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Seloff, Fox honorees for Presidents Award

The Jewish Federation and Jewish ment. In 1986 she became the full-time Foundation of Nashville and Middle TenEndowment Fund Director, retiring in nessee will present the 2019 President’s 2001.

Award to Charlotte Seloff, and posthuBorn on Dec. 31, 1920, Fox attended mously to Gilbert S. Fox. public elementary schools in Davidson The celebration, featuring guest speakCounty and Duncan Preparatory High er Avraham Infeld, will be on Nov. 17 at School in Nashville. The son of Gilbert J. 5:30 p.m., at the Gordon Jewish Commuand Natelle Hirsch Fox, he graduated from nity Center’s Pargh Auditorium.

Vanderbilt in 1942; and, having earlier The President’s Award was established volunteered for the U.S. Navy, immediatein 2012 and is the organizations’ highest ly entered Midshipman School at Notre and most prestigious award. It is presented Dame and Columbia University, earning to individuals who have a distinguished rethe rank of Ensign and then teaching navicord of commitment to the gation to new naval students.

Jewish people through their He later served as commandexemplary philanthropy, ing officer of an LSM 80 in dedicated community serthe Pacific Ocean. vice and betterment of JewHaving married Lois ish life in Nashville, Israel, Kuhn in 1943, Fox returned and worldwide. to Nashville upon his disA Nashville native, Seloff charge from the Navy, and spent almost two decades as began a 35-year business cadirector of the Federation’s reer with the family’s chain endowment fund. of retail stores: Kuhn’s 5, 10 After attending North& 25 Cent Stores, Kuhn’s western University, she Variety Stores and Big K married Ensign Leonard Discount Stores. They raised Seloff in 1954, then moved three energetic boys and he to California for three years, pursued his lifelong passion followed by three years in Gilbert S. Fox and commitment to volunMurfreesboro. In 1960, she teerism and philanthropy. returned “home” to NashNationally, he was an ville. officer and board member She became active in of the National Jewish WelFederation and at West fare Board and was actively End Synagogue, chairing engaged with a number of the telethon for the FederJewish historical societies. ation’s women’s division.

Locally, Fox was president In 1972, she participated of the Jewish Community in the Women’s Division Center, championing maCampaign Chairman’s Misjor fundraising drives and sion to Iran, after which she expanding membership toured the region speaking through new programming to smaller Jewish communiand activities. He was active ties. in the Federation’s Annual At WES, Seloff was Charlotte Seloff Campaigns, served on its president of the Sisterhood, board, and he and Lois were then in 1982 became the congregation’s founding members of the Jewish Foundafirst female president. tion of Nashville. He was also a lifetime In 1984, she was hired by the Federamember of Temple Ohabai Sholom where tion to be the Endowment Fund Develophe served in numerous capacities. ment Director, a part-time position. She Fox was also involved with the Nashalso staffed other Federation committees, ville Chamber of Commerce, the United including trips to Israel for Nashville Jewish teens, and Young Leadership DevelopContinued on page 10

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Hearing The Candidates

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The Federation’s Community Relations Committee hosted a Metro Council At Large Candidate Forum at the Gordon Jewish Community Center prior to the recent runoff election. All eight of the candidates for the four remaining at large seats participated. Front Row: Burkley Allen, Sheri Weiner, Sharon Hurt, Zulfat Suara. Back Row: Gary Moore, Fabian Bedne, Steve Glover, Howard Jones.

What Does It Mean To Build Community?

By NAOMI LIMOR SEDEK

We at the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee build Jewish community.

What does it mean to build community?

Community is built in concentric circles, through design and support, beginning with the individual and rippling out.

Building a Jewish community starts at home, where we raise our families, develop relationships and pass down our traditions from generation to generation. It spreads out from there to our Synagogues and Jewish communal gathering spaces, where we develop our spiritual homes and sense of community. In Nashville and Middle Tennessee, you will find homes that belong to multiple congregations, a truly pluralistic expression of Judaism, and homes that seek spiritual expression without walls.

While personal connections to institutions abound, the Jewish Federation

weaves together opportunities for cross-collaboration so that Jews from around the Nashville and Middle Tennessee area have the opportunity to build connections and relationships that strengthen our greater Nashville Jewish community as a whole.

With about 0.2 percent of the world population identifying as Jewish, we have to explore and connect beyond our geographical boarders. We connect with Jewish communities in North America and support Jewish communities in over 70 countries around the world. Close to half of the world’s Jewish population lives in Israel, and they are part of our Jewish family.

Federation works to build these connections between Jewish people around the world who are not physically connected.

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community for generations. Why do we put so much time and energy into building this Jewish community? This is a tradition rooted in the text of our traditions. As the great sage Hillel stated: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me and if I am only for myself who am I, and if not now when?”

The Jewish Federation, through donations to our community’s Annual Campaign, will continue to build Jewish community by funding safety and security needs in addition to serving ongoing Jewish needs.

“New Normal” Security Needs

No one but the Jewish community is going to care and take care of the Jewish community. In a time of rising anti-Semitism and acts of violence at Jewish institu-

tions and in public spaces, it is our time to step up and take care of our community.

Each and every one of us, as a member of the Jewish people and the local Jewish community, needs to stand up and be counted as we launch the 2020 campaign, to address and adapt to the new normal of security and responsibility.

In response as well as in reaction to the rise in anti-Semitism, recent synagogue shootings (unfortunately our “new normal”) and at the request of rabbis and agency leadership, our community is addressing the safety and security concerns of our Jewish communal spaces. The Jewish Federation is confident that our community will rise to the challenge and has committed to upfront funding of $200,000

from the 2020 Annual Campaign to harden our synagogues and Jewish institutions.

Security hardening includes providing appropriate emergency communication devices to connect all congregations on Shabbat when some refrain from electric modes of communication, providing safety and security training, communication through the Secure Communities Network, and to continuously assess and monitor our community through our Security Communities representatives along with local law enforcement officials and agency representation.

Providing a Vibrant Community

The leadership of the Jewish Federation also has ongoing commitments to

honor the needs of the Jewish community which we have served for the last 80 years.

These needs are no less important and just as essential for our community’s survival as security. Last year alone, we had $242,000 of needs that were requested above and beyond what we were able to fund.

Community is the pillar that stabilizes each impact that Federation makes. From caring for our aging adults, to keeping our local synagogues, Jewish agencies and Jewish communal events secure. Community is who surrounds us in our darkest times of need, and community is who we celebrate with during our greatest times of joy.

Our community doesn’t happen by accident and should not be taken for granted. The Jewish Federation raises the communal resources that provide for the essential building blocks of a stable, secure and vibrant community. We do this by engaging with members of the community who step up, make meaningful gifts and power our community.

Our community consists of the children and teens who are our future leaders, which is why we support Jewish Education, Jewish Summer Camp, Jewish Teen Experiences and College Campus opportunities. Our community also consists of current leaders who strive to ensure that the legacy they leave behind prepares for a better tomorrow.

Through your generous gifts, Federation addresses economic uncertainty, and helps to ensure that that no one in the Jewish community should have to wonder where their next meal should come from.

Community unites us to our Partnership Region in Israel and allows us to learn and grow from our broader community overseas. Community is the tie that binds us as one, as we are stronger together as we protect ourselves and our children from anti-Semitism, acts of hatred and potential targeted attack.

Our Jewish community is inclusive, accepting and welcoming to all, and relies on each and every one of us to keep our community strong. You have the power to change lives in our community by supporting Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation Annual Campaign.

Community is only as strong as it’s individuals. Your gift ensures the continuity of a strong vibrant Jewish community in Nashville and Middle Tennessee.

Naomi Limor Sedek is the assistant executive director at the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, and oversees the total Financial Resource Development of the Jewish Federation, including its annual campaign and Jewish Foundation. She also manages VIP trips to Israel for our major donors, and all community missions.

Contact Naomi at naomi@jewishnashville. org.

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From Vanderbilt Hillel to the hit “Hamilton”

By JOSEPH MINKOWITZ

As you may have heard, Vanderbilt Hillel has “Hamilton” tickets.

Who is the connection between “Hamilton” and Vanderbilt Hillel? Marty Singer.

At first glance, coming from humble beginnings in Detroit, Marty Singer may not seem like the man who would jump-start an incredible movement on Vanderbilt’s campus and get involved with one of the most successful shows to ever hit Broadway. All of these events Marty Singer and Jeffrey Seller began to unfold after Marty “West Side Story” and the groundbreaking graduated from the University of Michigan Broadway hit, “Hamilton.” and decided to pursue both a master’s and In addition to supporting these proPh.D. in psychology at Vanderbilt in 1973. ductions, Marty currently heads up the Upon Marty’s arrival in Nashville, the Seller-Lehrer Family Foundation which inJewish student population was about 1 to vests, among other initiatives, in organiza2 percent. Marty coordinated with a Jewtions important to the Jewish community ish Center Social Director to begin a new such as the Hebrew Free Loan Society and Hillel on campus where they “really just the Kahn Theatre in Jerusalem. invented it. We sent out a letter to Jewish Marty knew from the early workshop parents and students and raised $500 to performance that “Hamilton” was truly have a brunch speaker series with bagels something special. The workshop perforand lox. Soon enough, I’m not sure how it mance was very small, with the intention happened, but I emerged as the president of getting a sense of the music and story. of Hillel. We had several dinners and soMarty proclaimed that from that rough cial events.” screening alone, “I thought that it was the He felt compelled to start a Hillel on best thing that I had ever seen in my life.” campus because “the lack of a Hillel when Currently, Marty is incredibly excited that I was there was sort of a deficit and a shorthis beloved show “Hamilton” is coming to fall in Jewish student life. Particularly back Nashville. Marty explained that “no matthen when the Jewish community was so ter where you are politically, you sort of small — it was easy to feel isolated. There feel good after seeing “Hamilton.” What was always a need for that on campus.” strikes you is that there were people who Marty “really felt embraced by the Hillel really despised each other during the forJewish community. They were friendly, mation of our country, but somehow were supportive, and made me feel like I had an able to cooperate to really accomplish great extended family.” things. When people go and see ‘HamilAfter he graduated from Vanderbilt, ton,’ I think that’s in part why they like it the Jewish student population continued so much. They hunger for an atmosphere, to grow to its current 15 percent, and Vanfor a time, for an era where people with derbilt Hillel flourished along with it. widely different views still can manage to Marty’s love for the Vanderbilt Hillel accomplish goals.” community is inspiring. He remarked that Currently, Marty is pleased to see the part of why he is so passionate about Vanmarriage of his two great passions: Vanderderbilt Hillel today is because he sees Hilbilt Hillel and “Hamilton.” Vanderbilt Hillel “as an important forum for intellectual lel has been granted access to “Hamilton” and cultural discussions that span across tickets where up to two tickets are available all student backgrounds that formulate the for purchase to Hillel donors. This serves student body at Vanderbilt. I think it’s very both as a fundraiser to bring Jewish life, important.” community, and opportunities to over Aside from his passion for Vanderbilt 1000 students on campus, and an opportuHillel, Marty invested in several Broadnity to witness an incredible performance. way shows produced by his cousin, Jeffrey Reach out to Hillel’s Executive Director, Seller. His first investment was in “Rent,” Ari Dubin, for more information about “Hamand subsequent investments include “Aveilton” tickets. nue Q,” “In The Heights,” the revival of

Global Day of Jewish Learning returns Global Day of Jewish Learning is back!

Sponsored by the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, this year’s Global Day is based on the theme “Words Matter” and will take place on Nov. 10, from 9 a.m. to noon., at a place to be announced. This year a light breakfast will be provided, and free parking will be available. There is no charge to this event.

