the Jewish bserver www.jewishobservernashville.org Vol. 81 No. 5 • May 2016 23 Nisan-23 Iyyar 5776 Diverse group finds unity on trip to Israel hey were a diverse group – Reform and modern Orthodox, Conservative and Chabad – from all five of Nashville’s Jewish congregations, plus a few Tout-of-towners. Some were making their first visit to Israel. Others had been there many times before. Though part of a single mission, they often split up on different itineraries – one that included sights and experiences for first-time visitors to Israel, three others focusing on high tech, culture and cuisine; politics and security, and adventure. A few came early for a “deep dive” visit to agencies funded by the Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Some opted for a three-day extension that included an opportunity to participate in events marking the 20th anniversary of the Partnership2Gether program. But they also shared special moments Shortly after arriving in Jerusalem, members of the Nashville CommUNITY Trip to Israel were on their way to the Old City when together as a group – Shabbat prayers and they paused to recite the Shehecheyanu, the traditional Jewish prayer celebrating a special event. Afterwards, they posed for a an afternoon at the Shalom Hartman group photo wearing the blue t-shirts made especially for the trip. More photos and stories about the trip are inside on pages 2-4. Center in Jerusalem exploring the issue of Jewish diversity. And by the end of fabulous,” said Diane Kimbrough. “We Kullock of West End Synagogue, Saul It’s impossible, of course, to report their visit to the Jewish homeland, the 83 were not five congregations, we were one.” Strosberg of Congregation Sherith Israel comprehensively about a trip with so participants in Nashville’s CommUNITY The trip, the Federation’s biggest and Yitzchok Tiechtel of Congregation many participants who had so many Trip to Israel were just that – a unified ever, was organized by Naomi Limor Beit Tefilah Chabad, and Lisa Silver, the experiences. But pages 2 through 4 are whole, not just in name but also in spirit. Sedek, its campaign and missions direc- cantorial soloist at Congregation Micah. filled with comments, descriptions and “I did not feel any distance or sepa- tor. It was headed by leaders from each of The group spent two nights in Haifa, five photos that provide an overview of ration among us but rather a richness, a Nashville’s Jewish congregations: Rabbis in Jerusalem and, for those who opted for their experiences.. connectedness and acceptance that was Mark Schiftan of The Temple, Joshua the extension, three in Tel Aviv. Continued on page 2-4 Playing for Israel May 15 Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration will be “outside” this year in more ways than one publicizing the celebration in local news- By CHARLES BERNSEN What: Free community event papers and also has invited a choral group remembering Israel’s fallen ewish Nashville’s community- representing the Baha’i faith to perform. and celebrating Israel’s birth wide celebration of Israel’s “Everyone in the larger communi- Independence Day is taking it When: 3:30 p.m.-6 p.m., Sunday ty has always been welcomed, but we outside this year – literally and May 15 just want to make it obvious and eas- figuratively. Where: Red Caboose Park, 684 ier for them to take part,” said Liron The celebration of Yom Colice Jeanne Road, Bellevue Finkelstein, community shlicha (Israel J Ha’atzmaut, sponsored each year Contact: Liron Finkelstein at emissary), the Federation staff member by the Jewish Federation of [email protected] working with a volunteer committee to Nashville and Middle Tennessee in organize the event. conjunction with the Gordon Jewish previous years.) Another benefit of moving outdoors, Community Center, will be from 3:30 Aside from moving into a public Finkelstein said, is that the event will “I’m soaking up every minute of p.m. to 6 p.m. on May 15, and for the park, the event is heading outside in a take on “a festival feel” with live music, it,” said Franklin Pargh, who got a chance to resurrect his lacrosse first time it will take place outdoors at different sense as the Federation makes vendors selling kosher Israeli and Jewish career last month by playing for the the Red Caboose Park in Bellevue. (Of a concerted effort to reach beyond the food, an Israeli jewelry booth, stands pro- Israeli national team in an inter- course, this is spring in Nashville. If Jewish community to involve the larger viding information about various local national competition in the Czech there’s rain, the event will be inside at Nashville community in marking the Jewish organizations and institutions, Republic. Read the full story on page the GJCC, where it has been held in 12. (Photos courtesy of Israel Lacrosse) birth of the Jewish state. To that end, it is Continued on page 5

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Mark Cohen (left) and Robin Cohen (right) enjoy a Shabbat dinner at the home of Israelis Dorit and Yonkele Zini before heading to an “Israeli style” Purim celebration.”

Lisa Silver (from left), Diane Kimbrough and Christie and Titus Wiemers dining at Darna, a Moroccan restaurant. “The food was off the charts delicious,” Kimbrough Celebrating Purim Israeli style said. “And I made it my mission to try as many different things as I possibly could.” small group from the Nashville become a Federation board member mission arrived in Israel sever- next month; Carol Hyatt and Fred “We were one” al days early for interviews Zimmerman, Federation president iane Kimbrough was on the sented such a wide spectrum of Jewish Aand discussions with Israeli and board member respectively, and first-timers track and offers Nashville. “Traveling with people from officials from agencies and organiza- Harriet Schiftan, Federation planning this advice to anyone who has all of Nashville’s Jewish congregations, tions funded by the Federation, most and P2G director. never been to Israel: “If some- I did not feel any distance or separa- of them in Hadrea-Eiron, Nashville’s “The deep-dive visit was one of the D Partnership2Gether region. highlights of the trip for me,” Robin said. one tells you, ‘You have to go to Israel; tion among us but rather a richness, a it’s the most amazing place,” believe connectedness and acceptance that was Those taking part in this “deep But it wasn’t all work. The group also them and go.” fabulous,” she said. “We were not five dive visit” were Robin Cohen and attended a Purim party at the home of Having traveled to 18 different coun- congregations, we were one.’ Ben Russ, co-chairs of the Federation’s Doron Rubin, head of the Israeli steering tries, Kimbrough said, “Nothing compares In addition to the food, Kimbrough Grants Committee, Robin’s husband committee for the Partnership2Gether to this recent experience in Israel… It is said her favorite part of the trip was Mark Cohen, who is expected to program. • a spectacular blend of things that touch the “energy” surrounding Shabbat in mind, body and spirit – from unbelievable Jerusalem – “the crazy fervor of antici- historical sights that bring the story of the pation and preparation in the markets Jewish people to life to the highest devel- and on the streets, contrasted with the opments in technology.” peace and quiet of Saturday and then What made the trip special, she seeing the city come to life again after said, was going with a group that repre- havdallah.” •

Reunited with the man who saved her daughter ot everyone on the trip was from Nashville. Elise Gould, who teaches school in a sub- Nurb of Chicago, was attend- ing the bat mitzvah of her cousin’s niece at Congregation Micah when she heard a presentation about the upcoming trip from Rabbi Laurie Rice. The only other time she had been to Israel was in 2002 when her daughter, Shayna, was gravely wounded in a ter- ror attack in Jerusalem and spent weeks Erin Coleman looks at the work of one of the kids at Maksam, an after school program recovering in an Israeli hospital. It was in Hadera for immigrant Ethiopian children. The Nashville Federation helps fund the hardly a pleasant experience. program. “This sounded like a great oppor- tunity to make my first real visit as a Elise Gould was reunited with Shai She “grabbed my heart” tourist,” said Gould. Shapiro (center), the paramedic who After learning that she would be ran into gunfire to save her daughter 14 rin Coleman had been to Israel One of her most memorable expe- years ago. Tour guide Eldad Brin (left) welcomed on the trip, Gould and three before, but this was her first trip riences was touring Maksam, an after friends signed up. helped arrange the get together on the last evening of the trip. since becoming a mother, which school program in Hadera that serves “It was absolutely wonderful,” said made it more emotional. immigrant Ethiopian children. The pro- Gould, who was impressed by the diver- daughter and, along with two colleagues, E And as one of two young leaders gram, which the Jewish Federation of sity and camaraderie of the Nashville rushed to rescue her despite ongoing gun- whose participation on the mission was Nashville helps fund, assists kids who contingent. “I have never seen a Jewish fire. Then, seeing how gravely she was subsidized by the Nashville Federation, “are working through great divides community so unified as this one.” wounded, Shapiro broke protocol and Coleman spent time on all the tracks so between their home culture and Israeli It was easy for Gould to pinpoint rushed her to the closest hospital rather that she was able to learn not only about culture,” Coleman said the most significant moment in her trip. than the one that had been designated. the Israeli culture but also “the reality “There was one little girl in particular It was the last evening, when she was “It was such an amazing experience of what the people of Israel deal with who grabbed my heart. Amid the chaos reunited with Shai Shapiro, the para- to be able to sit and talk with this man every day.” of her math tutoring room she remained medic who witnessed the attack on her who saved my daughter,” Gould said. • In that sense, said Coleman, this completely focused on completing the was the first time she had seen Israel problem given to her. Her love of learn- “through non-rose-colored glasses.” ing was so bright. I loved seeing that.” •

2 May 2016 The Observer Nashville’s CommUNITY Trip to Israel A somber reminder he most indelible memory of book of visitors to the villa of Rudolf the trip for Danielle Kahane- Hoess, the longest serving commandant Kaminsky, executive director at Auschwitz. Tof the Tennessee Holocaust “The archivist then showed us a Commission, was more somber: a behind- map detailing that the villa was in close the-scenes tour of Yad Vashem, the proximity to all of the horrors going on World Holocaust Remembrance Center at the camp,” Kahane-Kaminsky said. in Jerusalem. “Hoess would entertain guests and hold She and other Nashville trip par- barbeques at his villa. One of the guests ticipants were shown were shown arti- thanked Hoess saying it was the best facts such as the last letter written by vacation ever.” a French woman to her mother on the Kahane-Kaminsky said she was sur- way to Auschwitz and the so-called prised by the “tremendous growth and the Auschwitz Album, the only surviving changes that have taken place” since her pictorial account of the death camp pro- last visit to Israel 37 years ago. “I was also cess at the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex. encouraged by the growth of the high- After touring Yad Vashem, the 83 members of the trip gathered at a sculpture memo- They also viewed passages from the guest tech industry in the country,” she said. • rializing Holocaust icon Janusz Korczak to recite the kaddish.

