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Memphis Lion of Judah – The Lion Behind the Pin

The Lion of Judah is one of the most successful fundraising tools in the world, raising millions of dollars every year and connecting more than 17,500 women around the world. The Lion of Judah is a symbol of today’s Jewish Woman’s strength, a symbol of her…

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Archive: Shabbat Shalom from Laura Linder and Guests

Jewish Community Partners President and CEO Laura Linder, or a special guest writer, sits down most Friday mornings to write a personal and timely letter to our beloved Memphis Jewish community. June 11- Longing for an Ordinary Day (by Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein)May 14- We Stand with Israel, Now and…

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Yosef Vanderwalde: My Teen Israel Experience

Yosef with family at the KotelYosef Vanderwalde, son of Drs. Lindi and Ari Vanderwalde, is a junior at the Cooper Yeshiva High School for Boys. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of his Mach Hach…

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475+ Attend 61st Annual Yom HaShoah Event

2023 Yom HaShoah event chairs, Dorothy and Michelle Goldwin with keynote speaker, Tova FriedmanBy Shoshana CenkerOn Monday, April 17, more than 475 attendees packed the Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Belz Social Hall for Memphis Jewish Federation’s 61st Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration. The Tennessee Holocaust Commission sponsored…

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David Peterson: My Israel Story

Imagine a life of wandering, and then on a 10-day trip, you find your way, and everything clicks! Picture finding and connecting with that spark! Realizing a connection to a peoplehood, a land, a nation-state, and cultivating a deep relationship with other Jewish men, all in only 10…

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