October 7

Immediately issued a statement alerting our community to the situation, pledged our support to Israel, and shared a message from our Partnership Region

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October 8

Israel Crisis Fund launched, and in the months following, raised over $1 million beyond our Annual Campaign

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OCTober 9

Hosted a large-scale community-wide emergency rally for Israel two days after the attack attended by 900+ individuals, including coverage by all major local outlets

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OCTober 17

Federation leadership represented Nashville’s Jewish community in D.C. at solidarity gathering & lobbied elected Federal officials to stand with Israel

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October 18

Responded to arrival of displaced Israelis in Nashville, helping to secure food, lodging, & other necessities

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OCTober 22
Implemented a social media training to help the community learn how to effectively communicate on behalf of Israel using digital outlets

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OCTober 27

Promoted & participated in an interfaith rally for Israel at Legislative Plaza

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November 9
Presented virtual program about the situation in Israel, featuring highly respected and well-known Israeli journalist Yaron Deckel

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November 14Brought 60 Nashvillians (including 15 students) to Washington, DC for the largest pro-Israel rally in our country’s history

November 15
Hosted a press conference for local media featuring the students who attended the rally in Washington the day before

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November 17
Presented virtual program with former Nashville shlicha Noam Harrari, who provided a personal and on the ground report on the situation in Israel

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December 5

Welcomed Professor Shaul Kelner, who had recently returned from Israel, to share a firsthand report from his trip

 

December 5

Funded & supported grassroots project to help bring displaced Israeli families to Nashville for 2-month respite from war; provided tuition for Akiva for their children

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December 19
Presented virtual program with Ari Dubin, Executive Director of Vanderbilt Hillel, on Israel 101: History and Facts

 

January 11

Presented virtual program featuring Israeli journalist Nathan Jeffay on “Who is Hamas?”

January 14

Hosted “Israeli Morning Experience”, a communal breakfast event, in partnership with the Israeli families who were in Nashville for respite

 

February 8

Hosted a Rabbis’ Report panel featuring the nine rabbis who traveled together to Israel in solidarity

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February 21

Hosted other TN Jewish communities for a “Day on the Hill” & lobbied on behalf of Israel at the TN State Capitol; successfully lobbied the governor to include the non-profit house of worship security grant as a line item in his budget

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February 21

Senior leadership invited stakeholders and extended a welcome during a visit by Anat Sultan-Dadon, Israel’s Consul General to the Southeast United States, at a consulate-hosted screening of 45 minutes of unedited footage, depicting heinous acts committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7th

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February 21

Hosted a press conference at Opryland for family members of hostages, inviting media, elected officials, donors and community teens

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March 7

Welcomed representatives from our Partnership Region in Israel and hosted a community wide reception in their honor

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March 20

Vanderbilt Campus Climate program #1 with Ari Dubin and special guest Darren Reisberg. (We have worked closely with Vanderbilt University’s leadership and with our Jewish partners on campus to combat BDS)

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March 29

Welcomed His Excellency, Michael Herzog, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S., to Nashville for a large-scale community program

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March 31

Senior professional staff and lay leadership participated in a solidarity and volunteer mission trip to Israel

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April 10

Vanderbilt Campus Climate program #2 with Ari Dubin and guest Professor Shaul Kelner

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May 12

Planned and executed meaningful Yom Hazikaron service, with more than 150 attendees

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May 19

Planned and executed a communal Yom Haatzmaut festival with more than 300 attendees

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June 10

Hosted Chancellor Diermier of Vanderbilt University for a briefing on Principled Neutrality as it relates to activism on college campuses

 

July 21 

Hosted Nashville Together community rally to speak against antisemitism in our community

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August 28

Hosted Israel Is: Reservist Community SpeakUp Delegation to share heroic stories of soldiers, activists, and IDF reservists in person

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July 16

Rabbi Dan Horwitz provided public comment to Metro Council regarding Nazi demonstrations taking place in Nashville

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August 2

Partnered with Hillel International to host a webinar discussing preparation of Jewish students to return back to college campuses

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September 12

Welcoming Ambassador David Siegel, President of ELNET, to speak on the manifestation of modern antisemitism in Europe and Europe’s relationship with Israel

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September 2

Holding community workshops with Oren Jacobson of Project Shema on addressing contemporary antisemitism with an emphasis on how anti-Jewish ideas can emerge in discourse around Israel and Palestine.

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September 26

Hosting renowned author and hostage negotiator Mickey Bergman to discuss his book In The Shadows: True Stories of High Stakes Negotiations

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