Visiting the Fathers and Mothers abbi Saul Strosberg of spending quality time with members of Congregation Sherith Israel the community.” was one of the rabbinic leaders And the most surprising? Rof the CommUNITY Trip. Of “Going into a karaoke bar,” he said. course, he has been to Israel many times, “There was some serious Nashville talent though he said the size and diversity in the room.”• of this mission made it unique. “The best part of such an amazing trip is hard to say,” Rabbi Strosberg said. “The most meaningful part Trip participants tour the ruins at Caesarea, established by Herod the Great more was visiting the than 2,000 years ago. It’s hard for Americans to fathom the history found throughout Cave of the Israel, said Ben Russ. Patriarchs and Matriarchs in The awe of history Hebron. The most joyous part en Russ is a history buff, so it the country itself where there is old, was celebrating makes sense that he spent almost really old, ancient, and almost-be- Shabbat together the entire trip on the history fore-written history.” as one commu- and first-timers track and that Indeed, Russ said it was “the age of Rabbi Saul Strosberg (right) and Steve Remer examine docu- B nity in Jerusalem. ments at the Cave of the Matriarchs and Patriarchs in Hebron. his most memorable experience was at the place that really surprised me” even The most grat- The visit to the site where Judaism’s founders are buried was the Tower of David Museum, which he though he knew, of course, that it was an ifying part was “the most meaningful part” of the mission, Rabbi Strosberg said. described as a museum that documents ancient land. the history of Jerusalem. “When they consider something “It goes back at least 3,000 years that’s only 1,000 years old to be relative- with ruins of various types all the way ly new, that is hard to wrap your head Praying at the Wall through the mid-twentieth century,” around even in the context of European Russ said, “and you can kind of see history which is substantially older than his was the second trip to Israel group from Boston whose Shabbat service it layer by layer but also see how the our own,” he said. “When you’re talking for Lisa Silver, the cantorial was drawing to a close. layers upon layers interact with each about a place like Jaffa that had a seaport soloist for Congregation Micah. “As we recited the mourner’s other and used parts and discarded going back five to six thousand years, it’s TShe had visited the Western Kaddish, and I felt the cool, smooth parts of the previous occupants. It’s a hard for Americans to really fathom the Wall on several occasions, each time stones of the wall, I thought of my grand- really good microcosm of the rest of length of time you’re talking about.” • intrigued by the sights and sounds of parents and my ancestors before them. I people praying individually and collec- remembered how my grandmother had a tively, and especially joyfully and noisily picture of Theodore Herzl on her wall,” on Shabbat. Silver said. Jewish pride “That said, I was a bit let down when “This time, I truly felt the connec- I did not feel the emotional and spiri- tion.” • eferring to a visit to a Jerusalem tual connection that College of Technology program many people describe that trains ultra-Orthodox when touching the Rmen for high tech jobs, Rabbi Wall,” said Silver, Yitzchok Tiechtel said, “We witnessed the cantorial solo- the integration of the ultra-Orthodox ist at Congregation community into the Jewish workforce … Micah. the breaking of barriers between commu- But on this trip, nities and how the greater Jewish popu- Shabbat was a differ- lation of Israel is merging into one large greater Jewish unified family. ent. Harriet Schiftan, Moved by his visit to Yad Vashem, Dr. the Federation’s direc- Beyond that, Rabbi Tiechtel said Mickey Solomon (center) spontaneously tor of planning and he was struck by the sense of Jewish laid tefillin and had a brief bar mitzvah Partnership2Gether, pride in he saw in mission participants, ceremony he never had a youth. With took her and some whether it was Dr. Mickey Solomon him are (from left) Esther Tiechtel, celebrating his bar mitzvah at Yad his wife Syliva Solomon, his son David other members of the Solomon and Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel. Nashville contingent Vashem as his wife and son looked on, to the egalitarian Federation Executive Director Mark to the Kotel plaza Friday night and Freedman and Rabbi Mark Schiftan of “dancing with their Jewish brethren section of the Kotel, The main section of the Kotel. where they jointed a The Temple laying tefilin at the Kotel, from around the world as one global or the Nashville contingent walking Jewish family.” • The Observer May 2016 3 Nashville’s CommUNITY Trip to Israel An artistic collaboration t was serendipity that the Israel as a galactic nebula keeping humanity trip coincided with the opening of in its sight while her work depicts the an art exhibition, Psalms: Beyond Jewish people keeping their eyes on one IBoundaries, featuring collaborative another, caring for each other, thereby works by pairs of artists from the Hadera remembering God and fulfilling God’s Eiron region of Israeli and 10 U.S. cit- commandments. ies in the Partnership2Gether Southeast “Energy flows between God and the consortium, including Nashville. Jewish people as long as we do not lose Each of the 25 pieces was produced sight of each other,” Klein said. by a pair of artists, one Israeli and one Klein was one of five Middle American, who participated in an online Tennessee artists whose work is part of educational program about the Psalms the exhibition. The others are Lorna and then collaborated on either a single Graff, Robbie Lasky, Doris Wasserman, piece or two related pieces inspired by all of Nashville, and Abby Hirsch from the ancient biblical text. Murfreesboro. For Leslie Klein, the mission pro- The exhibition, the third P2G col- vided an opportunity not only to meet laborative visual arts project in four face-to-face with her collaborator, Chava years, is expected to begin an American Gadish, but also see their work displayed tour this summer and be on display at “Eye to Eye,” a work by artists Leslie Klein of Nashville and Chava Gadish of Israel, for the first time. the Gordon Jewish Community Center is one of 25 pieces in the collaborative Partnership2Gether exhibition called Psalms: Beyond Boundaries. Klein (right) is shown here at the exhibition opening with Anat “After so many havruta Skype calls in February. • Geffen, an Israeli member of the P2G steering committee. working on our project, I loved final- ly meeting Chava, staying over with her and sharing work and ideas,” said Klein. “I am so proud to be part of our Partnership!” Their two-piece work, “Eye to Eye,” is inspired by references throughout Psalms to eyes and vision, Klein said. Gadish’s work depicts the eye of God President’s Memo This mission trip was one of diversity and unity

By CAROL HYATT

hat an incredible trip to Israel! The mis- sion trips of the Jewish Federation of Nashville and Barb and Harvey Olsher were impressed Middle Tennessee dif- with the efforts to train ultra-Orthodox W Jews for high tech job. fer from the typical tour of a foreign country in a variety of ways that Religion meets make each one I have experienced unique and technology very special. I felt incredibly Rabbis Mark Schiftan of The Temple (from left), Saul Strosberg of Sherith Israel, Federation Joshua Kullock of West End Synagogue and Yitzchok Tiechtel of Chabad Nashville his was not the first trip to Israel proud that we assem- President take part in a discussion about Jewish diversity at the Shalom Hartman Institute in for Barb and Harvey Olsher, but bled such a large and Carol Hyatt Jerusalem. “we did things we might never diverse group of peo- Thave done on any other type of ple from our five synagogues. Traveling we respected and got along with one communities, creating meaningful ongo- trip,” she said. together provided a great chance for another was unique in his experience ing connections between Israelis and Taking part in the high tech, culture the 83 participants to get to know or and could serve as an inspiration and an Jews around the world. and cuisine itinerary, they were among a deepen relationships with Nashvillians, excellent model for other communities. P2G programs have given teach- group that met with the director of Yazam Israelis and those who joined us from I totally agree. ers, teens, artists, musicians, firefighters, Balev (Hebrew for “an entrepreneur at Knoxville and Chicago. And because we During our trip, we were also priv- community leaders, and untold others heart”), a program at Jerusalem College had such a large group, we had a variety ileged to hear from three incredible wonderful opportunities to get to know of Technology that trains haredim, ultra of options to choose from each day, led speakers, and each left me wishing to one another. If you are interested in par- Orthodox Jews, for high tech jobs. by one of four experienced guides. There hear more and wanting to arrange to ticipating in such a program, I encourage “Many men grow up learning only were choices to interest the first-timers bring them to speak in our community. you to contact Faith Haber Galbraith, Torah and speaking only Hebrew, so as well as those who had been many Experiencing home hospitality on the chair of our Partnership2gether they spend their first year learning to times before. various occasions was another highlight Committee, to learn more. speak and write English as well as sub- Having rabbis from each of the four for me, giving me a sense of being part of Organizing such a trip, especially jects like calculus and chemistry that are faith streams in Nashville provided us an extended Israeli family, and creating one for so many people, is a challenging new to them,” Barb said. with a continuing source of wisdom that bonds that I believe will be ongoing. task and Naomi Sedek deserves high “The school does not advertise and was invaluable. I did not fully appreciate Prior to the arrival of the entire praise for her efforts. All the Federation basically exists, ‘under the radar,’ as the how special this aspect of our experience group, the grants committee chairs, staff pitched in and worked hard to director put it. They have placement ser- was until our group spent an afternoon at Ben Russ and Robin Cohen, along with ensure that we had an exceptional time vices and we were told that 100 percent of the Shalom Hartman Institute learning Robin’s husband Mark, Fred Zimmerman, filled with wonderful experiences which their students are placed into highly tech- about pluralism, where we discovered Harriet Schiftan and I participated in a enabled us to better understand the nical jobs in such Israeli high tech compa- that Rabbi Yitzchok Teichtel of Chabad deep dive in our partnership region of many aspects of Israel and to get to know nies as Microsoft, Intel or Google.” • Nashville was the first Chabad rabbi Hadera-Eiron, learning about and seeing Israelis as well as one another. I am pro- ever to go there. I am so grateful to firsthand the programs our community foundly grateful to all of them, as well as him and to each of the rabbis who took helps to fund and giving us a much better to all those who chose to travel with us. Learn more about the the time to be part of this journey and sense of what is being accomplished as Hope you will decide to go along on Jewish Federation of Nashville who enriched our understanding of our well as where there are unmet needs. the next Federation trip! • and Middle Tennessee shared history, traditions and beliefs in The trip culminated in a celebration their own special way. of 20 years of Partnership2Gether, the Carol Hyatt is president of the Jewish at One of our guides remarked that Jewish Agency’s program which partners Federation of Nashville and Middle www.jewishnashville.org our community’s diversity and the way diaspora Jewish communities with Israeli Tennessee.

