West End Synagogue

We are a vital, caring, egalitarian, spiritual home, strengthened by our connection to Conservative Judaism, Israel, and the greater community. We develop and enrich our unique Jewish identities through ritual, celebration, education, and social action. Founded as Khal Kodesh Adath Israel in 1874 in downtown Nashville, our congregation changed its... location and its name in 1950. Affiliated with the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism, our synagogue family includes those of various backgrounds and ages, born Jews, Jews by Choice, interfaith couples, native Nashvillians, and Jews from places such as Iran, South Africa, South America, the former Soviet Union, and almost every state in America. We enhance ourselves through ritual. We are egalitarian, enabling women and men to enhance their lives through Jewish ritual, including counting in a minyan and being called to the Torah. Shabbat is welcomed with a Friday night service at 6:00 p.m. We encourage everyone to participate and provide a transliteration booklet so all may join in prayer and song. Late Friday night services are held periodically. Spirited melodies and participation mark Shabbat morning services. Daily services are held twice each day. We hold alternative services to add variety to our rituals. Preschoolers through first graders love our twice monthly Shabbat morning "K'toni" services, while older children participate in Junior Congregation. Several times a year we have Shabbat dinners after our Friday evening K'toni services. We offer special services for students and parents who have outgrown those services. We call them Post K'ton. Special children's and family services enliven the holiday schedule as well. We enhance ourselves through celebration. We celebrate Jewish holidays together with Pizza in the Hut on Succot, and dinners on Hanukkah-with latkes, of course and Purim. Several times during the year we come together for Shabbat dinners. Our Men's Club and Sisterhood plan social events. We periodically host evenings with special ...Read More