The Way We Were

Our archives monthly photo for "The Way We Were" depends on YOU! Send your historical records & photos to archives@jewishknoxville.org or contact Nicki Russler, Archivist, at 690-6343.

The Way We Were in 1957

Heska Amuna religious school classes met at the Jewish Community Center on Vine Avenue from 1956 ... The Archives needs your photos! Send your photographs (identifying who, what, when, where) to archives@jewishknoxville.org or contact the archivist at (865) 690-6343.

The Way We Were in 2017...and 2006...and maybe 2004

For years the AJCC has sponsored a swim team, which acquired the name Smokin’ Salmon in 2004.... The Archives needs your photos! Send your photographs (identifying who, what, when, where) to archives@jewishknoxville.org or contact the archivist at (865) 690-6343.

The Way We Were in 1992 - Temple Beth El Confirmation

1992 Temple Beth El Confirmation Class including current Knoxville residents: Holly Brody and Aaron Myers... The Archives needs your photos! Send your photographs (identifying who, what, when, where) to archives@jewishknoxville.org or contact the archivist at (865) 690-6343.

The Way We Were in 1962 - Temple Beth El Confirmation

1962 Temple Beth El Confirmation Class including current Knoxville residents: Richard Licht, Francie Foster, Elaine Freeman and Larry Winston... The Archives needs your photos! Send your photographs (identifying who, what, when, where) to archives@jewishknoxville.org or contact the…

1925-1928 JD Cooper Store update

In May of 2009, we ran this photo in “The Way We Were,” identifying it as “circa 1922” and noting that Harry Cooper, father of Ivan, was the boy on the bicycle. With time sometimes comes wisdom. Harry was born in 1920, so this photo could not have been taken in 1922... The…