4 May 2016 The Observer at Yom Hazikaron events. Local sing- Yom Ha’atzmaut er-songwriter Jerry Kimbrough has com- Honoring those who have helped Continued from page 1 posed a special melody that that will be and activities for kids organized by Jack played during the reading of Alterman’s strengthen ties to Israel Simon, director of children’s program- poem, and Lisa Silver, cantorial soloist ming at the GJCC. at Congregation Micah, will perform ontinuing a tradition • Faith Haber Galbraith, for her lead- As in previous years, the event will “Yesh Kochavim,” (There are Stars) the begun four years ago, ership with Partnership2Gether, the begin with a brief commemoration of poem by the Jewish World War II hero one of the highlights program that connects the Nashville Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of and poet Hannah Szenes. of the May 15 Yom Jewish community to the Hadera-Eiron terror before transitioning to the joy- The transition to the celebratory Ha’atzmaut celebration region of Israel. ous celebration of the modern nation’s theme of Yom Ha’atzmaut will begin will be a torch-lighting • Tali Ramon and Isaac Hanai for their founding. In that sense it simulates the with a short excerpt from the actual Cceremony honoring 12 individuals or past – and future – service to the IDF. experience of Israelis themselves, who recording of the 1947 United Nations groups for their efforts to strength- • Adi Raz, for bringing her love of Israel solemnly observe Yom Hazikaron, the vote creating the state of Israel fol- en ties between Nashville and Israel. to NowGen Nashville. nation’s memorial day, and the next lowed by “Hatikvah,” (“The Hope”), The ceremony is modeled after one • David Solomon, representing the day celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut. (This the Israeli national anthem. in Israel in which 12 citizens who first-timers on the 2016 CommUNITY year the two holidays fall on May 11 The main entertainment for the have contributed to Israeli society are trip to Israel, and Naomi Limor Sedek, and 12.) event will be music by a three-man band given the honor of lighting torches on Federation campaign and missions The gates will open at 3:30 p.m., led by Jonathan Rimberg, a popular Mount Herzl symbolizing the 12 tribes director, for organizing the trip. and scheduled events will begin at 4 New York City musician and bandlead- of ancient Israel. • Bernie and Maria Pargh, Mark Cohen p.m. with Israel- and Jewish-themed er with a unique ability to synthesize The honorees include: and Arthur Perlen, for their part in songs by the Baha’i choir followed by traditional Jewish, Israeli and American • Celia Goldstein, for her tireless advo- Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam’s trade students from Akiva School. music styles. cacy for Israel as a member of the mission to Israel last year. The Yom Hazikaron commemora- Which brings up another advan- Federation’s Community Relations • A number of the mission last year, tion will get underway at 4:15 p.m. with tage of having the event outdoors, said Committee. alongside with R the yizkor (remembrance) prayer and a Finkelstein. • Raquel Pankowsky, sister of “lone sol- • Ron Brummer, deputy consul general reading of “The Silver Platter,” a poem “There will be plenty of room to diers” Shirit and Nathan Pankowsky. of Israel to the Southeast, for his diplo- by Israeli Nathan Altermam often read dance.” • She will be representing all Nashville matic service to the state of Israel. families who have members serving in • Leaders from Congregation Micah and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). West End Synagogue for establishing • Leslie Sax, executive director of the the Get Connected program, which is GJCC, for making her house a home sending its 200th student to Israel this Hadassah will celebrate for visiting summer camp counselors summer. Yom Ha’atzmaut with from Israel. martinis and medura he Nashville chapter of celebration will feature martinis, bakla- Hadassah will celebrate va and other delights around a medura Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s (bonfire). There will also be a henna Independence Day, on artist and a surprise cocktail. A $10 May 24 with an Israeli- charge will cover the cost of food while OFFICIAL NOTICE OF THE 80th ANNUAL MEETING style “girls’ night out.” Hadassah will provide the cocktails. DATE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 TThough open to all members, the The event will be from 7-10 p.m. TIME: 7:00 P.M. event is aimed specifically at young adult at the home of Mira Morgan and Maya PLACE: GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER members in their 20s, 30s and 40s. 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By CHARLES BERNSEN responsible for the death of Christ. Choby called the document “transforma- t the point in the annual tional” in that it that allowed Catholics Community Relations and Jews to begin developing “mutual Seder when an audito- trust and affection” and, through events rium full of Catholics like the seder, appreciate what their tra- and Jews stood to face ditions have in common. the open door and raise “Both our faiths have at their base a Atheir voices in song to welcome the sense of gratitude for the way that God prophet Elijah – harbinger of the mes- has blessed us,” Bishop Choby said. “And siah – Rabbi Mark Schiftan paraphrased we have much to be grateful for since the renowned Jewish author Elie Wiesel. that document was signed 50 years ago.” “As long as some of us are waiting The seder was developed by Abbie for the messiah and others of us are Wolf, the Federation’s community rela- waiting for the messiah to return, why tions director and Community Relations don’t we sit and wait together,” Rabbi Committee members Mary Shelton and Schiftan said. Linda Kartoz Doochin, the event chair His remark brought spontaneous and vice chair respectively. applause from more than 350 people – lay It followed a unique haggadah – “We Catholics and Jews, rabbis and priests, Were Strangers: A Nostra Aetate Seder” Jews and Catholics link arms at the Community Relations Seder while singing the tra- ditional song “Hineh Ma Tov,” the lyrics of which come from Psalm 133: Behold how nuns and cantors and high school stu- – written by Wolf and Mary Shelton. good and pleasant it is for brothers to sit together in unity. (Photos by Rick Malkin) dents of both faiths – who dined, sang, Built around the theme of Catholic- prayed and even danced together as they Jewish estrangement and reconciliation, celebrated the 50th anniversary of Nostra it included explanations about the how Aetate, the Vatican II document that Nostra Aetate came to be and the role of changed the church’s relationship with key historical figures – Jules Isaac, Rabbi Judaism and other non-Christian faiths. Abraham Joshua Heschel, Augustin The event – the eighth Community Cardinal Bea and Pope John XXIII – as Relations Seder sponsored by the Jewish well a modified version of the list of Federation of Nashville and Middle plagues, including “the pain of seeing our Tennessee – “creates a real sense of two children lured away to other faiths” and communities being together,” said the “the pain of being feared.” Very Rev. David R. Choby, bishop of Rabbi Schiftan led the seder, inject- Nashville and the seder’s honorary host, ing humor – there was the inevitable in opening remarks. comparison between matzah and com- Nostra Aetate, promulgated as part munion wafers – while at the same of the doctrinal reforms of the Second emphasizing the significance of the gath- Vatican Council, rejected all forms of ering and the document it celebrated. anti-Semitism and its theological under- “A thousand years ago – even 100 pinning, the belief that all Jews are years ago – it would have been unimag-

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6 May 2016 The Observer Community Relations Communiqué Focus on planning seder gives way to joy of experiencing it

By ABBIE WOLF Nashville chapters of Hadassah and the National Council of Jewish Women for hesitated to write about the creating our beautiful matzah covers. Community Relations Seder in They noticed our plain napkins covering my column this month. I thought the matzah last year and created works of too much has already been written art just for us. about it – two stories in The Jewish The night had to come to an end, Observer and a wonderful arti- sadly – and the next day it was time Icle in The Tennessean. to jump back into planning for upcom- I decided to write about ing Federation events, including our it nonetheless because I community’s annual celebration of Yom The seder ended with a giant circle dance to the song “L’shana Ha-ba’ah b’Yerushlay- wanted to convey some im” (Next Year in Jerusalem). (Photo by Rick Malkin) Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. It aspects of the night per- takes place from 3:30-to 6 p.m. Sunday, haps not contained in I thanked scores of people in my for transforming the room into a thing of May 15 at Red Caboose Park. There will the other articles. remarks that evening, and I want to beauty, and I thank the volunteers who be live music, kids’ activities, Israeli food There are things Abbie Wolf thank them again here, though I wish helped set up the room and prepare the and more. It will be a wonderful, festive you plan for, and things I had the space to thank every single Seder plates. I also thank Barbara Olsher afternoon and I hope everyone will come you never could have anticipated. You person. Mary Shelton and Linda Kartoz for her lovely invitation design. Last but out and show how strongly our commu- have a master schedule that details down Doochin were integral to this program. not least, I thank everyone (and there nity supports Israel. to the minute what should happen, with They played very different roles, but were many of them) who served as table whom and when. But sometimes when each worked tirelessly to make the night hosts. They are what made the room the Abbie Wolf is director of communi- your nose is buried in pieces of paper that happen, and to make it happen well. I warm, inviting space for our seder. ty relations for the Jewish Federation of outline the order of things, you miss what’s am forever grateful. I thank Fran Pursell I would also like to thank the Nashville and Middle Tennessee. spontaneously happening around you. When I looked around for the first time, I felt a jolt of joy as I saw the audi- torium filled to capacity with 350 Jews
and Catholics. As they all lit candles at their tables to usher in the Seder, I saw a sea of faces awash in a golden glow,
focused on kindling the flames which would light our evening. I went back to my timed agenda and
am grateful to have looked up again to see Jews and Catholics at their tables, hands linked, all singing and swaying to
“Hinei Ma Tov.” A few minutes later I looked up to see Bishop David Choby’s peaceful smile     

as he listened to the haunting beauty of Psalm 122 sung by two amazing mem- bers of the choir at the Cathedral of the   

   
 
Incarnation. It wasn’t just Bishop Choby, though. I saw many Jewish guests listen- ing intently, transfixed by the beauty of the different melodies.  
 