Global Day will again include a series of seminars led by local members of our

Jewish community, and will also have a track that is based on Torah texts, as befitting a day that was inspired by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, whose goal was to unite Jewish communities around the world through the study of our shared texts.

Alon Diamant-Cohen is the chair of the event, and for more information, Adam Bronstone, Director of Planning, can be reached at adam@jewishnashville. org or by phone at (615) 354-1687.

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Action taken after the Rock vandalized again Landmark at the University of Tennessee defaced with anti-Semitic messages about Sept. 11

By LARRY BROOK

Changes are coming to try and prevent a repeat of anti-Semitic messages that have been painted on the Rock in the center of the University of Tennessee campus.

The Rock is routinely painted by students and groups to promote inspirational messages. Last month, the Rock had a painting about a handmade Tennessee Volunteers T-shirt created by a fourth grader in Florida for “collegiate day,” one that led to his bullying by classmates. In an inspirational response, the university used his hand-drawn design and printed 50,000 shirts with the proceeds going to anti-bullying groups.

On Sept. 11, someone painted over that message on the Rock with “Jews did 9-11. Google: Dancing Israelis.”

Many white supremacists, conspiracy theorists and Islamic extremists promote the idea that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack was perpetrated by Israel or the Jewish community, who then tried to pin the blame on Muslims. The “dancing Israelis” canard is the discredited accusation that a group of Israelis, across the river in New Jersey, was seen dancing and celebrating while watching the World Trade Center collapse.

Alums for Campus Fairness condemned the graffiti, saying those words “have a real and threatening effect on Jewish and Zionist students who attend the university.”

The Anti-Defamation League’s regional office in Atlanta also weighed in. “Instead of honoring the lives of those that were lost on that fateful day, someone chose to highlight hate,” said ADL Southeast Regional Director Allison Padilla-Goodman. “The Rock, which is meant to represent school pride and unification, has unfortunately, again, been used as a billboard for hate.”

Padilla-Goodman added, “We stand with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville

community and unequivocally condemn hateful acts such as this one. College campuses are no place for hate.”

University of Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman issued a statement, that “in one week, the Rock has brought out the best and the worst. We celebrated the outpouring of love for the young Volunteer who made his own T-shirt, and someone beautifully depicted the shirt on the Rock. Last night, someone covered that message of love with an anti-Semitic hate message. We condemn that hate aimed toward members of our Jewish community, and we understand that words are not enough.”

On Sept 16, the state’s Jewish Federations wrote a joint letter to Plowman “to express our appreciation for your swift condemnation of the recent anti-Semitic slur” and for the proposed action plan to combat hate on campus.

“We are deeply saddened that our Jewish students, the Knoxville Jewish community and the entire Tennessee Jewish community have had to experience, yet again, hate directed toward the Jewish community,” the letter said.

Plowman had met with Jewish students, faculty, Hillel and community leadership, committing “to ensure a safe space on campus for all students.”

The letter was signed by representatives of the Memphis Jewish Federation, Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga.

On Sept. 18, Plowman gave an update with plans to prevent future hate messages. “We are committed to being a campus where everyone matters and everyone belongs, a campus where love will never be replaced by words or actions of hate,” she said. “Hate aimed at one Vol is aimed at all Vols, and we are committed to responding

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decisively and peacefully as a Volunteer community.”

She also said that the University Police, which has increased patrols, “has reason to believe that the people responsible for writing hate speech on the Rock last week are not students or members of our campus community.”

A live-stream camera will be installed so it can be viewed online by anyone, and a group of students is looking to form “Students for the Rock” for added accountability and communication of inclusive values.

The university has also revised its policy on unaffiliated third parties renting space at the university. At some universities, Holocaust deniers use that loophole to book space, so they can brag about speaking “at” universities.

There is also a Mattering and Belonging Initiative which “will include programs and special lectures on the cost of hate and the power of love.”

The next day, Plowman responded to the Federation letter, saying “We want our campus to be welcoming to all and are committed to doing the work to get us there. We recognize that action is important,” and referenced the Sept. 18 update, saying she is committed “to continuing to keep our community updated on these and other actions. I appreciate your outreach and support.”

This was at least the third time in the past year that anti-Semitism was painted on the Rock.

Last year, as part of an Oct. 31 vigil for the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, the Rock was painted with the adapted Pittsburgh Steelers logo that substituted a Star of David and the message “Stronger Than Hate.” The next day, someone painted a swastika over the Star of David and changed the message to “Stronger Through Hate.”

Two weeks later, someone painted over a farm scene on the Rock, with a wide range of messages including swastikas, Nazi SS symbols, the supremacist version of the Celtic cross, and phrases “Kill Jews,” “Free Palestine” and “AIDS is Good.”

Both times, the Rock was quickly repainted. After those incidents, Jewish students, faculty and community members met with Interim Chancellor Wayne Davis, and school police increased patrols in the area.

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New Year, New Beginnings The High Holy Days are on their way, and with that a new Jewish year begins.

I see the new year as a new chapter and a fresh start, an opportunity to look back and think about all that happened during the past year.

Following all of that, it is time for “Heshbon Hanefesh,” an accounting of the soul: An examination of who we are and what our words, actions and intentions have brought forth this past year.

Every year I write myself a time capsule, to reflect, learn and grow as a person. That way I appreciate the great moments and draw conclusions from my mistakes as well. This is all for the purpose of becoming a better person every passing year.

In the time capsule I write, I ask myself: • Where do I see myself at the end of next year?

• What are the goals I want to achieve?

• What is important for me to learn?

• What values do I want to impart?

• Is there anything I want to improve for next year?

Every year I hope to achieve all my goals but it’s not always possible. And that is okay as well. That’s why I love a new beginning and a new year. Opening a new page gives you motivation and excitement!

I invite you to do a “Heshbon Hanefesh” with me!

Wishing you a wonderful new year!

“Shanah Tova” ‫שנה טובה‬

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Girls’ Night Out Features a “Meal and a Spiel” Elana Horwich, founder of “Meal and a Spiel” and the guest speaker for the Women’s Night Out, didn’t exactly come by her culinary talents naturally — her parents’ favorite cooking technique was “defrost” and if she didn’t want to be found by her mother, she would go to the kitchen.

The annual Girls’ Night Out of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee will be Oct. 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Gordon Jewish Community Center’s Pargh Auditorium.

Founded by Horwich in her parents’ kitchen in 2010, Meal and a Spiel is a private cooking school in Los Angeles and private homes across the country, based on the philosophy that anyone can learn to cook. Classes are offered online and in person, with recipes, videos, healthy living guidance, and a cookbook, “Meal and a Spiel: How to Be a Badass in the Kitchen.”

A graduate of Brown University in Jewish and Italian Studies, Horwich is a former high school history teacher who “had an epiphany” that led to five years in Italy. There, she worked in bars and traveled, but especially enjoyed the cuisine, learning to cook from an Italian mamma in a Tuscan villa.

She has written and performed stand-up comedy in Los Angeles, and

has led experiential culinary vacations throughout the boot of Italy. In addition to numerous television appearances, she is a regular contributing writer for the Jewish Journal and her recipes have appeared in the Huffington Post, Tablet Magazine, The Daily Meal and in newspapers throughout the country. She is the consulting chef for the UCLA Women’s Cardiovascular Center.

Her ultimate dream is to live in a world where everyone shares love with one another through cooking.

In a recent profile by the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, where she is a Young Patron, she said “I use humor and wisdom to teach intuitive cooking. It’s like Amy Schumer meets the Dalai Lama meets Julia Child, and I write ‘spiel’ with each recipe that encourages, empowers and inspires others to create their own stories as they cook.”

Reservations are $50, and can be made at www.jewishnashville.org/ gno.

Valet parking will be available, dietary laws will be observed and there will be an opportunity to make commitments to the 2020 Annual Campaign.

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NCJW honoring Felicia Anchor Ashley Judd to speak at annual Ways and Means event on Oct. 20 The Nashville Section of the National Council of Jewish Women will honor Felicia Anchor with the Hannah G. Solomon Award at the 39th annual Ways and Means fundraiser, which will feature Ashley Judd as guest speaker.

The event will be on Oct. 20 at Hillwood Country Club, starting at noon.

The award is in recognition of Anchor’s service as a community advocate and volunteer for over 40 years. A past national vice president of NCJW, Anchor also was an officer of the National Association of Jewish Family and Children’s Services and member of the executive board of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs. She currently serves on the executive committee of the International Council of Jewish Women, and as North American chair.

Anchor was a founder of CASA in Tennessee, the court appointed special advocate program for children. She helped

write state legislation that resulted in the creation of the “Children’s First” license plate which funds programs for child abuse prevention.

She is a past chairwoman of the Nashville, Davidson County, Human Relations Commission, and helped develop and raise funds for the Nashville Holocaust Memorial, serving as chair of its oversight committee.

A child of Holocaust survivors, Anchor was on the Tennessee Holocaust Commission for 27 years, including 16 as commissioner.

Other local leadership positions include United Way, Crittenton Services, FEMA Board of Middle Tennessee, Leadership Nashville, National Conference for Community and Justice, Tennessee Women’s Economic Council Foundation, the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, and

The Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom.

Among her numerous national and local awards was being inducted into the Nashville Academy of Women of Achievement. She is a 2006 recipient of the National Conference of Community and Justice Human Relations Award and the 2007 recipient of the Bank of America Local Hero Award.

She is married to Dr. Kenneth Anchor, has two daughters, Jessica and Stephanie and is grandmother to Rebecca, Zachary and Eric.

The Section invited Judd to speak because “our work to support women and children directly aligns with Ms. Judd’s passions and efforts to support the most vulnerable populations around the world.

We are excited to have Ms. Judd speak to our attendees about the importance of advocating for disadvantaged groups to create a more just and equitable world for all.

Her experiences and voice will be a powerful call to action to our membership and the larger Nashville Jewish community.”

An actress and social justice humanitarian, Judd has been working internationally with NGOs, grass roots organizations, governments and supranational bodies since 2004. Currently, she serves as Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNFPA, is the Global Ambassador for Population Services International, and also for Polaris Project. She serves on the Advisory Boards of International Center for Research on Women, Apne Aap Worldwide, and Demand Abolition. She is Chairperson of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project: Curbing Abuse, Expanding Freedom. She has also served as a board member for Pop-

ulation Services International (PSI) and as Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, in 2010 Judd earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Her paper, “Gender Violence, Law and Social Justice” won the Dean’s Scholar Award at Harvard Law School.

Judd has traveled the world to do international public health work on all fronts — maternal health, child survival, human rights, family planning, STD and HIV prevention and malaria prevention and treatment. She has experienced firsthand the connection between poverty, illness and gender inequality and how that sets up the pain and degradation that is sex and labor slavery, about which she testified before the General Assembly of the United Nations. Judd says, “The more we hear their stories, the more motivated we are to heal them and the social systems that victimized them in the first place. I believe with all my soul that the art of compassionate witnessing is at the core of global change and peace building.”

In 2017, she was the recipient of the Muhammad Ali Kentucky Humanitarian Award, and her alma mater established the Ashley T. Judd Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in the Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women. She was also featured on the cover of Time Magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year issue honoring the “The Silence Breakers,” the thousands of people across the world who have come forward with their experiences of sexual harassment and assault.

Judd says, “I don’t do it because I’m an actor. I do it because I’m a human being.”

The Temple hosting Town Hall on voter suppression The Temple will have a Town Hall Meeting, “Voter Suppression, Security and Integrity,” Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Tom Castelli, Chief Legal Counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee.

Prior to joining ACLU, Castelli provided litigation counsel to individuals and businesses in a variety of areas of the law.

He began his career in Atlanta, working in the litigation practice group of a large

national firm representing Fortune 500 companies in employment, commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters.

