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Observer1-2016(Simchas)-WEB:Obsv 8-8-2008 the Jewish bserver www.jewishobservernashville.org Vol. 81 No. 1 • January 2016 20 Tevet-21 Sh’vat 5776 2016 Annual Campaign Kickoff Werthans “fell in love with Former Ambassador Ross will talk Judaism” through study about his book on U.S.-Israeli relations of texts and tradition By CHARLES BERNSEN Make a difference: Volunteer for Tzedakah Tzunday on Feb. 14. Details on Page 3 By CHARLES BERNSEN n his new book, Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.- Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama, an important strategic and ideological ally. As a t wasn’t that Libby and Moshe Werthan weren’t commit- Dennis Ross pulls back from specific contro- result, Ross says, U.S. policy has whipsawed back and ted Jews as young adults living in Nashville, where they versies – the Iran nuclear deal, for example, forth as one president seeks to recalibrate the posi- grew up, met, married and raised four children. and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (or tion of his predecessor. Continuing the tradition of their families, they became lack thereof) – and instead provides a wide But this balancing act is based on a false prem- supporters and leaders of their synagogue as well as other Iangle meta-narrative of American Middle East poli- ise, argues Ross, a former ambassador who helped local Jewish institutions like the Gordon Jewish cy over the past 70 years. shape the policy for four of the administrations he ICommunity Center and the Jewish Federation of Nashville and writes about and is now a fellow at the Washington Middle Tennessee. Institute for Middle East Policy. The reality is that But something happened when they made aliyah in 1990 the outlook of Arab regimes is more practical than and began not just living in a Jewish society but also immersing ideological: Primarily concerned about their own themselves in Jewish history, texts and traditions: They fell in security and survival, they will overlook U.S. ties love with Judaism. with Israel if there is a security advantage in doing so. “I can’t say I really loved Judaism until then,” Moshe said. Likewise, pressuring Israel doesn’t necessarily “But now I do.” improve the U.S. position with Arab regimes. Their desire to see other Jews experience the same joy Ross will be in Nashville on Jan. 31 to talk explains why the Werthans’ philanthropy has a special focus on about his new book and answer questions at the Jewish education. They believe that knowledge of the Jewish kickoff event for the annual campaign of the tradition – or as Libby puts it, “knowing who they are, where Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle they came from and what their tradition is based on” – can ignite Dennis Ross (center), a key foreign policy advisor in four Tennessee. His 7:30 p.m. presentation in the the same passion for Judaism in others that it has in them. U.S. administrations, will speak in Nashville on Jan. 31. He Gordon Jewish Community Center’s Pargh The Werthans will be recognized on Jan. 31 at the annual is shown here in 2012 with President Obama, U.S. Auditorium will follow the annual Bonim Society dinner of the Federation’s Bonim Society on Jan. 31 at the Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro, then Secretary of Dinner for major donors. The cost is $10 a person State Hillary Clinton and special Middle East envoy and includes a dessert reception. Gordon Jewish Community Center, where President Carol George Mitchell. Hyatt will present them with the 2016 President’s Award. It’s the His appearance is part of the Federation’s push to Federation’s most prestigious honor and is given each year to Each of the past 12 U.S. administrations has in build community and enthusiasm in advance of individuals who have a long record of exemplary commitment to one way or another assumed that its approach to the Tzedakah Tzunday on Feb. 14, when dozens of vol- the Jewish community in Nashville and around the world. The Middle East must try to balance a tension between unteers will participate in the annual phone-a-thon dinner will be followed by a presentation by former ambassador being too close to Israel, which risks exacerbating the seeking support for the Federation’s 2016 annual Dennis Ross that marks the kick off of the Federation’s 2016 enmity of its Arab neighbors and losing influence in campaign, which funds more than 70 programs for annual campaign. a strategically important region, and leaning toward Jews here and around the world. Continued on page 2 the Arab nations, which risks the security of Israel, Continued on page 3 Visit by Israeli educators deepens Jewish Nashville’s connection in Hadera Eiron By CHARLES BERNSEN Israelis, the innovative ideas he learned was part of a visiting delegation of