Another powerful moment was when Professor Amy-Jill Levine was speaking. She regaled the audience with tales of herself as a young girl, Jewish 
  
but intensely curious about Catholicism. Everyone was laughing as she told one funny story after the next but then, as she related the day she was told by  

a classmate that she had killed G-d, there was an audible gasp in the room. I looked around and I saw the surprise on the faces of many Catholic guests – but  
 

considerably less surprise on the faces of the Jews in the audience. Without a doubt, the most powerful moment of the night, for me, happened 
 
at the very end – and it’s something I never could have anticipated. Lisa Silver and the musicians were playing “Lishana Ha-ba’ah B’Yerushalayim!” (Next Year
in Jerusalem!), and I saw a few people 










begin to dance near their table. I looked up again a minute later and  

 


saw more and more dancers joining in. Determined not to miss this, I joined a
circle of dancers near me. A minute later, I looked behind me and saw an enormous circle of people –around the perimeter of





 the auditorium – dancing the hora. Jews, Catholics, high school students, college students, elderly – everyone was on their feet dancing. And that’s where I lost my composure and got very teary eyed but blamed it on allergies! I knew better, of course. I was deeply and fundamentally moved and I’ll never forget it. The Observer May 2016 7 Congregational News & Events

@ Micah @ Temple

Annual fundraiser will pay tribute to May 11 panel on grief part of month-long famous Sinatra concert series on mental health

Congregation Micah’s annual fundraiser takes place on Saturday, May 7 and this The Temple will be partnering with Insight Counseling Centers as part Stand year will be a salute to Frank Sinatra’s famous “Fly Me to the Moon” concert at the Shoulder to Shoulder, a four-part series of panel discussions aimed at educating the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. public about mental health issues and treatment resources. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the evening will feature vocalist Ted Goldthorpe, As part of the series, The Temple will host a panel on Grief and Loss from 6:30- dancing, food, drinks as well as a silent auction. Tickets are $50 each, with patron lev- 8:30 p.m. on May 11. More information about Shoulder to Should panels this month is els available. This year’s fundraiser will benefit the Cynthia H. and Richard M. Morin available at http://insightcounselingcenters.org/event/shoulder-to-shoulder-grief-loss- Education Fund, which supports youth scholarships. panel-discussion/ For more information, check the Micah Facebook page, call (615-377-9799) or email [email protected] Celebrating Israel in May Christ Church pastor and choir will be The Temple will hold its annual White and Blue Jean Shabbat to honor Israel on Friday, May 13. The service begins at 6 p.m. special guests for May 6 service The Israel theme will continue the next week with a musical Tot Shabbat led by Rabbi Shana Mackler and Cantor Tracy Fishbein for children up to 6 years of age and Christ Church choir and pastor, Rev. Dan Scott, will be the special guests for the their families. It will feature songs, crafts, a story and treats. Shabbat services on Friday, May 6. The service begins at 6 p.m. and will remarks by Rev. Scott and music from the Christ Church choir. The event is open to the community. Preschool will hold two events this month The Temple Preschool will host a scholastic book fair May 9-13 from 9 a.m. to 4 May is filled with special events for students p.m. each day. The event will provide books to enhance summer reading options while also providing support for the preschool. o enhance your summer reading options and Micah will hold two special Shabbat services this month focusing in students. support The Temple Preschool. The service on Friday, May 13 will include a graduation blessing for departing high The preschool also will host a family fun day at its playground at 3 p.m. on May 22. school seniors while the service on Friday, May 20 will feature the annual confirmation ceremony. Both services begin at 6 p.m. Meanwhile, the annual “Torah Wrap” marking the last day of religious school will Dates to remember take place on Sunday, May 15. Religious school begins at 9:30 a.m. Food trucks will serve lunch beginning at noon. • Blood drive from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sunday, May1. And don’t forget the annual Micah Children’s Academy Spring Festival from • Concert by the Mazel Tones and Mazel Teens for the residents of Abe’s Garden at 3-6 p.m. on May 1. It will include Beatles music peformed by student performances, a 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1 followed by shmoozing and refreshments. food truck, face painting, bouncy house, costumed characters, games, crafts and bubble • 165th Annual Congregational Meeting at 5 p.m. May 6. stations. • • Pre-K graduation at 6:30 p.m. May 19.

@ West End

By BARBARA DAB tional experience it has been…. or those of you who have felt isolated by your or the members of the views and support for Israel in a world West End Synagogue dele- full of anti Israel sentiment, do yourself gation, the AIPAC Policy a flavor and find yourself at next year’s Conference in late March was AIPAC policy conference. You’ll be a time of inspiration, a time glad you did!! I’ll see you there!!” to share a love of Israel and • Iris Rotker Fa time of revelation. The conference in Washington saw record attendance “Sharing my love of Israel and the with more than 18,000 people from Jewish people with my mom!” all races, religions, political views and • Herb Seloff walks of life, including 4,000 college students. It was precisely that diversity “Hearing from the presidential and devotion to Israel that moved West candidates first hand, meeting with End attendees, many of whom were Representatives Cooper and Blackburn, there for the first time. general session content highlighting Led by West End Synagogue Rabbi Israeli innovation, breakout sessions on Joshua Kullock, the delegation attend- the presidential process featuring nation- ed breakout groups, general plenary al pundits Begala and Reed.” sessions and lobbied U.S. Reps. Jim • Steve Hirsch Cooper and Marsha Blackburn, both of Tennessee. They also heard speeches “The most meaningful moment for by four of the presidential candidates: me was the video interviewing Eddie Hillary Clinton, John Kasich, Donald Jacobson’s daughter, Elinor Borenstine, Trump and Ted Cruz. and the details of her father’s story with Below are some of the responses President Truman. I was a young girl from local delegates who were asked by at the time that happened and remem- Led by Rabbi Joshua Kullock, 19 members of West End Synagogue attended the recent Rabbi Kullock to share highlights of the bered listening to the UN vote on AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington. conference: Israel on the radio. The United States was the first affirmative vote and I and President Truman’s grandson, I Rabbi Kullock’s d’var Torah about “We just attended AIPAC for the was cheering all by myself out loud was thrilled. It was a once in a lifetime his experiences at AIPAC is avail- first time. I am still trying to find the at home. Then, when the spotlights moment, for me!” able at https://soundcloud.com/west- words to express the overwhelming emo- shined on her and her granddaughter • Charlotte Seloff endsyn/5776-kullock-tzav • 8 May 2016 The Observer Congregational News & Events

@ Chabad

CGI Nashville premieres new website

Camp Gan Israel Nashville’s new website – www.chabadnashville.com/camp – went live last month. The site features photos from past seasons and information about registration, activities, trips for the upcoming summer sessions, one from July 25-29 and the other from August 1-5. The new site also has a section called Kid Zone for children, including a virtual video library, interactive games, coloring pages, story time, kids recipes, comics, fun facts and shows like the Itche Kadoozy series and Jewish Kids Got Talent. Lag B’Omer BBQ set for May 25

Chabad will host a Lag B’Omer Southern-style kosher BBQ and an Israeli bonfire at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25. The event will celebrate the traditional festival that marks the 33rd day of the counting of the omer. It is also being held in conjunction with Global Day of Jewish Unity marking the ancient tradition in which Jews gathered in Jerusalem every seventh year, called the year of Hakhel (assembly). Participants will gather for a kumzitz (an evening of Jewish and Israeli music) in Chabad Park, which is on the nine-acre property of the Genesis Campus for Jewish Life. Karen Weil (from left), Bob Woolf, Dianne Berry and Robin Cohen were among They will also be able to take part in the planting of an organic herb garden that will those who attended a pre-Passover workshop at Chabad of Nashville led by be used in preparing Shabbat dinners throughout the summer months for the Nashville renowned Judaica craftsman Gary Rosenthal. Under Rosenthal’s guidance, each par- community. ticipant designed and created a piece of Judaic art such as a seder plate, Elijah cup There is no charge to attend this event, but reservations are appreciated. The cost or Shabbat candlesticks. for the BBQ dinner is $10 per person. For further information or to make reservations This year’s Mega Challah Bake call (615) 646-5750 or go to www.chabadnashville.com/lagbomer. will include kids Hebrew reading course for beginners The Mega Challah Bake is making a return on May 22 – this time in partnership starts this month with PJ Library and its Israeli counterpart Sifriyat Pijama. Open to all women and children, the event will be from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Chabad of Nashville will offer a course starting this month for those who want to the Bernard Social Hall at Chabad of Nashville, 95 Bellevue Road. learn to read Hebrew. The event, which was held in Nashville for the first time last year, is more than a “Read It In Hebrew” will consist of five one-hour sessions in which participants baking lesson, said Chabad Education Director Esther Tiechtel. It explores the symbol- will learn to read Hebrew and follow along in a prayer book. The course is targeted to ic spiritual meanings behind many of the customs associated with baking the braided beginners and those who wish to brush up on their reading. Though it will not cover bread traditionally served at Sabbath and other holiday meals, – removing a piece of comprehension or conversation, the course will provide an entry into the world of dough for the kohanim with a blessing, for instance, which symbolizes the mitzvah of Jewish texts and prayer services. No prior Hebrew knowledge required. sharing with others. The course will take place at 7:30 p.m. on five consecutive Tuesdays beginning on “When we join in this tradition of kneading Challah, all channels open for us to May 3. The cost is $49, and each student will receive a set of 70 Hebrew flash cards. ask for all the blessings we need for our families and community,” Tiechtel said. For more information or to register go to ww.chabadnashville.com/riih or call (615) Premeasured ingredients will be provided along with a Mega Challah Bake apron 646-5750. • for each participant. While the loaves are rising, there will be refreshments and song and, for the children, Hebrew story time and art activities celebrating Israel. Each participant will go home with their own challah as well as the knowledge of how to recreate the moment weekly in their own homes. Tickets for participants ages 11 and older are $18 in advance, $20 at the door. “I’ve been very happy with the results Tickets for children 10 and under are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For reserva- tions, go to www.ChabadNashville.com/ChallahBake or call (615) 646-5750. of advertising in the Observer.” “There is so much unity and togetherness when we are kneading and braiding the challah together,” said Tamar Ginzburg, who co-chairs the event with Simone Meyerowitz and Sara Hanai. Dr. Jim Kirkconnell Bellevue Eye Center To access the Jewish Federation Community Calendar, go to www.jewishnashville.org and click on “Calendar.” ;\IKa*MaMZNew York City. Women from all over the world were in attendance and social media lit up, as videos were posted of Stacy singing her uplifting new anthem, while hundreds of iPhone lights were swaying in the air. Stacy was named in Time.com, as one of Jewish music’s Top Ten New Jewish Artists. She is one of contemporary Jewish music’s premier talents, having been a recording and touring artist for the last 15 years. Her music is used in congregations around the US, Europe and Israel. Stacy is a singer, composer, arranger and producer. She and her Grammy winning co-producer have recorded 4 cds of Stacy’s original Jewish music. Her new Shabbat Candle Blessing was included in the URJ Biennial’s Shabbat service, this past November, where a 100 person choir sang, along the house orchestra and 5000 attendees. Prior to entering the field of Jewish music, Stacy was a sta‘ writer for EMI Publishing. She had many successes, including a #1 song in Australia that stayed on the charts for 16 weeks. The recording artist on the song, (Gina Je‘ries) won Female Vocalist of the Year. While on tour, Stacy holds songwriting workshops in the communities that bring her in for artist-in-residency weekends. For the first time, in the 25 years Stacy has lived in Nashville, she is going to begin teaching private classes in songwriting. This is a unique opportunity - the first of its kind. You do NOT need any prior experience; and you do NOT need to play an instrument. Stacy works with ages 10 and up. Lessons are one on one. There are a limited number of openings, so if you are interested, please email Stacy at [email protected] or call at 615.804.1500.

