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  • My Israel Story #6- Hayley Royal

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story to tell?…

  • My Israel Story #5: The Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells

    My Israel Story #5: The Rev. Dorothy Sanders Wells

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story to tell?…

  • My Israel Story #4: Lizie Ann Fry

    My Israel Story #4: Lizie Ann Fry

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story to tell? …

  • My Israel Story #3: Darren Shwer

    My Israel Story #3: Darren Shwer

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story to tell? …

  • My Israel Story #2: Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein

    My Israel Story #2: Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story…

  • My Israel Story #1: Kate Basar

    My Israel Story #1: Kate Basar

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…

  • Becoming a Memphian

    Becoming a Memphian

    Jewish Community Partners’ annual Newcomers Brunch is happening Sunday, September 17, and JCP is looking for any and all Jewish newcomers to join the fun, enjoying kosher food, socializing with other newcomers and meeting established Memphians, and finding meaningful connections to their new community. If you or someone you know…

  • Help for Houston: “One of the Largest Disasters America Has Ever Faced”

    Help for Houston: “One of the Largest Disasters America Has Ever Faced”

    Donate now  to what experts are predicting will be the largest relief effort in U.S. history.   Hurricane Harvey continues to pummel southeast Texas with rainfall, which is expected to continue for several more days.  The governor of Texas has characterized the effects of the storm as “one of the…

  • UPDATED: Memphis Community Poised to Make Impact in Wake of Hurricane Harvey

    UPDATED: Memphis Community Poised to Make Impact in Wake of Hurricane Harvey

    UPDATED August 29 8:48 A.M.- The following email exchange unfolded last night as the first donations came into our Hurricane Harvey Jewish Community Rebuilding Fund. JCP’s President and CEO Laura Linder was in regular communication with Federation officials in Houston.  On Aug 28, 2017, at 5:51 PM, Laura Linder wrote:…

  • Facing Our History and Each Other After Charlottesville

    Facing Our History and Each Other After Charlottesville

    Originally published in the Commercial Appeal. Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational non-profit dedicated to erasing bigotry and racism around the globe. They are funded in part by your gifts to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign.  By Michele Becton and Efraim Wiener Michele Becton is a 2017 graduate of St.…