A native of Murfreesboro, Castelli moved back home and started a small general practice firm, where he represented public and private employees in civil rights and discrimination cases. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from Rhodes College in Memphis and his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Tennessee College of Law.

Auschwitz Survivors invited to 75th anniversary of liberation The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation has issued an invitation for all able Auschwitz survivors to join the Survivors Delegation and attend the 75th anniversary of liberation.

The delegation will be in Poland from Jan. 26 to 29, and the Foundation will cover the cost of travel and participation for survivors and one companion, including business class airfare, health and travel insurance, accommodations in four-or fivestar hotels in Krakow, and more.

The anniversary ceremonies will be the central event of the 2020 International Holocaust Remembrance Day observance worldwide. Survivors, their families, heads of state and world leaders are expected to

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attend. There will be a simulcast at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York for those unable to go overseas.

Nashville’s Felicia Anchor has been invited to the April 2020 ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen Belsen, and plans to attend. Her mother was liberated from Bergen Belsen, and Anchor was born in the displaced persons camp there.

The Survivors Delegation is organized in cooperation with the UJA Federation of New York and JRoots.

For further information, contact Linor Andreoli, (212) 335-0544, or email delegation@preserveauschwitz.org.

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T s ’ l U r i G IGHT O N

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ELANA HORWICH

Philanthropist and Author of MEAL and a SPIEL Leadership Team: HILARY DISKIN TARA GOLDBERG RISA KLEIN HERZOG MOLLIE PERRY

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH| 5:30PM GORDON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, PARGH AUDITORIUM

801 Percy Warner Blvd. | Nashville, TN 37205 $50 PER PERSON

DIETARY LAWS WILL BE OBSERVED

Learn more, reserve your space and pre-purchase a signed book at www.jewishnashville.org/gno Or contact Barbara Schwarcz, Events Coordinator at 615-354-1630 or barbara@jewishnashville.org Valet parking will be available

You will have the opportunity to make your commitment to the 2020 Annual Campaign.

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“On a Wing and on a Prayer” Chabad of Nashville presents a new learning opportunity with its fall 2019 session, “On a Wing and on a Prayer.” This new course will examine the Jewish art of prayer and spiritual experience.

The course runs for five Tuesdays in November and December, at 7:30 p.m., starting on Nov. 6. Participants will study the history and philosophy of Jewish worship, seeking to discover the deep, elegant structure embedded within the Jewish prayer book, and within Judaism’s ancient synagogue traditions.

“Responsibilities pull us in so many directions that we seldom get a chance to reflect on our lives, our mission in this world, what’s true, and what really matters to us,” said Rabbi Yitzcok Tiechtel, the course instructor. “Even much of religion seems to have become routine and devoid of heartfelt feeling and spirituality. This course is out to debunk that notion and reclaim the ‘spirit’ within spiritual practice.”

“On a Wing and on a Prayer will outline profound Jewish prayer techniques that lend wings to our emotions and words to our yearnings, allowing us to communicate with something much larger than ourselves, and feel comfort and shelter within a reality that’s more wholesome and beautiful.”

“We tend to turn to prayer when we’re out of options, seeking some kind of magical intervention when we’re having trouble dealing with what life throws our way,” explained Tiechtel. “Prayer is meant to be so much more than that. It’s a way to relieve stress; find focus, clarity, and connection to a raw and vulnerable place deep within us; or even just to start each day from a positive, humble, and grateful frame of mind.”

“On a Wing and on a Prayer” explores questions such as: What is Jewish prayer? How do we achieve intimacy with G-d? What is the mystical meaning, power, and impact of our prayers? If prayer is a journey, what is its destination? And how do we practice focused mindfulness while engaging in our day-to-day responsibilities?

“On a Wing and on a Prayer” is designed to appeal to people at all levels of Jewish knowledge, including those without any prior experience or background in Jewish learning. All of Chabad of Nashville’s courses are open to the public, and attendees need not be affiliated with a particular synagogue, temple, or other house of worship.

Register by Oct. 25 for the early bird course fee of $59, which includes the student textbook, after that the course fee is $79. Community members are invited to sample the first lesson at no cost or register online for the entire course. Registration can be found at chabadnashville.com or call (615) 480-4731.

For more information about this course and other upcoming events at Chabad of Nashville, go to chabadnashville.com.

Art Gallery Features SNAP Photography The Gordon Jewish Community Center’s Janet Levine March Gallery will feature the work of SNAP Photography in October.

The Society of Nashville’s Artistic Photographers has become known for its excellence in fine art photography, creating images that make the viewer smile, think, question or wonder. Members’ work has been shown not only in local and regional exhibitions and collections, but also in national and international forums.

In 2004, a small group of Nashville photographers met to form an informal group that would concentrate on the creative aspect of photography. Today SNAP provides a forum for discussing the work of members and notable photographers. Building on the advantage of being small and informal, SNAP enables members to have active conversations with each other as well as outside experts — sharing wisdom, projects and insights.

In short, SNAP is dedicated to promoting fine art photography in Nashville.

The JLGM2 Gallery will feature the work of Ina Light. Light began painting after retiring from a 26-year career of teaching English and American History. She studied art and took workshops with many well-known artists from her home state of New Jersey, such as Eli Rosenthal and Mel Stabin. Her professional memberships include: Salute to Women in the Arts, Associate Member of NJWS, and Board Member of the Clearbrook Art Appreciation Club.

Light has had multiple exhibitions throughout New Jersey, including juried art shows at the North Jersey Art Center and the National Juried Show in Ridgewood. She has also had one-person exhibits at the Saddle River Cultural Center, the Monroe Township Public Library, and JCC on the Palisades, receiving several awards and honors along the way. She is very honored to be included with the wonderful artists from the Nashville JCC community.

She believes that although many people will view the same thing, no one sees it the same. An artist has an opportunity to paint what he or she feels and that’s what makes art exciting. “Viva la difference!”

The exhibition dates are Oct. 2 to 30. The reception for the artists is on Oct. 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Gordon JCC. There will be music by DJ Joseph, along with complimentary food and beverage. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact the Gordon JCC at (615) 354-1699, Curator Carrie Mills at carrie@nashvillejcc.org, or go to www.nashvillejcc.org.

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Our Nashville teens traveled to Memphis to take part in CSR’s Fall Convention

BBYO Kicks Off New Year

By SKYLAR HAAS

HARPETH HALL ADMISSION PREVIEW DAY Sunday, November 3 Registration 1:30 p.m. • Program 2:00 p.m.

BBYO kicks off the year with over 50 teens from throughout Nashville and Middle Tennessee.

On Sept. 7, Jewish High School teens were invited to BBYO’s Fall Kickoff at the Laurelbrooke Clubhouse for a night spent dancing, swimming and catching up with friends from the summer. We were joined by CSR’s Regional board, our advisor team, and our brand-new Community Shlicha, Noam. It truly was the perfect way to begin the year!

On Sept. 15, Laser Quest was the place to be if you were a Jewish teen in Middle School. We had a great turnout and the teens were excited to see their friends from other schools, different camps and outside of religious school. They came up with ridiculous nicknames and hit the dark neon arena where they battled it out for Laser Tag Champion.

Our Middle School engagement program here in Nashville is meant to bring a small taste of BBYO to our community and begin engaging teens right from their B’nai Mitzvah years.

In collaboration with Get Connected, JCC Maccabi Games and B’nai Tzedek, Nash BBYO hosted their first-ever Parent Happy Hour at Diskin Cider. Parents networked with each other, had the opportunity to meet some of our local BBYO advisors, and talked to some of the professionals who oversee the teen programming in Nashville.

This year, Nashville BBYO is raising the bar. On Oct. 6, we are heading to the Titans game to watch them take on the Buffalo Bills for BBYO’s Fall Fest. We are welcoming in our 8th graders and gathering our strongest leaders for a day of meeting new people and making fun memories. Our Alephs of Athens AZA are taking part in Nashville’s Kosher Hot Chicken Festival and our ladies of Music City BBG are celebrating 75 years of BBG throughout the year with several local programs.

Want to know more about what Nashville has to offer for Jewish teens in grades 6 to 12? Visit nashvillejcc.org/bbyo for more information and our 2019 Fall Term calendar or contact Skylar Haas at shaas@bbyo.org.

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Way, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, Grassmere Wildlife Center and Music for Seniors. He was even known for grabbing his toolbox and heading to the home of other seniors who needed household repairs through the Shepard Center’s handyman program.

A pioneer in Jewish education, Infeld has dedicated his long and distinguished career to helping Jews find meaning and joy in their Jewish identities. A native of South Africa, he made Aliyah to Israel and studied at Hebrew University.

Infeld is the president emeritus of Hillel — the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.

He also serves as a consultant on Tikkun Olam to the Reut Institute, and is a member of the faculty of the Mandel Institute.

In May 2012, Avraham was elected chairman of the board of the Hillels of Israel.

In 1970, Infeld founded Melitz, a non-profit educational service institution that fosters Jewish identity. He also served as chairman of Arevim; founding chairman of the San Francisco Federation’s Amuta in Israel; and chairman of the Board of Is-

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rael Experience, Ltd. Infeld was also director general of both Gesher Educational Affiliates and the Shalom Hartman Institute, and served a threeyear tour of duty in London as director of the Jewish Agency’s Youth Department for English-speaking Europe.

He was Birthright’s first International Director, and led the planning process which created one of the most successful and formative educational programs in the Jewish world. In 2005, he was awarded the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s prestigious Samuel Rothberg Prize for Jewish Education. He was awarded honorary doctorates by Muhlenberg College and from Hebrew Union College for his contribution to the field of education.

The evening is being co-chaired by Joyce Fox, Sharon Paz, Eileen Rosenblum and Herb Seloff, and is presented by Recovery Unplugged.

Reservations are $36, or $18 for NowGen members under age 40. Light bites will be served, and dietary laws will be observed. Valet parking will be available.

Suzanne Burns on ‘Rumors’, Directing Jewish Theater, and Her Dream Show

By MICHAEL GROSS

Hot off the success of this spring’s hit Odd Couple, the Gordon Jewish Community Center Theater Group will wrap up its 2019 season this November with “Rumors,” the Neil Simon comedy about a bourgeois dinner party gone topsy-turvy.

The play is directed by long-time theater maven, Nashville native and JCC member Suzanne Burns.

She made her adult acting and directorial debut with Nashville’s Circle Theater and went on to act with Pull Tight Players in Franklin and Theater Nashville. She was drama coach and drama director at Brentwood Academy for four years. Most recently, she took on the volunteer role of director of the Gordon JCC Theater Group in 2018.

We recently spoke to her to ask her about her new play, how she got involved with the Theater Group and what show she’d launch if money was no object.

It’s a crowd favorite that will help build our audience base. This cast is awesome.

Some will be familiar from “Odd Couple” and some are new. By doing two shows a year I hope we don’t tax anyone too much and they will continue to come perform with us. We hope the audience will continue to grow.

What would you tell someone who has never acted before but who thinks they might be interested?

Come on down. We are having a great time, and we will help you. You never know what you can do if you never try.

The Gordon JCC Theater Group presents Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” Nov. 9 and 10, and Nov. 23 and 24. Tickets are on sale at nashvillejcc.org or by calling (615) 356-7170.

Michael Gross: How did you get involved in theater? Why directing? Why now?

Suzanne Burns: I was on the stage at age 3 and my mother thought she had a child prodigy, but it just turned out to be a kid with a good memory. Later, my 4th grade teacher got me involved with Children’s Theatre and I did some plays in college. When I finished Graduate School I got involved with Circle Theatre as actor and director. Thanks to Jerry Klein I have directed several plays at the JCC, both the “new” Gordon JCC and the old JCC down on West End Avenue. The first was “A Majority of One” that starred Ruth Klar. I also directed “Herzl’s Dream” and “Dayenu.” I enjoyed working with the cast so much I became a member of the JCC and then set about trying to re-invigorate the drama group.

