1996- The men wish Natalie Robinson a Happy 70th Birthday!
These excerpts from the first issue of "The Center Menorah" printed in 1943, represent a landmark publication that has documented the life of our Jewish community ever since this initial edition.
During the 1990’s, members of the Knoxville Jewish community helped resettle 81 Russian immigrants, helping them with housing, language, employment, acculturation, and more. Send your photos (identifying who, when, what, where) of “The Way We Were” to archives@jewishknoxville.org…
The Way We Were in the 1890’s This photograph is of the four children of Simon, a grocer, and Regina (nee Spiro) Sunshine. The boys, Benjamin, Alvin, and Walter, were born around 1882, 1885, and 1889 (at least two of them in Tennessee), while their sister Gladys didn’t arrive…
In the spring of 1955, the Jewish Community Center’s varsity basketball squad won the Knoxville Church League Championship, with a 20-3 season, and reached the semi-finals of the Southern Appalachian tournament. Send your photos (identified with who, what, when, where) to…
