west end synagogue religious school

The Religious School at West End Synagogue, an extra-curricular program that meets between 1 and 3 times per week for lower through high school students, aims to provide younger members of the conservative Jewish community with "rich heritage, a sense of belonging and the skills that will make them comfortable and confident participants in Jewish life wherever their journeys take them."

Dia's Upsherin

Dia, daughter of Dorit Kosmin and Rabbi Kliel Rose, rabbi of West End Synagogue (Nashville's conservative congregation), receives her first hair cut on Lag B'Omer. This tradition, called an upsherin, marks a child's entry into the formal educational system and the commencement of Torah study. So that Torah should be "sweet on the tongue," the Hebrew letters are covered with honey, and the children lick them as they read.

Cantor George Lieberman

Cantor Lieberman has served as the cantor at Sherith Israel, Nashville's Orthodox congregation, since 1996. Raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in the Bronx, Cantor Lieberman is committed to substantive Jewish education, which he sees as the Nashville Jewish community's greatest challenge and crucial to its self-preservation.

cooking for joseph's bar mitzvah (west end synagogue meat kitchen)

weekday evening minyan (west end synagogue)

Kaaren Engel

Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Kaaren Engel came to Nashville in 1988. Kaaren Engel creates artwork in a variety of media, often engaging Jewish texts to access humanistic themes. 

Rabbi Saul Strosberg

Rabbi Saul Strosberg has been the rabbi at Sherith Israel, Nashville's Orthodox congregation, since August 2005. Rabbi Strosberg is invested in Jewish education and uniting Nashville's Jewish community in the face of polarizing political challenges.