to make away to be here tonight,” Perlen said. sure everyone in the community has the opportunity to be part of Other featured films include: In a pre-recorded video, Ruden said he moved to Nashville four the great enterprise we call the Federation.” “Sefarad” on Oct. 17 at the Belcourt years ago and “we have felt so welcomed by the community,” and Though he said the campaign is holding steady, “our work is Theatre. In 1496, King D. Manuel prohib- he is “so happy I have been able to give back.” not done. It is never done. We left needs unattended this year.” ited Judaism in Portugal. 400 years later, Wiemers said she was “honored and deeply humbled” as there He noted that 15 percent of the community lives in economic un- Barros Basto, a Portuguese army captain, are so many great young leaders in the area. “Y’all created that envi- Continued on page 2 converted to Judaism, and with 20 Jewish merchants founded the Jewish Commu- nity of Oporto, in the north of Portugal. Professor Julia Phillips Cohen will be the PENCIL in some friendship building featured guest at the screening, which is Muslim, Jewish communities unite to benefit Nashville public schools hosted by the Program in Jewish Studies of Vanderbilt University. By LARRY BROOK provided supplies to all but a handful of and scientific realms. “The Keeper” on Oct. 19 at Bellevue Nashville’s Jewish community is part- the metro area’s public schools. The supply drive will include yellow AMC is the extraordinary love story be- nering with the Islamic Center of Nash- The groups are running a supply drive bins at community congregations and tween a young English woman and a Ger- ville this month on Iqra, a volunteer proj- throughout the community from July 8 to the Islamic Center. Needed supplies in- man PoW, who together overcome preju- ect for Metro Nashville Public Schools. 26, and then volunteers will go to LP PEN- clude pencils, dry-erase markers, washable dice, public hostility and personal tragedy. The two groups are working with LP CIL Box on July 28 to help sort the items marker packs, Sharpies or other perma- While visiting a PoW camp near Manches- PENCIL Box, an organization that pro- and stock the shelves. nent markers, wide-ruled filler paper, spi- ter at the end of World War II, Margaret vides necessary school supplies to students Iqra was selected as the name of the ral notebooks, glue sticks, crayons, pencil Friar, the daughter of the manager of the in need. The organization collects school project as it is the future third person form sharpeners, colored pencils and small cal- local football team, notices young German supplies and has a brick-and-mortar loca- of “reading” in Hebrew, and for Muslims culators. soldier Bert Trautmann. Her father is so tion where teachers can equip their class- it is the first word in Quranic revelation, a The volunteers will start sorting in taken by Bert’s prowess as a goal-keeper rooms at no cost to them, and last year directive to seek education in the religious Continued on page 7 Continued on page 14 A Publication of the Deborah Iftar at Get Lipstadt West End Connected Coming to Synagogue page 4 Nashville page 7 page 8 WWW.JEWISHNASHVILLE.ORG Annual Meeting Continued from front page certainty, and there are needs around the dation’s expertise to “make a difference.” world. Stillman laid out priorities for the com- The 2020 campaign “will need to grow, ing year, including a greater emphasis on because our needs are growing,” Zimmer- “outreach and engagement,” total finan- man said. “We want to make this commu- cial resource development, and building nity the best it can be.” community-wide alliances in the face of re- Foundation Development Chair Adam surgent anti-Semitism “coming from both Landa said he was going to “do some brag- sides of the ideological spectrum.” ging on behalf of all of you” in reporting The Federation needs to reach out and on the Jewish Foundation and the Life and engage everyone in the Jewish communi- Legacy initiative. ty, Stillman said. In building a bigger tent, In the past year, the Foundation had there has been greater outreach to the distributed $1.42 million in donor advised interfaith community, LGBTQ and peo- funds, including 42 percent to the Annual ple of differing abilities. “We are making Campaign, an additional 10 percent from strides and will continue to do so.” Photos by Rick Malkin endowed campaign gifts, 17 percent to na- The Federation is also working at diver- Above: Christie Wiemers receives the tional Jewish organizations, 9 percent to sifying revenue streams. Young Leadership Award. Right (from top): Fred Zimmerman gives Annual Cam- local Jewish organizations, and 32 percent In the greater community, the Federa- paign report; Adam Landa talks about Life to other groups. tion is fighting anti-Semitism “through co- & Legacy, and incoming President Steve Meanwhile, contributions to the Foun- alition building, allies from other religious Hirsch talks about the future dation were at $2.5 million. communities, law enforcement and gov- “It is ultimately your values that drive ernment,” building deeper relationships leadership have the same agenda. the Foundation’s success,” he said. with more groups. He said the community embraces “in- This past year, the Foundation held There is also a need to “be sophisticat- telligent change” aimed at Jewish continu- four Professional Advisory Council semi- ed” about reacting to incidents, assessing ity. nars on financial and estate planning, with how serious something truly is, whether “We’re living in a golden age for Jews an emphasis on philanthropy. Four more the person in question is apologetic or de- in Israel and America, but there have been sessions will be held this coming year, Lan- fiant, and how to move forward.
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