What was it like working with Ruth Klar in “A Majority of One?” Oh my, Ruth Klar!! At that time, she was probably one of the finest actresses to come through Nashville. She is so talented and working with her was so much fun.

She has such a feel for the theatre. She’ll be here to help with “Rumors,” I’m sure. She and Jerry Klein are driving forces behind what we are trying to accomplish now.

How do you find talent? How do you pick shows? Where is the Theater Group going?

I have directed musicals, comedies and a few dramas. Some of my favorites are “Three Penny Opera,” “Oliver,” “West Side Story,” “St. Joan” and “Odd Couple.” The JCC is chock full of talent and I have been lucky to cast our plays from the J’s membership and the broader Jewish community. I would love to build a repertory company focused on Jewish themes, stories, and playwrights. To start, we are selecting plays that are light-hearted and uplifting. I look for scripts that make folks happy. After all, I am a comedienne at heart and firmly believe laughter is the best medicine. If I had a dream ensemble and no financial constraints I would do “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” in a heartbeat.

Tell me about “Rumors?” Why did you pick it? Tell me about your cast.

I first saw “Rumors” on Broadway with an all-star cast and loved it. It was so funny! Did I mention I like funny? I want to finish out this year with a Neil Simon play.

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Break the Fast with Your Temple Family

The Temple Hosts Conversation Series

Mark your calendars now for Break the Fast with your Temple community on Oct. 9 immediately following Concluding Services. This has become a Temple tradition and is enjoyed by all who participate. Reservations are required. The cost is $15 for adults and $5 for children under 12.

Young Adult Break the Fast for ages 22 to 40 will also take place following Concluding Services. RSVP with Rabbi Shulman at rabbishulman@templenashville.org. Your check is your reservation (received by Oct. 4) and should be mailed to: 5015 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205

The Temple will be hosting a discussion based, small group education series for young adults in the Jewish community. This series is open to all members of the Jewish community, regardless of membership or affiliation.

Participants will delve deep into thought-provoking and complex issues, connect with others in the young adult Nashville Jewish community, be challenged to think in new ways and learn from others through respectful dialogue and engaging debates.

As space is limited, participants are asked to commit to attending at least three out of the four sessions. All sessions include dinner and wine. There is no charge for this program.

The first session, “Forgiveness: Is It Ever Really Possible,” was held on Sept. 18. The Oct. 23 session at 7 p.m. is “The Kippah: The Ultimate Jewish Symbol,” followed by “Do Jewish Denominations Still Matter?” on Nov. 20. The series ends on Dec. 11 with “A Jew at Christmastime: What’s a Jew to Do?” For more information or to sign up, contact Rabbi Michael Shulman at (513) 295-8453 or rabbishulman@templenashville.org.

It’s a Knitzvah Crafternoon!

The Temple’s W.E.L.L (Women Engaged in Living & Learning) is joining with the Crafternoon crew and invites all knitters, crocheters, and anyone who just wants to learn how to knit a simple scarf to provide for the homeless women who are a part of the Room in the Inn during the cold winter. We will be in the Sukkah at The Temple on Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. to the enjoy the company of women engaged in living and learning. Refreshments will be served! RSVP to Rabbi Mackler at rabbisgmackler@templenashville.org

The Temple W.E.L.L. Women’s Group presents “My Polish Honeymoon” The group will see “My Polish Honeymoon” on Oct. 28 at noon, at the Belcourt Theater. There are 20 free tickets available on a first come, first serve basis at The Temple! Pick them up today!

In the film, Anna and Adam, a young couple from Paris with Polish Jewish origins, leave for the first visit of their lives to Poland. They were invited to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the destruction of the birth village community of Adam’s grandfather. If Adam is not very excited about this trip, Anna is excited to discover the land that is also her grandmother’s. Here they are, looking for their origins in a journey full of surprises, during which they will not find exactly what they came for.

Ayeka: The Story of Responsibility A five-part series is beginning at The Temple on Oct. 29 at 6 p.m., with “What is the big story of the Bible?” Come learn old stories with new readings, and join an amazing journey to discover the hidden messages of our tradition and connect them to modern life.

Eitan Bar Or, Israeli educator from Torah Metzion, will lead this relevant discussion on the ethics of responsibility, and its thread throughout the Hebrew Bible and beyond. This series will meet for five sessions, one hour each, and will learn together through text and conversation. RSVP to Rabbi Mackler at rabbisgmackler@templenashville.org.

Golden Lunch Bunch Join the Golden Lunch Bunch for lunch, entertainment and fun at 11:30 a.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at The Temple. This month’s gatherings are Oct. 1 an 15. To reserve, call Anna Sir, 354-1686.

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Dying of Whiteness: Book Study and Community Conversation There will be a Book Club Discussion on Oct. 20 at 11:30 at Congregation Micah, and a Community Conversation on Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Nashville Public Library. The book was written by Vanderbilt physician Jonathan M. Metzel. The program is in conjunction with the Micah Book Club and the Vanderbilt Divinity School.

A Woman’s Circle A monthly opportunity to grow your soul, meet with other women and engage with sacred text. Rabbi Laurie challenges your intellect through study and conversation on Jewish and other relevant topics. All are welcome on Oxct. 18 at noon. Bring a friend. Lunch is provided. RSVP to Rabbi Laurie Rice at lrice@congregationmicah.org.

Coffee Talk Coffee talk is an opportunity for religious school moms and women to come together, get to know one another over coffee and snacks, and discuss different topics of urgency and meaning to parents in today’s world. This month’s topic: “Interfaith Parenting,” Oct. 20 from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m.

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Second Harvest Food Sorting Come help out at a crucial time for our Middle Tennessee Food Bank by sorting food with your congregational family. We collect tons of food for Yom Kippur and will need help sorting it out so it can get to the people who really need it! The sorting session will be Oct. 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. RSVP to Rabbi Shulman at rabbishulman@templenashville.org.

Hike & Havdalah at Percy Warner Meet at the top of the steps at the end of Belle Meade Boulevard at 2:45 p.m. on Oct. 26 for a hike until 4:30 p.m., then Havdalah will be at 4:30 p.m. For more information or questions, contact Anne Davenport at adavlaw@comcast.net.

Conversion Conversations Conversion Conversations, led by Rabbi Mackler and Patty Marks, will kick off the year with an opening lunch on Oct. 13 at 12:30 p.m. The course provides the opportunity for those seeking to learn more about Judaism, to grow as a group and continue on their individual journey toward becoming Jewish.

Classes are scheduled at The Temple on the following Sundays at 11 a.m.: Oct. 27, Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and 15, Jan. 12 and 26, Feb. 9 and 23, March 1 and 29, April 19, May 3 and 17. For more information or to join the class contact Rabbi Mackler at rabbisgmackler@ templenashville.org.

Next Dor Sukkot Bourbon Event Next Dor will have “A Southern Sukkot and Bourbon Tasting” Sukkah Celebration for Jewish Young Adults and Interfaith Couples, ages 22 to 40, on Oct. 17 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. RSVP to Rabbi Shulman at rabbishulman@templenashville.org or (615) 352-7620.

Simchat Torah Service/Sukkot Under the Stars Dance with the Torah scrolls for our Simchat Torah Shabbat service on Oct. 18 at 6 p.m., followed by our Sukkot celebration and dinner. We welcome the Akiva Day School, Federation Now-Gen members, and all who wish to celebrate the season. Shake the lulav and etrog with us under the stars as we light a bonfire after services and sit in the sukkah!

RSVP online via our Events page!

Bagels, Love and Torah Come have a B.L.T. with the rabbi… That’s Bagels, Learning and Torah! Torah Study starts at 9 a.m. on Saturdays. Join us for fresh bagels and coffee! Bring your friends for some nourishment of both mind and body — Jewish style!

Schmooze and Views Join us on Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. for a lively current events discussion with the rabbi; snacks and coffee provided.

Mah Jongg Meets Tuesdays from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. For beginners (lessons at 12:30) and established players. Questions? Contact Paula Kirwan at pgkwn@comcast.net .

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Order your own Lulav and Etrog by Oct. 4 During the Holiday of Sukkos, we observe the Mitzvah of the Lulav and Etrog. We are pleased to make this beautiful Mitzvah available to every family in our community.

Chabad of Nashville is offering a special opportunity of ordering your own Lulav and Etrog set from the Holy Land, Israel. These sets will be shipped to Nashville in time for Sukkot, and will be available to order for only $60 per standard set, and $70 for a deluxe set.

It is a beautiful custom for each family to have their own set for Sukkot, as this is a very special Mitzvah. Orders can be made online at www.chabadnashville.com All orders must be in by Oct. 4 at noon.

Community Sukkot Events Sukkot is known as the Festival of Joy, and also as the Holiday celebrating the fall harvest. On the holiday of Sukkot the Sages declared it a mitzvah to eat 14 meals in the sukkah, and in keeping with the holiday’s agricultural meaning, gratefulness is expressed to God after the harvest through the eating of autumn fruits and vegetables.

A wonderful way to connect to nature is to cook with what is in season locally. In Tennessee we are blessed with a bountiful fall harvest. Hearty homemade soups accompanied by an assortment of breads are a wonderful way for your family and guests to warm up during the chilly fall evenings in the sukkah.

Join friends and family as Chabad of Nashville will be welcoming the joyous holiday of Sukkot with a festive holiday dinner in “Sukkot Under the Stars,” Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m., at the Chabad of Nashville Sukkah Plaza. The dinner will include locally-grown produce harvested by local farmers, in the spirit of the Festival of Harvest.

On Oct. 17 at 5:30 p.m., all are invited for an evening of “Soups and Spaghetti in the Sukkah.” Guests will warm their body and soul, savor the spirit of Sukkot and enjoy a sampling of a variety of delicious soups and salads, as the Festival of joy will be celebrated with a warm and hearty Sukkot dinner. Several types of soups will be served at the Soups in the Sukkah event, including traditional chicken matzah ball soup, mushroom barley, and roasted tomato soup, and an organic meatballs and spaghetti supper will be served alongside freshly baked baguettes.

There is no cost to participate in these two sukkot events. RSVP appreciated at chabadnashville.com/sukkot.

Simchat Torah Dinner and Dancing Chabad will host a most upbeat and joyous family-friendly Simchat Torah celebration on Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. This event will include a festive holiday New Yorkstyle deli dinner, a Simcha bar for L’chaim’s of joy, dancing with Torah, and flags for the kids. This event culminates the ultimate joy of the High Holiday season, and all are invited to participate. Go to chabadnashville.com/simchattorah for more information

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West End Synagogue supports Nashville Jewish Film Festival Please join us as we host: “EXTRA INNINGS” Oct. 30 at 7 p.m.

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Special guest Albert Dabah, director/producer of the film, will be in attendance and speak.

Feature: USA | 2018, 80 min. | In English Set against the enchanting backdrop of 1960s Brooklyn, “Extra Innings” tells the story of a young man who is caught between pursuing his dream and staying devoted to his Syrian Jewish family that is afflicted with mental illness.

We have a few tickets available at WES for $10.

First come first served.

For additional questions contact Marcia Stewart, mstewart@westendsyn.org

Save the Date WES’s Annual Concert and Cultural Series: Featuring an acoustic set by The Shadowboxers Dec. 5, 2019

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WES seeks nominations for volunteer award West End Synagogue’s Social Action Committee is seeking nominations for its annual Michael Mehlman Volunteer of the Year award. The honor will go to a West End Synagogue member who gives her or his time in support of social justice and hands-on efforts to improve life outside the Jewish community. Past recipients have been honored for work with the Nashville Adult Literacy Council, Martha O’Bryan Center, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, the Nashville Striders and the Room in the Inn. The award will be presented during the WES Social Action Shabbat on Sat., Dec. 7. A monetary award will be given to a charity or organization chosen by the honoree.