The Observer May 2016 9 Communal involvement among Nashville Jews is relatively high, study finds By CHARLES BERNSEN Activity by Organization lmost half of Jewish households in Greater Respondents were asked to indicate their household’s level of involvement Nashville are moderate- Of adults who are active with any in various kinds of Jewish communal organizations during the previous year. ly or highly involved in Jewish organization, the highest level Jewish communal life, of engagement is with synagogues, with Organization type Very Somewhat A little according to the 2015 32 percent indicating they had been active active active ANashville and Middle Tennessee Jewish somewhat or very active in a synagogue Synagogue 15% 17% 16% Community Study. during the previous year. About 23 per- Service organization 5% 11% 9% The study, commissioned by the cent were members of the Gordon Jewish Jewish Federation of Nashville and Community Center while smaller per- Jewish Federation 5% 9% 11% Middle Tennessee, was conducted over centages ranging from 10 to 16 percent Membership organization 6% 7% 12% were somewhat or very active in Jewish a three-month period last year by the Cultural organization 3% 8% 13% Steinhardt Social Research Center, schools or camps, service and cultur- which is affiliated with Brandeis’s Cohen al organizations, Israel-related organiza- Israel-related organization 4% 7% 11% Center for Modern Jewish Studies. Based tions and the Jewish Federation and its Jewish school or camp* 6% 4% 5% on telephone and online responses from Community Relations Committee. more than 1,000 Jewish households, it is Nearly all Jewish adults – 95 percent *Does not include synagogue religious schools accurate to about plus or minus 7 percent. – indicated they had made a charitable To measure engagement with the donation other than membership dues Volunteer activity follows a similar Jewish donors support both Jewish and Jewish community, the study asked to any cause, Jewish or non-Jewish, in pattern. About half of all Jewish adults non-Jewish organizations, Boxer said that respondents about three kinds of involve- the previous year. Of those donors, about in Greater Nashville indicated they had most Jews don’t view philanthropy as a ment – their membership in or affiliation 76 percent (or 72 percent of all Jewish done volunteer work for an organization, “zero-sum game… They can be universal with Jewish organizations or institutions, adults) made at least one gift to a Jewish Jewish or non-Jewish, in the previous and particular.” • their attendance at Jewish programs or organization while 95 percent (about 90 month. About 55 percent of them (or events in the previous month, and their percent of all Jewish adults) made at least about 27 percent of all Jewish adults) volunteer work and charitable contribu- one gift to a non-Jewish organization. volunteered for at least one Jewish orga- tions to Jewish organizations. Based on nization while 86 percent (about 43 Volunteer Causes their answers, respondents were placed Donations to percent of all Jewish adults volunteered This chart indicates the causes, in one of four categories: high, moderate, for at least one non-Jewish organization. whether Jewish and non-Jewish, for low or no communal involvement. Jewish Institutions “Based on other research we’ve which Jewish adults in Nashville The study found about 18 percent of Almost all Jewish adults in Greater done, this pattern is very common,” said volunteer the 4,700 Jewish households in Davidson Nashville (95 percent) indicated they Boxer. “We think what it comes down and the surrounding six counties are high- had made a charitable contribution to is that most Jews think of volunteer- Education 65% ly involved in Jewish life while another 29 (other than membership fees or dues) ing and donating in universalist rather Anti-poverty 52% percent are moderately involved. On the in the previous year, and almost than parochial terms … Because we see Health 51% other hand, 18 percent of Jewish house- three-quarters of them made at least more of our non-Jewish neighbors than holds have no communal involvement one gift to a Jewish organization. This our Jewish neighbors in need, it’s not Israel 45% chart indicates the percentage who while 35 percent have low involvement. surprising that we might spend more of Culture 40% Brandeis sociologist Matthew Boxer, contributed to specific Jewish organi- zations or kinds of organizations. our time and treasure helping non-Jewish one of the study’s authors, described the organizations.” Politics 32% level of communal involvement here as Jewish Federation 58% However, noting that 41 percent Other 33% “pretty amazing.” A synagogue 53% of Jewish volunteers and 71 percent of “In most communities, it’s not near- ly that high,” he said during a series of Jewish Family Service 36% meetings earlier this year in Nashville to GJCC 26% Volunteer Roles explain the study. A national organization 23% The results are consistent with research About half of all Jewish adults in Greater Nashville indicated they had done indicating that relatively small Jewish com- Hadassah or NCJW 23% volunteer work for at least one organization, Jewish or non-Jewish. The chart munities like Nashville’s tend to have Akiva School 19% provides a breakdown of what kind of volunteer work they are doing. higher levels of engagement, said Boxer, an Vandy Hillel or Chabad 15% Volunteer job Jewish Non-Jewish expert on small Jewish communities. Other 12% organization organization Board/committee 31% 39% Involvement in Jewish Communal Life Fundraising 25% 30% This pie chart shows level of overall involvement in Jewish communal life Professional services 22% 29% of Jewish households in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. It’s based on an index Programming 19% 32% that measured membership in Jewish organizations, attendance at Jewish com- munal events and programs and contributions to or volunteer work with Jewish Social services 19% 36% organizations. Outdoor/manual labor 10% 23% Other 8% 16% High Involvement No Involvement 18% 18% Jewish Nashville: By the Numbers is an ongoing series on the results of the 2015 Nashville and Middle Tennessee Community Study. Previous stores can be found at www.jewishobservernashville.org.

Learn more about the Low Moderate Involvement Involvement Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee 35% 29% at www.jewishnashville.org

Source for all graphics: The 2015 Nashville and Middle Tennessee Jewish Demographic Study

10 May 2016 The Observer Nashville teens host carnival for special needs kids as part of international day of service ore than 65 Jewish testament to the power and passion teenagers from the of the next generation,” said Lynn Nashville area staged Schusterman, founder and co-chair of a carnival for chil- the Charles and Lynn Schusterman dren with special Family Foundation, which underwrites needs last month, the program. “I am incredibly inspired Mjoining about 12,000 by the tens of thou- Jewish youths around sands of Jewish teens the world in a day of from countries around community service. the world who are The April 3 event finding ways to come was part of the 12th together to give back annual J-Serve, an international day of and make a meaningful difference in Jewish youth service aimed at encourag- the lives of others.” • ing community building and connections across religious and social boundaries. Teenagers Tyler Jacobs, Ittai Eden, and Romy Binstein engage in a ball thowing About 15 kids with special needs game with a young boy at a carnival for and their families attended the carni- kids with special needs. With them is val at the Gordon Jewish Community a speech therapist helping the boy use Center, which featured a ring toss, face assistive communication technology. painting, bowling, arts and crafts, a photo booth, a popcorn machine and more. Hosted by BBYO, the GJCC and the local synagogues, the event was funded by the Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. “I have been participating in J-Serve for the past four years and love what it brings to the Nashville com- munity,” said Brittan Gilmore, a high school senior at Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School. “The fact that J-Serve helps the entire community, not just the Jewish community, is some- thing that I believe is extremely bene- ficial. Additionally, being able to help those in need with my Jewish peers give me an immense sense of community and unity.” The Nashville carnival was one of more than 250 projects in more than 80 Standing With Israel communities in which teens in grades 6-12 teens explored the Jewish values of “Peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all our might to protect its right to exist” gemilut chasidim, acts of loving kindness; - Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. tzedakah, just and charitable giving; and tikkum olam, the responsibility to repair the world. “The growth that J-Serve has experienced since its beginning is a Wednesday, May 25, 2016 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 7:00 - 9:00pm Learn more about the Retired Ambassador Jewish Federation of Nashville and Yoram Ettigner e Temple Congregation Middle Tennessee Ohabai Sholom at SPEAKERS: 5015 Harding Road www.jewishnashville.org Pastor Lyndon Allen Nashville, TN 37205 CUFI’s Central Regional Coordinator Lead Pastor, Woodmont Bible Church Event Hosts: Upcoming Issues Pastor Lyndon Allen of the Observer Woodmont Bible Church