Israeli while visiting local public, private and educators that also included Mili Makov hen high school Jewish schools, and his surprise at finding and Hadas Hayman-Tam, teachers at principal Lior so much natural beauty in an urban area. Alona Elementary School in Amikam. Aviman tells his Or he might just sing the chorus to The three were in Nashville last friends and family the song “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” month as part of an annual exchange pro- Federation Planning and Partnership2 in Israel about his one of several bluegrass tunes he learned gram that brings educators from the Gether Director Harriet Schiftan (from left) recent trip to during his eight-day stay in Music City. Hadera-Eiron region of Israel to Nashville enjoys a traditional holiday meal with Israeli Nashville, he’ll likely talk about the “There’s so much good music in and sends local educators to Hadera- teachers Hadas Hayman-Tam and Mili Makov W on the last night of Chanukah and their warmth of the Jewish community here Nashville,” said Aviman, principal at Eiron. The teacher exchanges are part of exchange trip to Nashville. Photo by Dr. Jack Koch and the love it showed for Israel and Haklai High School in Pardes-Hana. He Continued on page 3 A Publication of the The awe of Who said it, Simchas & Chanukah: Yoda or a Jewish Simchas & Celebrations Celebrations A photo collage sage? Take the issue of Nashville quiz on page 11 celebrations. page 17 page 6 WWW.JEWISHNASHVILLE.ORG Werthans Continued from page 1 The Werthans support for the Nashville Federation and their involve- ment in its leadership stretches back half a century, continued during the 24 years they lived in Jerusalem, and has remained stead- fast since their return to Nashville in 2014. During an hour-long interview last November in their home, which abounds with Judaica and the works by Jewish artists, the couple reminisced about their youth – they met on a hayride when they were 12 – and about coming of age in a relatively small Nashville Jewish commu- nity that was nevertheless warm and nur- turing and afforded them a chance to get involved in leadership at an early age. Moshe and Libby Werthan (second and third from left) participate in a study session during the 2014 Global Day of Jewish Learning in Nashville. Libby recalls the heady days in the Jewish education transformed their own relationship with Judaism, which is why it is such an important component of their philanthropic and volunteer endeavors. 1970s when, not yet 40, she was given a position on the Federation board and When asked about their own philan- each November for the past four years. cidence: His family, which had immi- helped organize a huge rally at the thropic legacy and their hope for the future, “As we’ve learned and seen the grated to Nashville from Germany just Tennessee State Capitol in support of the the Werthans inevitably turn to the impor- power of [Jewish education],” it’s natural after the Civil War and built a successful right of Jews to emigrate from the Soviet tance of Jewish education, for which their that that’s where much of our resources business enterprise, established the Union. The couple once hosted an event support has been remarkably broad – both go,” Moshe said. Werthan Foundation in 1945 to support in their home for the Israeli ambassador to international and local in scope, academic While Jewish education is most a variety of philanthropies. It wasn’t the United States that raised more than and cultural as well as religious in focus. important to them, the Werthans’ phi- until about 20 years ago, however, that $1 million for Jewish causes in a single day. They support and have served on the lanthropy and involvement extends to a the family discovered by chance that “I was in this rarified place which I boards of the Akiva School, Nashville’s wide range of institutions and organiza- their German ancestors had come from probably wouldn’t have been if the Jewish day school for children in kinder- tions, non-Jewish as well as Jewish – the the Bavarian town of Rothenburg. Nashville community hadn’t given me garten through sixth grade; the Pardes Vanderbilt University Medical School On a trip to Rothenburg, Moshe and the opportunity,” Libby said. Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, and Children’s Hospital, United Way, Libby found that although the town no In an era when American Jewry is whose non-denominational courses on the Second Harvest Food Bank and, of longer had any Jewish residents, it had becoming more diverse and mobile, the Jewish texts and tradition attract thou- course, their synagogue, Congregation created and maintained a small Jewish Werthans are firm believers that the sands of adult learners around the world, Sherith Israel, to name just a few.
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