Deadline for submission of nominations is Nov. 4.

The nominations must be written and must include the name, address and telephone number of the person being nominated and a detailed description of the volunteer’s service in the broader community. The person submitting the nomination must include his/her contact information.

For further information or to submit a nomination, contact Kitty Calhoon at kcalhoon103@aol.com.

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Now Being Served: Competitive Volleyball

By LARRY BROOK

On Aug. 28, a new era was ushered in as the new Jewish community girls’ volleyball team, comprised of students from Jewish Middle School and Akiva School, took to the court against Ensworth Middle School.

Sherith Israel Rabbi Saul Strosberg said the occasion was “huge and historic,” as it brings “more opportunities to JMS that brings out the best in our students and that also begins to introduce our school to the greater Nashville community.”

The team is the creation of Wylie Stemple, who started teaching math and social studies at Jewish Middle School this year.

Stemple came to Jewish Middle School from Harding Academy, where he taught 7th and 8th grade pre-algebra and Algebra I. Before Harding, he was at the Emery/ Weiner School in Houston.

“I’ve been doing athletics at all other

schools I’ve been at,” he said. When he found out there weren’t any teams at JMS and Akiva, he felt “we’re missing an opportunity for the Jewish kids to be part of team sports.”

While he was passionate about it, there were many who felt it would not work, but Stemple said “I was kind of stubborn that we were going to make it happen.”

With Strosberg lending support, it was decided that the program would start with volleyball, which requires just six players and not much in terms of dedicated equipment.

Initially, there were two players who were interested. “Now we have 12,” Stemple said.

Opening against Ensworth was “a tough game for us. They are a very experienced team” and known as a powerhouse in athletics.

“We held up pretty well” despite being

a new team with very little practice time, he said. “Just to put a team on the court was an accomplishment.”

As of press time, the team had yet to experience victory. Toward the end of September, they faced Harpeth Hall, taking them to the tiebreaker of the third set before losing, 16-14. Stemple said even though it was a loss, it was “huge” and the team is ahead of schedule. They will be los-

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ing only one player to graduation, boosting their prospects for next season.

What’s next for the athletic program?

“We’d love to field a basketball team, but we’re not quite ready for that,” he said.

They’re looking at the possibility of spring sports. “Our goal is to be very competitive in Nashville,” Stemple said. “We want to compete, and compete for city championships.”

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What do you value?

When you invest in your values, your actions shape the world.

At the Jewish Federation & Jewish Foundation of Nashville & Middle Tennessee, we are building a better world through Tikkun Olam.

Donor Advised Fund You can open a Donor Advised Fund with a donation to the Jewish Foundation of Nashville of $5,000 or more. You can recommend distributions to qualified charitable organizations for causes and programs you care about at a minimum amount of $100.

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ADVERTORIAL SECTION

Fall for Culture at the Gordon JCC Enjoy an autumn packed with Jewish cultural arts at the JCC! Sukkot starts Oct. 13 with “Under One Roof,” the JCC’s signature collaborative art experiment where more than 30 Nashville non-profits come together under the JCC’s decorative sukkah to display their own art exploring the theme Tikkun Olam, Repairing the World.

Between Oct. 16 and Nov. 7, the Nashville Jewish Film Festival is screening 15 Jewish films, including Opening Night’s “Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles” and cocktail supper at Cabana and The Belcourt Theater.

Nashville Jewish Book Series kicks off with Fall Author Talks and includes Jamie Bernstein on Nov. 21, celebrating what would be her father Leonard Bernstein’s 101st birthday, with family stories from her latest book, “Famous Father Girl” and Leonard Bernstein’s music performed by Alias, Chatterbird and Intersection, three of Nashville’s hottest music ensembles. The Book Series also includes Yousef Bashir, an unlikely Israeli-Palestinian peace-builder in conversation with David Plazas, award winning Tennessean journalist and Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA Today Network.

And not to be missed, the Kosher Nashville Hot Chicken Festival returns for its fifth year! And because it’s kosher, everyone in our community can enjoy samples of Nashville Hot Chicken. Don’t miss 10 teams vying to take home the coveted KNHCF Grand Champion Trophy.

For additional information, visit nashvillejcc.org/fallforculture or contact Michael Gross (615) 710-4791 or michael@nashvillejcc.org.

The Temple Gift Shop: One-Stop Shopping Enjoy one-stop shopping at The Temple Gift Shop, Nashville’s headquarters for Judaica. We have the perfect gift, whether for the holidays, a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, wedding, Bris, baby naming, birthday or anniversary, or a special gift for a Friday night Shabbat host.

You will find gift-giving made easy with our wonderful selection, and you might just find a small something for yourself.

And don’t forget, the holidays are just around the corner! New items are arriving daily for the High Holidays and Chanukah. We gift wrap and are happy to take special orders.

If we don’t have exactly what you want we will make every effort to find it for you. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday or by appointment.

Experience Nashville’s Best Dining, Entertainment… and of course, Real Estate!

There’s no shortage of dining and entertainment in Nashville, but here are the Pargh Team’s favorite picks for 2019.

City House. This Germantown gem was our first date spot and still has our favorite pizza in town. The exquisite menu and bright ambiance is the perfect combination of rustic Italian and contemporary Southern.

The Band Box. One of Nashville’s best hangouts is at The Sounds games. Owned by Ben and Max Goldberg of Strategic Hospitality, this outdoor bar offers a delicious menu of baseball food classics done the right way, drinks like their Whiskey and Coke Icee, and games such as shuffleboard, corn hole and ping pong.

Pinewood Social. Check out this show-stopper, also owned by Ben and Max Goldberg.

You’ll find great food, stylish decor, an actual bowling alley, a wading pool and some of the best cocktails in town.

Tennessee Brew Works. Founded on their love of creating high quality craft beer, they offer the best burgers, live music, and guided tours of their brewery that generously gives some of their proceeds to TN State Parks Conservancy.

Union Teller. Jewish community member Ethan Orley opened up this one-stop favorite coffee and lunch shop serving everything from breakfast favorites like vanilla challah french toast, matzah ball soup, quality sandwiches, house made bagels, breads, and more!

If you like to be right in the center of the action, or want to invest in a rental opportunity, look no further than Downtown Nashville or surrounding neighborhoods such as the Gulch and Germantown. Call, text or email us at Franklin.Pargh@compass.com or Lana.

Pargh@compass.com.

Making the most of the fall foliage We’ve all been waiting for it. The daily high has dropped below 90 degrees, and your backyard patio is finally going to get the dinner party it deserves. Underneath a beautiful canopy of fall foliage, nestled between azaleas and boxwoods, you and your guests will spend the evening enjoying the cool breeze and each other’s company.

Unfortunately, the winds of summer afternoon thunderstorms have taken a toll on your trees. Your backyard looks more like the set to a spooky movie rather than a potential cover of Better Homes and Gardens. You can’t possibly serve your neighbors that pumpkin-inspired cocktail amongst a sea of deadwood and heat-stressed plants.

At Druid Tree Service, this is our specialty. No, not the cocktails. Our business is preserving the health and beauty of your trees by applying natural fertilizers like beneficial fungi, bacteria and tree growth hormones to the trees and their soil, and clearing dangerous and unsightly deadwood from your gorgeous trees. Our services will make your

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backyard more vibrant and inviting than ever before. Your guests will admire the exquisite layering of a properly pruned Japanese Maple. Our dedicated and experienced team excels at hand pruning small topiary form trees, yews and boxwoods, as well as maintaining and illuminating the natural beauty of mature trees.

Don’t let your trees be the scariest Halloween decoration in your yard this fall. Give us a call at (615) 373-4342 or email us at office@druidtree.com. We look forward to talking with you about your trees.

RED Spirits & Wine: Staying The Course This September was our 8-year anniversary at RED Spirits & Wine. They say that “time flies when you are having fun” and it’s true because it has been a pleasure for us to serve the Bellevue and the Nashville Community throughout.

While there are many things that have changed, our mission at RED remains constant, which is to provide the finest selection of product choices in a modern atmosphere along with the best customer experience in the industry. As we begin our eighth year of service, we invite you to enjoy shopping with us in-store as well as exploring new conveniences with Special Event planning and delivery services to complement the best in wines, spirits, beer, mixers and cigars for any occasion. Thank you for choosing RED!

TPAC Central to Nashville Arts Over almost four decades, the nonprofit Tennessee Performing Arts Center has provided and supported the performing arts in Nashville and its surrounding areas.

Serving several hundred thousand audience members each year with the HCA Healthcare/TriStar Health Broadway at TPAC series, a variety of special engagements, and the productions of three resident artistic companies — Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, and Nashville Repertory Theatre — TPAC is at the heart of Nashville’s vibrant performing arts community.

Presenting everything from touring Broadway productions to a variety of iconic performers, comedians, dance companies, musicians, podcasts and lectures in four unique venues — including the renovated historic concert hall, War Memorial Auditorium — TPAC’s mission fosters an arts-centered approach to life and learning that enriches our community.

TPAC also administers one of the largest and most comprehensive arts education programs in the country that creates exceptional experiences for students of all ages, inspires training for teachers, and connects adults to the arts made and presented locally.

Since its founding in 1980, TPAC has welcomed more than 12 million audience members and served more than 1.8 million students, educators, and adults with performances, teacher resources, professional development opportunities, classroom residencies and enrichment programs.

We welcome you to visit us and become part in our ongoing story of growth, success and service. The show must go on! TPAC.org.

Sperry’s Restaurant: 45 years of impeccable food and service Sperry’s Restaurant is a timeless Nashville tradition and award-winning, family-owned dining destination with locations in the heart of Belle Meade and Cool Springs.

Since 1974 Sperry’s has impeccably served high-quality food in a comfortable, old English atmosphere. Using only the finest ingredients and products available — including aged, heavily-marbled beef, the freshest seafood available, premium cheeses, oils and spices — Sperry’s food is as fresh as it gets. Known for its undisputed attention to culinary detail, Southern hospitality and inviting ambience, Sperry’s can accommodate an intimate dinner for two or help you entertain a party of 75.

In addition to being one of the best steakhouses in the Southeast, Sperry’s boasts an extensive wine list, with more than 188 selections as well as a weekly happy hour that features unbeatable deals on martinis, wines, spirits and small-plate food options, fondly called Burton’s Bites, after owner Al Thomas’ grandfather, Burton Sperry.

Must-try menu items at Sperry’s include delicious beef entrees, its famous salad bar complete with home-made green goddess dressing and the bananas foster dessert. Sperry’s Restaurants are located at 5109 Harding Pike just past the Belle Meade Plantation, and in Cool Springs at 650 Frazier Drive next to Thomasville Furniture. Be sure to visit the newly opened Sperry’s Mercantile Meat and Seafood Market for fresh steaks, seafood, sides, dressings and more. Sperry’s Mercantile is open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and is located directly behind the Belle Meade location.

Go to www.sperrys.com for more information and to make reservations!

Melting Pot a Fun, Refined Dining Experience The Melting Pot Fondue Restaurant is Nashville’s most unique and interactive restaurant. The fondue style of dining offers a fun, refined casual experience. Guests can enjoy a full four-course evening or pop in for cheese and chocolate fondues. Winner of the Scene’s Best of Nashville Most Romantic Restaurant for more than 20 years.