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The Observer May 2016 11 Wearing the Star David, Franklin Pargh looks for lacrosse redemption as member of Israeli national team By Charles Bernsen behind perennial powerhouse teams from Canada, the Iroquois Nation (a Native hen Franklin Pargh American tribe that fields its own team) went away to and the United States. boarding school at “I thought to myself, ‘I’ve got to be Brewster Academy part of that,” Pargh said. in New Hampshire So he got in touch with Scott Neiss, and his soccer director of Israel Lacrosse, and offered to Wcoach suggested that he play lacrosse too, help the team “in any way I could, even his response was what you might expect if all I did was carry water.” A few days from a Tennessee boy: “What’s lacrosse?” later, Pargh heard back from Neiss, who “So he gave me a stick and it wasn’t had checked out his lacrosse bona fides long before I was hooked,” said Pargh, and asked him to join the team in Prague who went on to become New England this month for the European Invitational lacrosse player of the year in high school The Israeli and Irish teams posed for a photo shortly after Israel’s narrow 8-7 win in and afterward for a prestigious interna- and then play the sport inter-collegiately the opening game of the 2016 European Box Lacrosse Invitational. tional box lacrosse tournament called the for the University of Hartford. Aleš Hrebeský Memorial. (For the latter, That was more than a decade ago. the ball into the opposing team’s goal. thing of a redemption for Pargh, who the Israeli team will be playing under the But the 31-year-old Pargh’s lacrosse Box lacrosse, played on a smaller field once aspired to play lacrosse profession- name of its sponsor, Goldstar Tel Aviv.) career was resurrected last month when often indoors, is an even tougher version ally. But his promising college career That Israel would have a competi- he donned a uniform emblazoned with of the game in which players are allowed didn’t turn out as he has hoped after tive team in a sport dominated by North the Star of David and played in an inter- to check one another much as they do he switched from goalie to midfield and Americans is not as surprising as it might national box lacrosse competition in in hockey. then suffered a knee injury at the end of seem. Lacrosse is popular at college prep Prague, the Czech Republic as a member Pargh, who started at forward for the his sophomore year. The next year he schools in the Northeast, particularly of the Israeli national team. Israeli team, had a goal and five assists tried to return as a midfielder but wasn’t among Jewish students, Pargh said. And “I’m soaking up every minute of it,” during three games of the European Box able to make the team. because international rules allow indi- Pargh said in an email during the tourna- Lacrosse International competition as Eventually Pargh returned to viduals to play for a “heritage team,” ment. “The guys I’m playing with have the Israeli team beat Ireland 8-7 before Nashville, his hometown, where he and the Israeli team includes quite a few so much heart, passion, and talent. It’s a losing 14-13 loss to the host Czech team his wife, Lana, are raising two small chil- American players. true honor to represent Israel and I will and then by the same score in overtime dren while running real estate business. Pargh approached his appearance never forget this moment.” to Finland. In a subsequent exhibition Although he has played in local lacrosse with the team last month as a tryout, Lacrosse is a fast-moving contact game of regular field lacrosse, Pargh and box lacrosse leagues for years, Pargh training for hours each week. Because he sport that developed among the indige- scored three goals and had an assist, as he said he had a nagging regret that his can play a number of positions, includ- nous peoples of North America. Players helped Israel to a 12-10 win over Team lacrosse career had fallen short of what ing goalie, he’s hoping to stick with the use a long stick with a mesh basket on Euro, a composite team of players from he was capable. team, play in the European champion- the end to pass, catch and cradle a hard Europe and North America. Then last year he was watching an ships next year and prove something rubber ball as they dash around a field, Playing in international competi- online live-stream of the 2015 World to himself and his family, especially his scoring a point every time they throw tions with the Israeli team is some- Indoor Lacrosse Championship in wife, who has shouldered extra responsi- upstate New York when he saw some- bilities at home and work so that he can thing surprising: There was an Israeli pursue his lacrosse dream. team playing. 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16 May 2016 The Observer Opinion To heal polarization, let’s return to the Jewish “yeshiva” tradition of open, respectful debate By RONALD ADDLESTONE speakers expounding on and reinforcing to Israel. However, in regard to a major and open dialogue that includes all inter- our beliefs. Classic debate and searching issue, the Pew survey found only 17 per- ested parties. e have all heard for common ground is becoming rare cent of American Jews felt the continued Recognizing our common interests the expression, in America today and nowhere is this construction of settlements in the West and being willing to engage in civil dia- “Two Jews, three more apparent than in our own Jewish Bank is helpful for Israel’s security while logue strengthens our Jewish community opinions.” community. 44 percent thought settlement construc- and could once again position Israel as There is truth Divisions among American Jews are tion hurts Israel’s security (29 percent the glue that binds American Jews. in these words, in over neither religious practices nor the thought it did not make a difference Yes, “Two Jews can have Three Wpart due to the fact that we Jews take political differences between liberals while 11 percent didn’t know). However, Opinions”: Two Jews each with their own pride in having strong opinions that have and conservatives. What once was a the loudest voices on this issue are from opinion and the Third equally shared. the potential to better society as well as subject that unified American Jews – American Jews and organizations favor- The third is the common ground from enrich our lives. Classic Jewish teach- support of Israel – has become a wedge ing settlement development for reasons which each individual opinion grows. ing is to challenge and debate issues. in our Jewish community. including security. Too often, however, Yes, two Jews can have three opinions Paramount to this is the knowledge that What is missing in American those supporting settlement expansion – two that differ and a third, shared the process of questioning, challenging, Jewish dialogue regarding Israel is the seek to “drown out” or discount the opinion about the common ground from and debating often results in a deep- “yeshiva” philosophy of open discussion majority view on this important issue.” which each opinion grows. • er understanding of many difficult and and debate. Respect for the individual The American Jewish community is controversial issues. Absolutely critical or organization with an opposing view becoming more polarized, and the divide to this process of questioning and debat- is all but absent. Not only is respect is even greater among young adults. Only Submisson Policy ing is listening to others in a respectful lacking, but active barriers are placed to 60 percent of young Jewish adults report The Observer accepts original opin- manner while at the same time trying to prevent the airing of opposing views in an emotional tie to Israel (compared to ion pieces and letters from Nashville understand opposing views. open joint forums. 80 percent of those 65 and older) and the area residents on topics of interest Unfortunately, in America today, One example is when the Council percentage of young Jewish adults who to the Jewish community as long this component of listening and attempt- of Major Jewish Organizations voted not feel West Bank settlements are better for as they have not been published or ing to understand other points of view to let J Street become a member, despite Israel’s security is essentially half that of submitted for publication elsewhere. has been minimized and often ignored. the support of the ADL and both Reform older American Jews. Is dissention in the Submissions should be sent by the We tend to blame the media and pol- and Conservative rabbinic organizations. Jewish community contributing to the 15th of the month prior to publi- iticians, yet in many ways it is we who Their support did not necessarily indi- younger generation’s ambivalence? Will cation to Editor Charles Bernsen at are searching for reinforcement of our cate agreement with J Street’s positions future generations even care? [email protected] or 801 beliefs rather than risk having our opin- but rather an appreciation of the impor- Israel is no longer the glue that once Percy Warner, Suite 102, Nashville ions challenged. Many of us want only tance of all sides being heard. bound all Jews together. But it could be 37205. The Observer reserves the to be exposed to what we support or The 2013 Pew Research Center sur- again because Israel’s welfare, safety and right edit all submissions for clarity, believe is important and subsequently vey of American Jews reported that 69 survival remain paramount Jewish values. length and style. seek out print media, news networks or percent felt an emotional attachment What we now need is a respectful, civil Film by her son examines Nora Ephron’s feats and foibles By Curt Schleier and directed “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Sleepless,” prompting Hanks to exclaim: “You’ve Got Mail.” “You fired the kid?” (JTA) — “It’s almost good,” Jacob The last three established her rep- Still, despite the who’s who of talking Bernstein says. “That’s what she would utation as the queen of old-fashioned heads, there are some notable absences: have thought of it.” romantic comedies, sophisticated ver- Ephron’s husband, Nicholas Pileggi, and The “she” in this case is the late sions of the movies her parents wrote in her younger son, Max, declined to par- writer Nora Ephron, Bernstein’s mom. the 1940s during the heyday of the genre. ticipate. “It” is his elegant and moving docu- She grew up in a tempestuous household At first, Bernstein’s father declined mentary “Everything Is Copy,” which in Los Angeles, one of four daughters of to participate, but he relented. debuted on HBO in March. screenwriters Henry and Phoebe Ephron. “The idea of having the breakup of “She was tough,” Bernstein says Both parents were alcoholics; Phoebe their marriage gone over again and rean- about Ephron, who died at the age of 71 died of cirrhosis of the liver at 57. alyzed by his son in a documentary was Nora Ephron, the subject of a new doc- in 2012 after a lengthy battle with leu- It was Phoebe Ephron who provided umentary made by her son, behind the scary to him,” the younger Bernstein says. kemia. “But she was also extraordinarily the Bernstein film’s title — she told her camera in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy Making the film was a voyage of dis- generous. She’d have given it approval, daughter that everything that happened of HBO) covery for Bernstein. He learned about “a but not quite.” to her should be considered journalistic They frequently said yes and became different person than the person I knew,” Bernstein says he was not motivated fodder. In fact, on her deathbed, Phoebe ensnared in Ephron’s web. The day after he says. “I was certainly surprised that she to make the film by what he considers (according to Nora’s sister and frequent she died, “CBS This Morning” host was as insecure in her early years about the ephemeral idea of closure. writing partner, Delia) suggested to Nora Charlie Rose, who interviewed her sev- her looks. I think that brought her more “I think it’s kind of a simple-minded she “take notes.” eral times over the years, said, “I just pain than she acknowledged. idea,” he says. “On the contrary, making While that philosophy frequent- wanted her to like me.” “I certainly was unaware, as some the film afforded me the ability to keep ly made for great reading — consider “Did I feel a lot of what Charlie Rose of her friends were, about the degree to having a relationship with her.” her novel and film “Heartburn,” about did?” Bernstein says. “Sure, we all needed which she softened [after the disease was “Everything is Copy” keeps the con- then-husband and Watergate journalist to perform for her and felt the need to detected],” Bernstein adds. “You don’t nection alive for viewers, too. In addi- Carl Bernstein’s affair while she was win her approval.” always see the subtle changes if you see tion to interviewing friends and family, pregnant with Jacob’s younger brother, The list of friends participating in someone every day.” the film uses home movies as well as clips Max — it seems to generate mixed feel- “Everything is Copy” includes Meryl Ephron was diagnosed with myelodys- of Ephron promoting one of her projects. ings in her son. Streep — who starred in “Silkwood” and plastic syndrome, an acute blood disorder, And there were many. “I think [my] movie has a certain “Heartburn” — Steven Spielberg and in 2005. At first she continued working: Ephron was famously a multi-hy- ambivalence about what it means to use Kate Capshaw, the late Mike Nichols, She wrote and directed the film “Julie and phenate: writer, essayist, playwright, your life as material,” Bernstein says. Rob Reiner (who directed “When Harry Julia” and penned the Tony-nominated novelist. Her humorous, often self-dep- Pressed, he adds, “I think at times it Met Sally”), Meg Ryan (the fake orgasm Broadway play “The Lucky Guy.” recating essays are what first won her [being her son] was difficult. I don’t think scene in “When Harry Met Sally” was She kept her illness a secret from renown. In work collected in her books that’s inaccurate.” actually her idea), Tom Hanks, Rita all but a few intimates. Most friends (including “Crazy Salad” and “I Feel Interestingly, the possibility of Wilson and Barry Diller. and co-workers had no idea Ephron was Bad About My Neck”), she joked about becoming fodder for Ephron’s work Diller, who was a couple of years ill — ironic considering her mantra that everything from the small size of her didn’t concern the legions of friends behind Ephron at Beverly Hills High, “everything is copy.” breasts to the problems of aging. she collected. Her first husband, the tells how she fired him from the school “My mother was a singular talent, She was perhaps best known writer Dan Greenberg, says she used to newspaper. She denies it, but it’s true, and I think the movie in certain ways for her popular films: Ephron wrote approach celebs at parties and say: “Hi, he insists. is an attempt to make sense of my own the screenplays for “Silkwood” and my name is Nora Ephron. If I invite you Ephron notoriously fired the legacy,” Bernstein says. “What it feels to “When Harry Met Sally.” She wrote to dinner at my house, would you come?” first child hired to play Hanks’ kid in have a smaller footprint than her.” • The Observer May 2016 17 In this real-life Anatevka, Ukraine’s Jewish refugees build a small community By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ

ANATEVKA, Ukraine (JTA) — At the age of 53, Sergey and Elena Yarelchenko fled their native city of Lugansk with three suitcases and moved into a room in a muddy refugee camp outside Kiev. Like hundreds of thousands of ref- ugees from Ukraine’s war-torn east, life for this Jewish couple in 2014 went from a normal bourgeois existence to a hellish struggle for survival and flight from a city that within days became the arena for vicious urban fighting between govern- ment troops and pro-Russian separatists. But unlike many refugees, the Yarelchenkos’ story is no tearful account of rootlessness. Thanks to one rabbi’s unique project for Jewish refugees from the east, the Rabbi Moshe Azman, founder of the Anatevka community near Kiev (Photos by R. Yarelchenkos are part of the nascent Jewish refugees at Anatevka celebrate the opening of their new synagogue. community of Anatevka, a small village Litevsky/Courtesy of the Office of Rabbi Moshe Azman) that sprang into existence six months rickety path made of splintered wooden “Sergey’s a workaholic who either novel and antiquated. The central heating ago near the capital, where 20 fami- pallets connects the three-story syna- sleeps or works,” she said. “Do you think system, for example, uses wood as fuel – not lies are now building a future based on gogue to a dormitory-style residence with Israel’s holding its breath for a 53-year-old out of nostalgia but because it is cheaper Yiddishkeit and self-reliance. 20 apartments and a central kitchen. A carpenter who doesn’t speak Hebrew?” than either gasoline or gas in a country Named after the fictional home- ways off is a newly built concrete school Between the school — the only that has been under sanctions from min- town of Tevye the dairyman from the with 25 classrooms. structure in town that is not made of eral-rich Russia since the 2013 revolution Broadway musical “Fiddler on the Roof” “Our son in Israel is pressing us to wood — and Anatevka’s muddy access that ousted Ukraine’s pro-Kremlin regime – and the iconic Sholom Aleichem short make aliyah, but Anatevka looks like a bet- road are the fresh concrete foundations and triggered the fighting in the east. stories on which it was based – Anatevka ter option for us,” said Elena Yarelchenko. for a clinic and rehabilitation center that The wooden logs that were used to is a tribute not only to that town but Her husband is a carpenter making a workers, some of them local residents like build the walls of Anatevka’s synagogue to the real Jewish shtetls that dotted small salary in Anatevka, which is largely Sergey, are laying under the watchful eye and residential area are sealed with fire- Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. built from wood. As she helps prepare of the man who created Anatevka: Rabbi proof chemicals and high-tech insulation Anatevka is spread across a plot the food for all the other residents, Elena Moshe Azman of Kiev. from Germany that help keep the place size of three football fields. It features a gestures at her husband’s small workshop A burly man with a bushy gray beard warm in winter. wooden synagogue with two mikvahs. A outside the residential complex. and a full head of hair, the 50-year-old Still, Anatevka isn’t for everyone. Azman comes into the residential complex Noisy, dirty, inaccessible and devoid of and peels off several layers of thick snowy even basic amenities such as a grocery clothing in the foyer of the building, whose shop and postal services, even some of design is reminiscent of a rustic ski lodge. the refugees involved in the project find 2016-17SEASON “It can get pretty hot in here,” he it unsuitable to their housing needs. notes with satisfaction at the effective- “I’m a city person,” said Svetlana ness of the central heating system. Koznitsova, a refugee from Lugansk who Working with money from his helps Azman run Anatevka but lives own pocket and private donors — they in a rented apartment in Kiev with her include the Moscow-born kosher food daughter. “I need to stay in the city and supplier Michael Zelman of London and I will for as long as I can earn a salary.” the Dubinsky family from Kiev — Azman In one of the first-floor apartments has spent more than $1.5 million on in Anatevka, Meshulam Kolesnik, a web Anatevka, which he designed not only to designer who was forced to leave Crimea serve as a refugee center, but as a living, after its annexation from Ukraine by breathing community. Russia, is using Anatevka’s fast WiFi con- September 9-18, 2016 October 18-23, 2016 January 24-29, 2017 A maverick rabbi who remained influ- nection to improve the website he built ential here even when he broke with the to solicit new donations for the project. official institutions of the Chabad move- “I’m not a carpenter like Sergey, but ment over a contractual dispute, Azman I build what I can for this place,” said says he is “trying to survive from day to day” Kolesnik, an observant Jew who lives because of debts he incurred while realizing here with his wife and has an office in his plan for Anatevka, which critics doubt- the room of their two young boys whose ed would ever come to pass. colorful drawings are plastered all over FeFebbruaryy 14-19, 2017 March 21-26, 2017 April 25-30, 2017 To keep Anatevka running, Azman the wooden interior of their room. has relied on donations also from members Kolesnik, 35, left his apartment of his own community in Kiev, whose in Simferopol last year because he had children account for the majority of the refused to trade in his Ukrainian passport See all 150 pupils attending Anatevka’s school. for a Russian one. When his children While residents provide much of were prevented from attending school, 8 Shows the labor force at Anatevka, not all of Kolesnik broke down and asked for the for as little as them can work. Isaak Mohilevsky, an Russian nationality, but by then he was $180.50 octogenarian from Lugansk who used to deemed ineligible because he wasn’t in May 23-28, 2017 June 27—July 2, 2017 be the caretaker of that city’s synagogue, the country when a majority of the can barely walk. But he, too, is pulling population voted for annexation in a ref- his own weight: On Feb. 29, he received erendum that was deemed illegal by the TPAC.ORG • the keys to Anatevka’s new synagogue, international community. Broadway which opened that day in a ceremo- When he moved to the Kiev region, TPAC Box Office • Groups of 10 or more call 615-782-4060 ny attended by Israel’s ambassador to Kolesnik left behind a successful business Ukraine, Eliav Belotsercovsky. and a central apartment in sunny Crimea. Broadway Series sponsored by “When I left, I never thought I’d But he says he is not bitter over the loss. have another synagogue under my care,” “We are once again living among Event, date, time, guest artist, and repertoire are subject to change. Some shows contain mature content. Mohilevsky said. equals in our own Jewish community and TPAC.org is the official online source for buying tickets to TPAC events. In its present unfinished form, country,” he said. “And like this, I think Anatevka is a confounding mix of the we can face whatever lies ahead.” • 18 May 2016 The Observer Akiva Board seeks Life in Israel replacement as Heady Living on a tiny “island” announces retirement By LIBBY WERTHAN Libby Werthan and her husband, Whenever one moves to a new Moshe, lived in Israel for 25 years as head of school place, there are accommodations and before returning in 2014 to their native adjustments to be made. New friends, Nashville, where they have long been he board of Akiva School opportunity to work with a very talented new home, new doctor, lawyer, banker active in the Jewish community. “Life in will begin this month to staff, board members and community and on and on. Now add to that a new Israel” is a column that will appear each seek a replacement for members in putting together a plan for language, new customs, a population month in The Observer aimed at giving Head of School Lynn moving Akiva forward,” Heady said, add- made up of multiple readers an idea of what it was like to live Heady, who is leaving her ing that she feels comfortable stepping ethnic groups, and you in the Jewish homeland. position after two success- down now “because nothing will prevent have an idea of what Tful years at the helm of that plan from being achieved. Akiva’s moving to Israel was Nashville’s K-6 Jewish day best days are ahead.” like for us in 1990 amid tiny island is amazing. Jerusalem, where school. In an email to Akiva parents, Board the crush of Jews pour- we lived, is in the center of the coun- Heady, who is retir- Chair Uzi Yemin said Heady has agreed ing out of the Soviet try. So in less than an hour we could ing because of ongoing to the board’s request to stay on the Union. be swimming in the Mediterranean or health issues, arrived at job until June 30 to “ensure a smooth Libby Akiva at the beginning of Lynn Heady leadership transition” – helping to close Even though you do Werthan living it up in Tel Aviv or getting a mud your homework, there is bath at a spa on the Dead Sea. the 2014-2015 school year with more out the fiscal year budget, assisting with much you cannot know until you expe- I have already mentioned the four than 30 years of experience in public staffing for next year and continuing to rience it. We knew, of course, that Israel seas. They all add up to a significant and Jewish education. Vowing to build meet with current and prospective Akiva is a small country. But Israel isn’t just amount of wind surfing, sailing, boating, on what she described as a foundation families. She also will assist the commit- a small country, it is a tiny country. It parasailing, snorkeling, scuba diving , of excellence, she assembled a team of tee tasked with finding her replacement, won’t surprise you that it is smaller than fishing, swimming with the dolphins and professionals, updated existing curric- he said. the state of Tennessee. But is it as big an enormous market in bikinis. In a few ula, implemented a new cutting-edge “Lynn has touched the lives of the as Middle Tennessee? No. It is almost hour’s time we could be skiing on Mount STEM curriculum, and made substantial students and formed deep and meaning- exactly half the size. And while Middle Hermon or visiting the spectacular sea improvements to the building, all while ful relationships with parents, faculty, Tennessee is rectangular, Israel is long life at the aquarium in Eilat or joining vigorously promoting the Jewish day and staff,” Yemin said. “She has served and narrow. So we moved from chunky the international birdwatchers as they school’s importance to the community as a champion in the community and Middle Tennessee to svelte Israel . view the cranes on their way to Egypt. and overseeing an increase in enrollment we are grateful for all she has done and Ultimately, we realized is that it is So we moved to this little island and of almost 40 percent. all she will continue to do to see Akiva’s not only tiny but also inreality a tiny as you might expect, we spent much of “For me this has been a wonderful vision become a reality.” • island. It is an island not because of its our time in the early years exploring its four seas -- The Mediterranean along mountains, greenvalleys, seashores, and its western length, the Kinneret (Sea of desert, all within spitting distance of our Akiva Class of 2016 Galilee) in the north, the Dead Sea to home. So to paraphrase what Dorothy the south and, at its southernmost tip, said to Toto, “ We realized we were not the Red Sea. The Observer wantsin Middle to Tennessee help you anymore.” It is not an island that is surrounded Of course, we might have chosen to entirely by waterbring but one customers that is surround- throughstay at home your in Jerusalem door. – and that is ed by less than friendly nations. How an experience in its self. But I’ll save that does that impact one’s life?Advertise Physically, for anotherin the article. it means you cannot get in your car and How does this smallness impinge go anywhere outside the boundaries of upon the psyche of the people wholive your small island. You cannot get in your there? How does all the attention and car andCOUPON drive over to Ammon, or Cairo, world focusISSUE color the lives of Israelis? or Damascus even though they might How do the societies – primitive, reli- be less far away than Birmingham or gious, multinational, multicultural, Louisvilleto beis from published Nashville. In fact, the post-modern, technological – coexist in only way off this island is by air (or cruise such close proximity? ship). JuneFor someone 2016who grew up in What does it feel like to live through America, the land of wide open spaces, a terror attack? What does it feel like to this canAd be disconcerting. deadline Especially so, send your son off to war? What does it when theMay air controllers 15, 2016 or the baggage feel like to be that son and know that the handlers go on strike. Then, you are flat wellbeing of your family depends on you? out stuck!Just send us your ad with Why have the Israelis been documented So anliving attached on this tinycoupon island takes to be among the happiest people in the some gettingor usedwe canto. create world? Whilea livingcoupon on a fortiny you. island has its I have lots to write about. See you downside nevertheless living on THIS next month. •

