Category: News
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JCP Celebrates Impact of Community’s Generosity at 2018 Annual Meeting
More than 100 campaign donors, lay leaders, clergy, Jewish agency representatives, and members of the public joined Jewish Community Partners for its 4th Annual Meeting Sunday, June 10, in the Belz Social Hall of the Memphis Jewish Community Center. Focusing on JCP’s role in nourishing innovation in our community, the…
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Jewish Community Partners Announces New Roles for Two Veteran Staffers
Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein and Sheri Gadberry have received much-deserved promotions and will soon grow into new and expanded roles at Jewish Community Partners, leveraging their skills, experience, and intellect for the benefit of the Memphis Jewish Community. Bluma is now JCP’s Chief Strategy Officer and Sheri is now the organization’s Director…
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Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund Awards Over $500,000 for Israel Programs
Laura Linder, President/CEO of Jewish Community Partners, announced this week that the Lemsky Endowment Fund of Memphis Jewish Federation has awarded over $500,000 in grants to programs for 2018-2019 that will meet the fund’s stated mission to “encourage the development of programs which build bridges between the Memphis Jewish community…
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My Israel Story #57- Laura Linder
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 My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…
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10th Annual Hillel Yiddishe Cup Fundraiser Rescheduled for April 29
The 2018 Yiddishe Cup has been rescheduled for weather- new date and time is Sunday, April 29, 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M. The Morris S. Fogelman Jewish Student Center at the University of Memphis in conjunction with the newly-formed Rhodes College Hillel is pleased to announce The 2018 Yiddishe…
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Memphis Jewish Federation’s 56th Annual Yom HaShoah Observance to Feature Renowned National Educator
By Gila Golder Laura Linder, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners (JCP), announced this week that the Memphis Jewish community is invited to attend Memphis Jewish Federation’s 56th annual Yom HaShoah observance, featuring Roger Brooks, President and CEO of Facing History and Ourselves. The program will take place on…
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Jewish Community Partners Brings Mayor of Shoham, Israel to Memphis
Gil Livne, mayor of Shoham, Memphis’ partner city in Israel, recently visited Memphis for a packed four days of engagement with the Memphis Jewish community and Memphis at large. Mr. Livne’s trip was a program of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis- Shoham Partnership. He was accompanied by his wife, Anat, and…
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JFNA Hails Congress for Increasing Funding to Help Holocaust Survivors & Protect Organizations Vulnerable to Terrorist Threats
Washington – The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) today hailed Congress for bolstering nonprofit security funding from $25 million to $60 million, and for doubling assistance for Holocaust survivors from $2.5 million to $5 million in the pending spending package for fiscal year 2018. Last night, Congress released the…
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From the Vaults: Jewish Student Union Honors Benefactors at Dedication
This article was published in The Hebrew Watchman in December, 1984. 34 years later, we’ve expanded Hillel to its second Memphis college, increasing the number of Jewish college students in Memphis who have access to meaningful Jewish connections, relationships, and experiences. We hope you enjoy this throwback story from the…