Before Nashville was “Nashville,” somebody had to see the potential of what is now the hottest destination in the country. Long before there was a football stadium, Country Music Hall of Fame or a Bridgestone Arena, Mark and Carla Rosenthal saw the potential in the redevelopment of Historic Second Avenue and downtown. In 1994, they envisioned

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bringing the unique fondue style of dining to one of the mostly abandoned limestone cellars on 2nd Avenue. The Rosenthals had fallen in love with the Melting Pot as their favorite place to dine and as a business concept. Along with that passion they brought their expertise and backgrounds in restaurants, wine, marketing and years of personal savings to take a chance and realize their Nashville fondue dream.

Twenty-five years later, The Melting Pot is still where fun is cooked up fondue style. The Melting Pot became and remains the local favorite for romance and celebrations.

The fondue menu offers a variety of four-course and à la carte menu options. Cheese fondues are prepared tableside with custom artisan Emmi Roth cheeses. Crusty breads, soft pretzels, fruits, vegetables and Italian charcuterie accompany for your dipping and dunking pleasure. Unique fresh salads are served while your entrée fondue pot heats up or you can try tabletop grilling. Guests simmer bite-size morsels of steak, chicken and more directly from flavored pots. All entrees are accompanied with a playground of sauces and cornucopia of vegetables.

Chocolate fondue is the finale, served with a decadent array of dippers. Craft cocktails, thoughtfully selected wines and brews round out the experience. The whole leisurely experience inspires intimate rich conversation that somehow brings you closer to family and friends. The Rosenthals call it the “Fondue Effect” and invite you to Second Avenue for some fondue fun.

Rodizio Grill an Authentic Brazilian Steakhouse Rodizio Grill is an authentic Brazilian Steakhouse, offering unlimited appetizers, a large gourmet salad, side and hot dish area and endless carving parade of rotisserie grilled steaks, lamb, chicken and fish carved tableside. The atmosphere is a lively, refined yet unpretentious setting on Historic Second Avenue.

In 2009, Mark and Carla Rosenthal foresaw a second renaissance of Nashville and decided to invest in Nashville again, this time with another unique style of dining that they discovered in their travels. Both were mesmerized by the flavors and abundance of the Brazilian Steakhouses (churrascaria) they had been to. Like the Melting Pot, Rodizio Grill is “fun, unpretentious fine dining.” The Rosenthals wanted to bring an authentic version of the Brazilian Steakhouse concept to Nashville and became friends with Rodizio Grill owner and founder Ivan Utrera. Ivan’s warmth, alegria and delicious recipes from his home in Southern Brazil closed the deal for the Rosenthals in their quest for a Brazilian partner.

The restaurant embraces the natural beauty of the soaring brick walls and view overlooking Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans. Rodizio offers an authentic Brazilian dining experience with the added dash of Southern hometown hospitality. The experience includes endless appetizers, a 50-item gourmet salad area and parade of rotisserie grilled cuts, carved tableside by Gauchos (meat carvers). You don’t want to miss the hand-muddled Caipirinha, Brazil’s national cocktail, though there are plenty of other treats from the bar including a South American and Napa focused wine list, Brazilian and local brews and plenty of crafty potions.

The concept has proved to be a popular addition for locals, tourists and corporate event planners and the occasional Bar Mitzvah. The venue can easily accommodate parties of 150 or more with private rooms and bars available.

Porta Via: Certified Authentic Italian Cuisine Since 1989, Porta Via Ristorante has been serving West Nashville’s finest authentic Italian cuisine, Tennessee’s only VPN-certified pizza, delicious house-made gelato and the area’s best selection of fine wines, cocktails and liqueurs.

With passionate attention to detail, Chef Giovanni’s culinary team uses only the highest quality, freshest ingredients to prepare recipes that have been handed down from generation to generation. What’s more, Porta Via is the only restaurant in Tennessee to be certified by Naples, Italy’s Associazone Verace Pizza Napoletana (Certificato No. 350) for preserving the art and tradition of authentic, Neapolitan pizza making.

Inside Porta Via, guests are instantly drawn to the quaint yet sophisticated Italian surrounds, featuring Florentine plaster walls; a beautiful, cherry pergola; a full-service bar; and a classic, tiled fountain that accepts coins in exchange for wishes. Comfortable booths and standard table seating are available to accommodate a daily crowd of regulars, firsttime visitors, and enthusiastic tourists that placed this local favorite on their Nashville to-do list.

Porta Via offers lunch daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and dinner from 3 p.m. to close.

On Sundays, our brunch features both American classic and Italian inspired entrees, complemented by Prosecco mimosas and live piano music. Porta Via also offers comprehensive catering services for area businesses and other special events. To order online, visit www. eatatportavia.com.

From owner and Belle Meade native Martin Silverman and the entire team at Porta Via, we look forward to serving you. Buon Appetito!

Add Custom Art to Your Entertaining Many people love to entertain in their homes. Dinner parties, pool parties, engagement parties, weddings, etc. Most people think to hire a musician, a chef, a DJ, a clown.

Why not hire an artist who can live paint? Wouldn’t it make for a wonderful event for everyone to come home with a stylish painting or drawing of themselves?

Next time you are planning an evening of entertainment in your home, call Carrie Mills. She will elevate the evening artistically and creatively! www.carriemills.com

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Having Sukkot “Under One Roof” Show at Gordon JCC explores values with 30 local non-profits Now in its third year, Under One Roof brings Nashville’s Jewish and non-profit communities together in the Gordon JCC’s sukkah to exhibit artworks prepared by each organization. This year features works exploring the theme ‘Tikkun Olam,’ Hebrew for “repairing the world” which has come to connote social action and the pursuit of social justice in modern times. It is telling that so many of this year’s diverse range of participants are heavily involved in social action in Nashville.

More than 30 local non-profits engaged their boards, staff, members and participants to create collaborative artworks focused on Tikkun Olam. For Devora Fish, the director of education for the Tennessee Holocaust Commission, Under One Roof is a novel way to share the organization’s message.

“This is a creative and powerful way for us to bring awareness and education resources to schools and organizations. Our panel explores loss, desire and struggle, and the continuing efforts to ensure ‘Never Again’.”

For Harriet Schiftan, executive director of Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, “participating in Under One Roof is a perfect fit for us since our work, providing free cancer for support for everyone, aligns perfectly with the theme Tikkun Olam. Our members reflect the entire community and we strive to build a community of support. Under One Roof is and extension of who we are.”

Other participating organizations include the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, OZ Arts, Fort Houston, Girls Write Nashville, Room in the Inn, Nashville Food Project, Centennial Park Conservancy, Vanderbilt Hillel and the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The temporary exhibit will be housed in the JCC’s decorative community sukkah in the Pargh Auditorium. The sukkah provides the space to bring our community together under one roof. It reminds us of the fragility and temporary nature of life and helps us focus on the truly important. The exhibit also will feature regular events, including music, readings, and lectures from several non-profit partners.

Previous Under One Roof themes include “Welcoming the Stranger” and “Reflection, Remembrance and Resilience.” Why Tikkun Olam?’ “Humanity’s responsibility to change, improve and fix its earthly surroundings is great,” Leslie Sax, executive director of the Gordon JCC, reminds everyone. “Each of us has a hand in working towards the betterment of our own existence and the lives of future generations. Tikkun Olam forces us to take ownership of our world.”

Under One Roof runs from Oct. 13 to 31 and is free and open to the public during the JCC’s opening hours. A free, public art reception will be held Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. to honor and celebrate the support and work of all the partner organizations. The reception will include speakers, art, music and light refreshments. For more information, go to nashvillejcc.org/underoneroof.

Bringing the story of Ethel Rosenberg to the screen

By EDWARD MORRISS

The route that led me the writing of “The Passion of Ethel Rosenberg” was long and circuitous. I was a senior in high school the summer Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed. Since my family had neither a television set nor newspaper subscription then, I knew relatively little about the case — only what I heard on radio or overheard in adult conversations.

To the degree the Rosenbergs stuck in my young mind at all was because of my aversion to capital punishment. I could not understand why supposedly moral people would deliberately kill someone over whom they had gained complete physical control. I was also haunted by thoughts of what must go through a condemned prisoner’s mind as it contemplates its own impending obliteration.

In college, I became better acquainted with the Rosenberg situation, and my fascination grew — particularly with Ethel. In 1959, the record album accompanying Hal Holbrook’s “Mark Twain Tonight!” was released to great acclaim. It vividly demonstrated the drama inherent in resurrecting, through skilled actors, the personalities and concerns of real historical figures. That point was underscored again in 1976 when William Luce brought Emily Dickinson to life via “The Belle of Amherst,” with Julie Harris in the title role.

Then, a few years ago, a neighbor active in community theater lamented to me the dearth of starring roles for older women. Instantly, I thought of Ethel Rosenberg and began to take notes on a play. I completed writing “The Passion of Ethel Rosenberg” in 2016.

BE A MOVIE MOGUL In Search of Executive Producer

We are bringing “The Passion of Ethel Rosenberg” from Stage to Screen Written by Edward Morris and based on Ethel Rosenberg’s prison letters, this play has already been performed to enthusiastic audiences in Nashville and Santa Fe. Two acts were given a public reading at the Untold Stories of Jewish Women Festival at the Museum of Jewish History in New York.

If interested, contact Erin Morris Huttlinger at 615-419-9988 or erin@morrispr.biz

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ACCOUNTANTS

Cathy Werthan, CPA, PFS CPA Consulting Group, PLLC Providing traditional tax and accounting services in a non-traditional way 109 Kenner Ave., Suite 100 (615) 322-1225 • www.cpacg.com

APPLIANCES

ELECTRONIC EXPRESS is a leader in top quality, brand-name electronics and appliances at exceptionally low prices.

Stocking the latest items, Electronic Express takes pride in providing customers with products at prices to fit any budget.

From televisions, appliances, smart devices and cameras to security systems, furniture and mattresses, Electronic Express has everything to take your home to the next level. Electronic Express offers special financing, delivery and installation options. We make it happen! Visit us at any of our 18 locations or online at www. electronicexpress.com

Lighting • Appliances • Hardware Kitchen • Plumbing • Accessories Smart Home Products Low Price Guarantee 615•843•3300 www.gohermitage.com

ATTORNEY MARTIN SIR, ATTORNEY Family Law / Personal Injury / Probate Fifth Third Center 424 Church Street, Ste. 2250 Nashville, Tennessee 37219 (615) 256-5661 www.martinsirlaw.com SARAH STEIN, ATTORNEY Personal Injury

Mitch Grissim & Associates 325 Union Street Nashville, TN 37201 615-255-9999 sarah@tnlaw.com

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OPTOMETRIST DR. JEFFREY SONSINO DR. MICHELE SONSINO Optique Eyecare & Eyewear 2817 West End Ave., Nashville 615-321-4EYE (4393)

Custom senior care for active, healthy lifestyles. Affordable/no minimums.

Meals, meds, transportation & outings.

Memory loss and Hospital recovery.

Professional & screened care partners.