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His diary, first published in English the West End Men’s Club. in 1949, describes the casual brutality and random terror of camp life as well around the town as his frustrated hopes for an early end May 11 fracture-pre- to the war, his longing for his wife and children, his horror at the especially bar- The JCC Maccabi Games provide an vention program at Leaders of baric treatment of Jews and his disgust at opportunity for children ages 12-16 to have GJCC will include the anti-Semitism of some of his fellow International a week long experience competing in vari- Norwegians. ous sports, helping families and children in free bone density Council of Jewish This 8th edition, the first in 65 years, need thru their JCC Cares program, meet- screenings was published by Vanderbilt University Women to meet this ing kids from other cities all over the world Press and contains extensive annotations and to taking in all of the Jewish values of month in Nashville The Gordon Jewish Community and new diary entries never published in being a young Jewish teen. Center will hold a free, three-hour English as well as 40 sketches by Nansen “It’s a unique and amazing expe- The Executive Committee of the bone fracture prevention program on of camp life death. International Council rience which I personally never had Wednesday, May 11. of Jewish Women will when I was a teenage; however I was The event, “Unbreakable: Fracture meet in Nashville from able to have the opportunity to lead the Prevention,” comes three days after Accidental fire May 16-19. group of kids last summer to Milwaukee” Mother’s Day and coincides with destroys GJCC ICJW is the umbrel- Schulman said. “I was blown away how National Osteoporosis Prevention and la organization for a great the whole experience was – from Awareness Month. It will include a pavilion network of affiliates like how amazing all the other delegations presentation from noon to 1 p.m. by the National Council were, how respectful they all were, and Diane Mulloy of OsteoStrong Middle Plans are underway to rebuild an of Jewish Women/USA Robyn Lenn just how much they all had in common Tennessee, which also will provide free outdoor pavilion at Gordon Jewish that represent more than two million besides just being Jewish.” bone density screenings from 11 a.m. to Community Center that was destroyed Jewish women in 34 countries and five Victoria Marger, the mother of 14 noon and again from 1 p.m to 2 p.m. by fire last month, Executive Director continents. year olds Jordan Marger, said, “As a par- Take-home information on eating for Leslie Sax said. Affiliates focus on social justice ent of a young Jewish teenager, I seek out improved bone-health will be provided as The blaze was reported late Sunday, issues, preserving civil liberties, ensuring moments that she can be with students well as some healthy snack samples from May 17 after the GJCC campus had been equality for women in the law, especially from a similar background. The Maccabi Trader Joe’s. cleared and the gates locked. The Metro Jewish law and human trafficking. Each Games gives her that opportunity. Her Half of all women and a quarter of all Fire Department had it under control by affiliate creates their own programs and father and I are excited for her to be a men over 50 will have an osteoporosis-re- midnight. No one was injured and no priorities. (Members of the NCJW are part of something that not only cele- lated fracture in their lifetime. Fractures other structures were damaged. also members of the ICJW.) brates athleticism, sportsmanship and are the leading cause of hospitalization in Sax said two juveniles have admit- The Executive Committee will be friendship, but gives her the opportunity women over 55; men are also at great risk ted responsibility for the blaze, which meeting at Akiva School on Tuesday, May to celebrate her Jewish community…not but less likely to be aware of their bone apparently occurred when a camp fire 17 and at the Gordon Jewish Community only those from Nashville, but with the loss until it is too late. they started spread out of control. Sax Center on Wednesday, May 18. Maccabi Games… worldwide. It is going “The good news is that osteoporosis emphasized that the incident is not So that community members can to be an exciting summer!” is a disease that largely can be prevented considered an act of terrorism or a meet the ICJW delegates, a special lun- For more information, visit www. and bone loss can be slowed with treat- hate crime. cheon will take place at 12:30 p.m. on jccmaccabigames.org. There also will be ment,” said Harriet Shirley, GJCC health The pavilion near the Holocaust May 18 at the GJCC. The program will periodic updates locally at www.nash- and wellness director. memorial on the Percy Warner include remarks by Robyn Lenn, ICJW villejcc.org. Reservations for Mulloy’s presen- Boulevard side of the parking lot is one president from Sydney, Australia, and tation are strongly encouraged but not of two used by the GJCC’s Camp Davis, Debbie Hoffman, NCJW/USA national PJ Library now required and may be made by emailing which begins its summer season on June president from Cleveland. A highlight of Shirley at [email protected] or 6. Anyone who would like to make a the afternoon will be a musical program available for kids Alex Leff, GJCC adult programming donation to support the re-building of featuring Carrie Mills, Stacy Beyer and 9-11 in Nashville director, at [email protected]. the pavilion or Camp Davis supplies lost Cantor Tracy Fishbein. Rae Hirsch and No reservations are needed for the in the fire, please contact Dara Freiberg Dianne Berry are heading the local plan- PJ Library is expanding in Nashville. bone density screenings, which take 5-7 at (615) 354.1639 or go to http://www. ning committee. For more than 10 years the program minutes and will be given on first-come, nashvillejcc.org/online-giving/. The luncheon is open to the pub- of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation first-served basis. lic. For additional information contact To access the Felicia Anchor, North America regional has partnered with local organizations to chair of ICJW at [email protected]. provide Jewish-themed books and music Editor will discuss Community Calendar, for children ages 6 months to 8 years in more than 200 communities around the new edition of go to Nashville contingent world, including Nashville. Norwegian’s diary www.jewishnashville.org Two years ago the program launched and click on “Calendar.” readies for Maccabi a new initiative, PJ Our Way, expand- of life in Nazi Games in July ing the services to children ages 9-11. Nashville is one of 34 communities tak- concentration camps. A contingent of Nashville kids will ing part in PJ Our Way, which lets kids Crossword solution The University School of Nashville,              compete in the annual JCC Maccabi select one of four books each month and & $ 6 7 ( / * $ ' / ( 9 , 2000 Edgehill Ave., will host a discussion    Games, which will be held this year July then mails it to them free. Participants < ( +8'$ 8 1, $ 3(6 and question-and-answer session on May    24-29 in Columbus, Ohio. also have the opportunity to create book ' ,$'(0 6 7< 6 +(0 2 with Timothy Boyce, editor of the con-    Nine athletes have signed up as part trailers, videos, quizzes, author inter- 0 (1$6+( + (5 centration camp diary From Day to Day.       of team Nashville. Six are on the girls’ views to communicate with peers about ( 6 $ 6 56 0 25$/( The 6:30 p.m. event is free and open to       volleyball team and three will swim in 5 26+ 5 (89 (1 , 21 the books. The PJ Our Way website –     the public. $ 6+(5 % $6. 0 3* various races. There are still some spots www.pjourway.org – provides these new     Boyce will discuss the story of Odd < ,66 2&+(5 available. Anyone interested in joining avenues for discussion.         Nansen, the Norwegian architect and + $ 1 6 (7$ 5 (5$ 1 the Nashville continent should contact For more information, contact local      humanitarian who was arrested by the $ 0$ + ($7+6 ) $0( Sheri Rosenberg, BBYO teen director, Hanai at [email protected].      Nazis in 1942 and spent the remaining 6 2)7 21 2 $. , 65 at [email protected] or Andrew Local partners in the Nashville PJ Library     years of World War II in concentration 7 $1 = ( 98/81 Schulman, sports and recreation direc- Program are the Jewish Federation of       camps. During those years he kept a $ 6 $3 ) $5 ' ,**(5 tor for the Gordon Jewish Community Nashville and Middle Tennessee, the    secret diary on tissue-paper-thin pages he ' (/ , $ 5, , 1/29( Center, at [email protected] Gordon Jewish Community Center,    smuggled out of the camps. 6 7,5 ' $1 6 (,'(/

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