Category: Arts & Culture
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The Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival
Because our offices are tucked inside the MJCC, it’s been impossible to miss the buzz as they prepared for the Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival, which kicks off this Thursday, February 16, with a screening of Remember, 7:30 P.M. at the Malco Paradiso. With nine screenings over eleven…
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Rhodes College Presents Jerry Brotton and James Shapiro: Jews and Muslims in Shakespeare’s World
On Rhodes College campus on February 22 at 6:00 P.M., renowned Renaissance scholars Jerry Brotton and James Shapiro will discuss Jews and Muslims in Tudor England. Two preeminent cultural historians, Shapiro and Brotton will engage in a far-ranging dialogue about how Judaism and Islam were – and remain – part…
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Finding Enlightenment on a Multi-Cultural Adventure
By Maddie Bullard Last summer, I had the amazing, once in a lifetime opportunity to take a trip to Israel, the Holy Land. The trip itself was amazing, but even better, I got to experience it along with a big group of friends. We started in Prague and Poland with…
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MJCC to Host Left vs. Right: The Battle for Israel’s Soul in January
On January 9th at 7:00 P.M. the Memphis Jewish Community Center, through their Center for Jewish Living and Learning, is hosting a lively conversation, entitled “Left vs. Right: The Battle for Israel’s Soul.” MJCC’s two special guests, Jonathan Tobin, senior online editor and chief political blogger of Commentary Magazine, and J.J. Goldberg, editor-at-large…
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Till Next Time, Take Care of Yourselves and Each Other
Photos by Ronnie Booze Wednesday, December 7, Jewish Community Partners hosted An Evening with Jerry Springer. The TV talk show host is well-known for the antics of guests on his syndicated show, now in its 26th season. Less famous is his Jewish heritage and a family history sadly familiar to…
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Jerry Springer Said That? 7 Quotes That Defy His Crazy TV Host Persona
Tomorrow night we welcome the iconic Jerry Springer to the MJCC stage, for a completely unique Annual Community Campaign donor event, never to be duplicated again. All of us at JCP are pretty excited about hosting him and hearing what he’s got planned for the night, but mostly we’re looking…
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Upstanders Mural: Extraordinary Memphians
Photos and some text taken from the Memphis Daily News. Nina Katz, Lucy Tibbs and Rev. Billy Kyles are among the social justice figures in Memphis history honored in a new Downtown mural unveiled on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Katz is one of a few Jewish Mempians honored in the mural.…
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Captain Ben Schaffer: Eyewitness to Horror
The letter below was written by Captain (Dr.) Ben Schaffer to his wife Fagie Schaffer while he was in Austria at the end of World War II as one of the first medical staff to enter Mauthausen concentration camp. Captain Schaffer, a dentist serving in the medical corps of the…
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Final Reflections: Returning to Our Routines
The Memphis group returned last week from Poland and Israel, where they visited many historic sites and diverse communities, including the city of Shoham, Memphis’ newly-named Israeli partner city. The JCP/MJCC-sponsored trip connected the travelers to their Jewish history, taking them to important sites from the recent past. Here, our director of…
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Shoham: Memphis’ Israeli Sister City
The Memphis group returns today from Poland and Israel, where they visited many historic sites and diverse communities, including the city of Shoham, Memphis’ newly-named Israeli partner city. The JCP/MJCC-sponsored trip connected the travelers to their Jewish history, taking them to important sites from the recent past. Here, our director of community…