Locally owned. Call Moises for Free assessment: 615-678-9223 www.curaforcare.com

CATERING MAGGIANO’S LITTLE ITALY We Bring People Together to Celebrate the Love of Family and Friends 3106 West End Ave (615) 514-0280

ORTHODONTIST

GLUCK ORTHODONTICS Specialists in Orthodontics Dr. Joel Gluck DDS, MS Dr. Jonathan Gluck DDS, MSD 2002 Richard Jones Road A-200 615.269.5903 drgluck.com

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

DENTIST STEVEN R. HECKLIN DMD SHAWN H. SCHLESSEL DDS Cosmetic and Family Dentistry www.drhecklin.com 5606 Brookwood Place 615-356-7500

EDUCATION SERVICES

Francine Schwartz M.A. LPC NCC Independent Educational Consultant Helping students and families find, apply to and pay for the right fit college 860-460-8829 fschwartz@pathfindercounselingllc.com www.pathfindercounselingllc.com

INSURANCE JAMES A. ROTHBERG ADAM ROTHBERG James A. Rothberg & Associates Office: 615-997-1833 Fax: 615-665-1300 1 Burton Hills Blvd. Suite 220 Email: jrothberg@jarinsurance.com info@jarinsurance.com ROBINS INSURANCE Bruce Robins, CPCU, CIC, ARM; Marsha Jaffa, CIC; Van Robins, CIC Auto, Home, Life, Health, Business Insurance 30 Burton Hills, Suite 300 Ph. 615-665-9200 • www.robinsins.com ZANDER INSURANCE GROUP, INC. Jeffrey J. Zander, CIC Michael Weinberger Auto, Home, Life, Health, Business, Long Term Care, Identity Theft Protection 6213 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, TN 37209 615-356-1700 www.zanderins.com

OPHTHALMOLOGIST HOWARD ROSENBLUM, M.D. Eye Physician & Surgeon Nashville Eye Center St. Thomas Hospital • Ph. 615-386-9200

DR. TODD A. RUBIN, M.D. Specializing in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics 615-342-6300

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GHERTNER & COMPANY Homeowner Association and Condominium Management Full Service and Financial Management Property Management since 1968 615-255-8531 www.ghertner.com

PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING IRA HELDERMAN, PhD, LPC Psychotherapy for Individuals, Adolescents, Couples and Families nashvillepsychotherapyandcounseling.com Please contact: 615-473-4815 or ira.p.helderman@vanderbilt.edu

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www.zeitlin.com Residential & Relocation Specialists JESSICA AVERBUCH, CEO 615-383-0183 (bus.)

615-294-9880 (cell) jessica.averbuch@zeitlin.com www.jessicaaverbuch.com LORNA M. GRAFF Broker, GRI, CRS, ABR 615-794-0833 (bus.)

615-351-5343 (cell) lorna.graff@zeitlin.com www.lornagraff.com NAN SPELLER Broker, GRI, ABR 615-383-0183 (bus.)

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SPORTING GOODS TEAM NASHVILLE Your Running/Walking Swimming Headquarters 3205 West End Ave. Nashville, TN 37203 615-383-0098

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Office: 615.463.3333

TRAVEL SERVICES

Joyce E. Friedman, REALTOR®, ABR Helping You Move-On with Your Life • Multi-Million Dollar Sales Producer • Among Top 100 of 650 Crye-Leike Agents in Middle TN in 2018 • Luxury/Estate Residential Market Professional • Complimentary Real Estate Consultation C: (615) 714-1666 • O: (615) 373-2044 joyce@joycefriedmanproperties.com www.joycefriedmanproperties.com

Expredia Cruise Ship Centers A Full Service Travel Agency Alan Cooper: Office: 629-202-8945 www.cruiseshipcenters.com/AlanCooper 7081 B Hwy 70 S / Kroger Shopping Ctr.

Franklin Pargh 615-351-7333 Franklin.pargh@compass.com Lana Pargh 615-504-2685 Lana.pargh@compass.com www.pargh.com

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Serving Nashville since 1978.

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B’nai Mitzvah Easton Edward Ice Easton Edward Ice will become Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Micah on Oct. 12 at 10:30 a.m.

Easton is the son of Robin Hasamear Haynes and Richard Ice. He is the brother of Taylor Rae Easton Edward Ice Haynes and Samantha Mae Haynes.

Easton is a 7th grader at Montgomery Bell Academy. Baseball is his passion. He has played for McCabe Park Little League for 8 years.

Easton has chosen to collect and donate new and used baseball equipment and apparel through Roberto’s Kids. This organization collects and donates to kids in Latin American countries.

Lexi Straus Lexi Straus will become Bat Mitzvah at The Temple on Oct. 26 at 9:45 a.m.

Lexi was born on October 9, 2006 in Nashville. Her parents are Patti and Andy Straus. Lexi’s grandparents are Lexi Strauss Elise and Jim Straus of Nashville, and Joan and Bob Garfield of Cleveland, Ohio.

For her mitzvah project, Lexi is raising awarness and money for leukemia by making and selling scented bath salts. Her inspiration came from her aunt Ellen who has been fighting the disease for two years.

Lexi is in the 7th grade at University School Nashville and she loves theatre, baking, school sports, water and snow skiing, spending time with family and friends, going to Camp Judaea, and playing with her dog, Blaze.

Riley Taylor Riley Taylor will become Bat Mitzvah at Congregation Micah on Oct. 26 at 10:30 a.m.

Riley is the daughter of Stephanie and Ronald Taylor. She is the sister of Holden and Dalton Taylor and Riley Taylor granddaughter of Judy and Study Feder and Linda Finkelstein.

Riley is a 9th grader at Franklin High School. She excels in school, has a love for animals, and plays lacrosse. For her Mitzvah project, Riley is volunteering at the Humane Society.

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Jude Malcolm Eskind Jude Malcolm Eskind will become a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Micah on Nov. 2 at 10:30 a.m.

Jude is the son of Jamie and Billy Eskind, and the youngest of seven to his loving siblings Jude Malcolm Eskind Mitchell, Mackenzie and Jackson Mayberry and Madeline, Alec and Isaac Eskind. He is the grandson of Jane (z”l) and Richard Eskind and Sharon and Charles Rampenthal, all of Nashville.

Jude is a 7th grader at University School of Nashville and enjoys time with family and friends, as well as playing basketball, soccer and the piano and cheering for the Titans and Predators. He especially loves his time and friends at Camp Timberlane in Wisconsin, where he spends part of the summer.

Jude chose the Second Harvest Food Bank as his Mitzvah project and enjoys going there to work, especially in the freezer sorting perishables for the needy.

Obituaries Shirley Benjamin Shirley Benjamin, 74, passed away peacefully at home in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., on Aug. 31. Shirley, who adored her family, is survived by her loving husband of 42 years, Howard Benjamin; daughters Alexis Mason (Scott) of Portland, Ore., and Lindsey Barnes (Matthew) of Nashville; and step-daughters Jennifer Lankes and Barbara Tadokoro. She was a loving grandmother to Brooke and Conor Mason and Owen Barnes.

Shirley is survived also by her sister Judith Wolf Mandell (Allan); and by her niece, Abbie Wolf (Ari Dubin) and nephew, Seth Wolf (Adina). She was a great aunt to Emmie and Davi Wolf-Dubin and Anna and Orly Wolf.

Shirley grew up in Plainfield, N.J. After receiving her BA degree from American University in Washington, she taught elementary school in the Boston area. When she moved to the Los Angeles area, she worked in department store retail and in Human Resources at Litton Industries.

Later on, Shirley worked as a substitute teacher in the LAUSD, then relocated to Mt. Juliet with Howard for retirement.

Despite ongoing health obstacles, Shirley persisted courageously. She savored being present for four major milestones in her family’s life: Lindsey’s wedding; Howard’s 90th birthday; the birth of Owen, her third grandchild; and Alexis’ graduation from graduate school.

Shirley was an incredibly special person. Kindness and thoughtfulness were traits that were inherent for her. She will be missed deeply.

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A funeral service was held on Sept. 6 at Congregation Micah in Nashville. Burial was in Portland, Ore. In lieu of flowers, please consider donation to Metavivor, an organization dedicated to metastatic breast cancer research, support, and awareness. https://www. metavivor.org/ Irene Schindler, 96, of Costa Mesa, Calif., died on Sept. 3. She was the mother of Pam (Larry) Weissman. The funeral was held in Costa Mesa.

Selig and Mina Levin and sister of the late David Levin and Rosalie Lakretz. She was a graduate of Sophie B. Wright high School (1938) and a lifelong member of Congregation Beth Israel.

Graveside services were held on Sept.

10 in New Beth Israel Cemetery, with Rabbi Josh Pernick officiating. Memorials to Congregation Beth Israel, 4004 W. Esplanade Ave, Metairie, LA 70002 or Jewish Children’s Regional Services, 3500 N. Causeway Blvd. Metairie, AL 70002. Condolences may be expressed online at www. lakrelawnmetairie.com.

Sandra Lynne Wayne

Robert Mamlin

Sandra Lynne Wayne, 68, died recently. She was the mother of Adam (Katie Shmerling) Wayne. A Celebration of Life was held on Sept. 12 at The Glenerin Inn in Mississauga, Ontario. Memorials can be made to the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation.

Robert Mamlin, 93, passed away on Sept. 23. He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Miriam Mamlin; daughters, Jean Mamlin Farber (Irving), Bonnie Mamlin Kupper (Richard); grandchildren, Brian Farber, Lauren Kelley (Sean), Lindsey Kupper; great-grandchildren Andrew and Patrick Kelley, sister, Frances Goldberg.

Mr. Mamlin served under General George Patton during World War II and helped to liberate Dauchau Concertation Camp.

Funeral service was at The Temple on Sept. 26 with interment at Temple Cemetery.

Irene Schindler

Doris Anna Levin Davis Doris Anna Levin Davis, 97, passed away on Sept. 8. Born in New Orleans, she was a resident of Woldenberg Village in New Orleans. Beloved and devoted wife for 67 years of the late Edward Isaac Davis, who she married on April 5, 1945. Mother of Dr. Bruce Allan Davis (Barbara) of Nashville, and Larry Davis (Gal Trettin) of New Orleans. She is also survived by a granddaughter, Susan Davis Price (Kevin) of Pinehurst, N.C. and grandsons, Michael Davis (Mali) of Minneapolis, Minn., Steven Davis (Samantha) of Los Angeles, Calif. and Marcus Davis (Lexi DeWitt) of New Orleans. She is the great-grandmother of Hailey and David Price (parents Susan and Kevin Price) and Lazlo and Poppy Davis (parents Steven and Samantha Davis); special family member Mila McGraw of New Orleans and many devoted nieces and nephews.

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Phran Rachel Galante Phran Galante, 64, of Nashville, passed away peacefully on Sept. 23 after a hardfought battle with lung cancer over the last several years.

Born June 5, 1955 in New York City, Phran’s early years were filled with her love of animals — especially horses — theater, swimming, dance and tennis. The child of an Army physician, she moved around the country and even to Japan with her parents and siblings.

A dream of working on Broadway took Phrannie back to New York in 1981. Struggling but happy… full of life and energy…

she landed a temp job at Chrysalis Records.

In 1983, at the suggestion of her boss, she pursued and interviewed for a job at RCA Nashville… an event that would introduce her to a man neither knew would become the love of her life, Joe Galante. The two would marry in 1990.

In 1989, she left RCA to become part of the original team that built and launched Arista Records’ Nashville operation under Tim DuBois. Following her marriage to Joe and a move back to New York City, Phran took a job at BMG Kidz. Phran was a natural at marketing; throughout her record label career, she designed, orchestrated and executed music marketing plans for a variety of artists and projects. She also produced music videos for such artists as Alabama, K.T. Oslin, Ronnie Milsap and Alan Jackson.

Returning to Nashville in the early ‘90s with her husband, Phran turned her time and efforts toward the community she loved and called home. She volunteered to rescue animals, was on the board of directors for TPAC, and worked at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital.

Phran could not tolerate animal cruelty in any form and did all she could to prevent it. She was a founding member of United Partnerships in Animal Welfare, a community-based group sanctioned by the city of Nashville, working to reduce the very high rate of euthanasia in Music City’s animal shelters. In 2018, she was honored with the Pet Community Center’s Jourdan Parenteau Excellence in Service Award for her 20+ years of leadership in animal welfare.

Accepting the award, she noted, “Animals can’t speak for themselves, so we must do it for them.”

Her life was as much about helping her two-legged friends as her four-legged ones.

She was passionate about the work being done by the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, using her record industry contacts to bring music into the facility to brighten

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children’s days. She raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through her work on the annual Music City Tennis Invitational, helping the event become a cornerstone of the hospital’s funding efforts. In 2017, while serving as honorary co-chair, she was recognized by the event with the MCTI Outstanding Service Award and the MCTI Sportsmanship Award (receiving the latter for a second time) for her many years of service as co-chair, silent auction chair and tournament player.

Almost immediately upon receiving her own diagnosis, Phran began helping friends and even strangers who were beginning their own journey with cancer, lending an ear, offering support and spending time with them. She went on-camera, sharing her voice and personal experience with the public on behalf of the T.J. Martell Foundation and its work to fund cancer research. “As each day goes by, we get closer and closer to a cure,” she said with conviction, giving hope to others through her own determination and fight to keep the disease at bay.

Phran carried on and kept alive a long list of family traditions — she loved anything caramel, ice cream and New York City pretzels. She was a huge fan of deepdish pizza and Fireball whiskey. She was an incredible cook and hostess, welcoming so many to her home and table… making each feel like family. Her beautiful face, amazing smile, hearty laugh, big personality and ever-changing hair color and style will be missed by all. Phrannie brought joy to everyone she met.

She is survived by her husband Joe, sister Debbie Linn, brothers Pete and Myke Schwartz, parents Marvin and Claire Schwartz, and her beloved fur babies Lexie and Fergie.

Phran’s family thanks Doctors Bal, Karlekar, Lovly and Meluch along with the nurses at Tennessee Oncology… Sarah Cannon… and the staff at Alive Hospice

for the care they provided to Phran.

Shiva was held on Sept. 26 at the Linn home. A celebration of Phran’s life will be held on Oct. 23 at Congregation Micah at 11 a.m., with lunch to follow. The family asks that anyone wishing to honor her memory consider a donation to the T.J. Martell Foundation’s Phran Galante Memorial Fund for Lung Cancer Research, Congregation Micah or the Pet Community Center, noting it’s in memory of Phran.

Fannie Delugach Notowitz Fannie Delugach Notowitz, 88, died peacefully at home on Sept. 24. She was born in Memphis on Feb. 12, 1931.

Fannie went to Snowden School, Central High School, graduated from Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro, Va., and attended the University of Alabama. She was a member of Temple Israel, Hadassah, Salon Circle, and Women of Reform Judaism.

Fannie knew no strangers and was the

life of every party. She had no filter and one never knew what she might say in any situation. Fannie and Max loved to travel as well as spending time and fishing at their cabin on Horseshoe Lake.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Max; her parents, Manny and Corinne Delugach; brothers and sister, Don and Jay and Ann Delugach; and her daughter, Lee Gryll. She is survived by her children, Ida Eleazer (Terry), Josh-

ua Notowitz, Daniel Notowitz; son-in-law, Michael Gryll of Nashville; grandchildren, Andrew Gryll (Shira), Terry Eleazer; and five great-grandchildren, Chava, Yisroel, Yocheved, Temima, and Simcha Gryll. She also leaves her nieces and nephew with whom she was close.

Funeral services and burial were held on Sept. 27 at the Levy-Cooper Chapel in Temple Israel Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Temple Israel or a charity of choice.

5780 Holiday Services and Events Schedule Chabad of Nashville

95 Bellevue Road, (615) 646-5750 www.chabadnashville.com No membership or ticket required • Hebrew and English prayer books • Warm and friendly atmosphere • Insights and stories by the Rabbi • No background or affiliation necessary • World renowned cantor • Special children’s program • Family friendly environment Saturday, Oct. 6 – Shabbat Shuva 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 7:03 p.m. Shabbat ends Tuesday, Oct. 8 – Yom Kippur Eve 6 p.m. Kol Nidrei and Light Yom Kippur candles Wednesday, Oct. 9 – Yom Kippur Day 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 10:45-11:30 a.m. Children’s Service 11:45 a.m.Yizkor Memorial Service 12:15 p.m. Mussaf 4:45 p.m. Mincha Service 5:45 p.m. Ne’ilah Closing Service 6:58 p.m. Havdalah Service and “Kamen Break the Fast” Sunday, Oct. 13 – Sukkot Eve 5:57 p.m. Light Candles 6:30 p.m. Erev Sukkot Service 7 p.m. Sukkot Under the Stars Community Dinner Monday, Oct. 14 – First Day Sukkot 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 10:30 a.m. Lulav Shake 11:45 a.m. Priestly Blessings 6:52 p.m. Light Candles After Tuesday, Oct. 15 – Second Day Sukkot 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 10:30 a.m. Lulav Shake 11:45 a.m. Priestly Blessings 6:50 p.m. Holiday Ends Thursday, Oct. 17 5:30 p.m. Soups and Spaghetti in the Sukkah — a Communal Sukkot Celebration Saturday, Oct. 19 – Shabbat Sukkot 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 10:30 a.m. Torah Reading 12 p.m. Lunch in the Sukkah 6:45 p.m. Shabbat ends Sunday, Oct. 20 – Erev Shmini Atzeret 5:48 p.m. Light Candles 6:30 p.m. Chassidic Hakafot Monday, Oct. 21 – Shemini Atzeret 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 11:15 a.m.Yizkor 11:45 a.m. Priestly Blessings 6:43 p.m. Light Candles After 7 p.m. Simchat Torah Community Dinner and Hakafot Tuesday, Oct. 22 – Simchat Torah 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 10:30 a.m. Priestly Blessings 11 a.m. Conclude Reading of the Torah 6:42 p.m. Holiday Ends All services will take place at Congregation Beit Tefilah Chabad. To RSVP or for more information please call (615) 646-5750, Rabbi@chabadnashville.com or www. chabadnashville.com.

Congregation Micah

2001 Old Hickory Boulevard, (615) 377-9799 www.congregationmicah.org Friday, Oct. 4 – Shabbat Shuvah “Return to Our Purpose” 6 p.m. Evening Service Saturday, Oct. 5 – Shabbat Shuvah 10:30 a.m. Cemetery Service Tuesday, Oct. 8 – Erev Yom Kippur “Make Amends” 7:30 p.m. Kol Nidrei Evening Service Wednesday, Oct. 9 – Yom Kippur “Practice Kindness” 10 a.m. Morning Service 1 p.m.Young Family Service (Birth - 4th Grade) 2 p.m. Healing Service 2 p.m. Schmooze & Views: Talk Politics 2 p.m. Memorial Garden Tour - Meet in Garden 3:30 p.m. “Of Memory, Martyrs and Forgiveness” 4 p.m. “Sorry, Not Sorry.” Service for 5th to 8th Graders 5 p.m.Yizkor Memorial Service and Neilah Friday, Oct. 18 — Sukkot/Simchat Torah “Wrap Up The Season” 5:30 p.m. Wine-Down 6 p.m. Shabbat Service, Sanctuary 7 p.m. Taco Dinner, Sukkah Decorating and Bonfire

Congregation Sherith Israel 3600 West End Avenue, (615) 292-6614 www.sherithisrael.com Tuesday, Oct. 8 – Yom Kippur Eve 6:30 a.m. Shacharit 3 p.m. Mincha 6:03 p.m. Candle Lighting 6:05 p.m. Kol Nidre Wednesday, Oct. 9 – Yom Kippur Day 8:30 a.m. Shacharit 10:50 a.m. Torah Reading 11:30 a.m. Rabbi’s Address 11:45 a.m.Yizkor 12:10 p.m. Musaf 4:30 p.m. Mincha 5:30 p.m. Neilah 6:56 p.m. Shofar followed by Break-Fast.

Break-Fast hosted by CSI Sisterhood, Jay and Linda Amsel, Zvi and Diane Manas, and Steve and Gay Eisten, in memory of Boris and Maria Garber.

Friday, Oct. 18 – Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot Sukkot dinner, catered by Sova. Reservations are $18 for adults, $10 for kids, $60 family maximum. Reserve with Janet in the office by Oct. 10. Dinner will be in lieu of Abraham and Sarah’s Tent.

Monday, Oct. 21 – Shemini Atzeret 9 a.m. Shacharit and Yizkor 6:25 p.m. Mincha 6:43 p.m. Candle-lighting 7:00 p.m. Maariv, Hakafot, and Sisterhood Supper Tuesday, Oct. 22 – Simchat Torah 9 a.m. Shacharit 10 a.m. Hakafot, Aliyot, and Women’s Torah Service 6:25 pm Mincha 6:42 pm Maariv and Havdallah

The Temple

5015 Harding Road, (615) 352-7620 www.templenashville.org Friday, Oct. 4 — Shabbat Shuvah 6 p.m. Shabbat Shuvah

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Sunday, Oct. 6 2 p.m. Memorial Service at The Temple Cemetery Tuesday, Oct. 8 — Erev Yom Kippur 7:30 p.m. Kol Nidre Service Wednesday, Oct. 9 — Yom Kippur 9 a.m. Family Service 9 a.m. Tot Yom Tov 10:30 a.m. Morning Service 10:30 a.m.Youth Program (K to 5th grade) 12:45 p.m. Congregants Hour 2 p.m. Afternoon Service 3:15 p.m. Study Hour 4:15 p.m.Yizkor and Concluding Service.

Break Fast will follow at The Temple, RSVP to erin@ templenashville.org.Young Adult Break Fast will follow, RSVP to rabbishulman@templenashville.org.

Reservations are required.

Friday, Oct. 25 — Simchat Torah 6 p.m. Service, followed by festive oneg.

West End Synagogue

3810 West End Avenue, (615) 269-4592 www.westendsyn.org Our Doors Are Open To All Saturday, Oct. 5 – Shabbat Shuva 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 7:03 p.m. Shabbat ends Sunday, Oct. 6 10 a.m. Kever Avot/Memorial Service at West End Synagogue K.K.A.I. Cemetery, led by Rabbi Joshua Kullock and Cantor Sarah Levine.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 – Yom Kippur Eve 5:45 p.m. Kol Nidrei 7:30 p.m. Rabbi’s Sermon.

Service ends appx. 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 – Yom Kippur Day 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 10:30 a.m. Family and Children’s Service 11:30 a.m.Yizkor (time has changed from previous years) 1:30 p.m. (appx.) Break 4:45 p.m. Mincha Service 5:45 p.m. Ne’ilah with open ark for personal prayers 6:58 p.m. Havdalah Ramah Style, sounding of the Shofar.

Community Break-Fast follows, sponsored by the Sisterhood and Men’s Club. No charge, but reserve by emailing office@westendsyn.org.

Monday, Oct. 14 9:30 a.m. Sukkot Service, lunch follows 11 a.m. Family Service Tuesday, Oct. 15 9:30 a.m. Sukkot Service, lunch follows Wednesday, Oct. 16 6 p.m. Pizza in the Hut, for Beit Miriam families and families with young children. Sponsored by WES Sisterhood Monday, Oct. 21 9:30 a.m. Shemini Atzeret Service with Yizkor, lunch follows 5:30 p.m. Simchat Torah Dinner, followed by service and Torah processions. Dinner reservations needed, $10/person or $25 family maximum. Email office@ westendsyn.org or (615) 269-4592, ext. 11 Tuesday, Oct. 22 9:30 a.m. Simchat Torah Service and Procession, lunch follows.

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Your Nashville Symphony

Live at the Schermerhorn

AHMAD JAMAL october 10 & 11

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VIOLIN CONCERTO

SILENT FILM WITH ORGAN

performed by Peter Krasinski

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november 14 & 15

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M USI C & MEMORIES of the Gentle Giant

615.687.6400 NashvilleSymphony.org Ahmad Jamal and Metropolis presented without orchestra.

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