Category: People

  • Meet the Israeli Scouts- Shir and Nadav

    Meet the Israeli Scouts- Shir and Nadav

    This year’s Southeast U.S. Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan, Caravan Ziv, pulls into Memphis Sunday, June 25, and begins its tour of Mid-South performances with a show Monday at 6:30 P.M. at the Cordova Library. The visit culminates with an epic show for the Memphis Jewish community Wednesday, June 28, 7:00…

  • JCP Staff Spotlight- Lauren Luskey Taube

    JCP Staff Spotlight- Lauren Luskey Taube

    Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. On Fridays, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are.   Lauren Luskey Taube Manager, Engagement and YAD Campaign Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas, but I grew up…

  • Meet the Israeli Scouts- Tamar and Omer

    Meet the Israeli Scouts- Tamar and Omer

    This year’s Southeast U.S. Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan, Caravan Ziv, pulls into Memphis Sunday, June 25, and begins its tour of Mid-South performances with a show Monday at 6:30 P.M. at the Cordova Library. The visit culminates with an epic show for the Memphis Jewish community Wednesday, June 28, 7:00…

  • Volunteering Is Good For You

    Volunteering Is Good For You

    By Joel Ashner, Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab Director of Philanthropy and Community Engagement Memphis Jewish Federation supports the health and happiness of patients at Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab, our community’s kosher long-term care and rehabilitation facility, with significant funding granted annually. (Photos provided by JFNA- People in them are…

  • Benjamin Blumenthal- The Many Cultures of the Land

    Each year, Memphis Jewish Federation provides a travel subsidy from the Lemsky Endowment Fund for students making the Bornblum Jewish Community School 8th Grade Trip to Israel. About ten students make the journey each year and return to Memphis with tangible personal connections to Israel. In this series, we’ll publish the…

  • Ilana Kuliyeva- I Didn’t Want to Leave Israel

    Ilana Kuliyeva- I Didn’t Want to Leave Israel

    Each year, Memphis Jewish Federation provides a travel subsidy from the Lemsky Endowment Fund for students making the Bornblum Jewish Community School 8th Grade Trip to Israel. About ten students make the journey each year and return to Memphis with tangible personal connections to Israel. In this series, we’ll publish…

  • Jacob Loskovitz- Walking in the Path Our Ancestors Walked

    Jacob Loskovitz- Walking in the Path Our Ancestors Walked

    Each year, Memphis Jewish Federation provides a travel subsidy from the Lemsky Endowment Fund for students making the Bornblum Jewish Community School 8th Grade Trip to Israel. About ten students make the journey each year and return to Memphis with tangible personal connections to Israel. In this series, we’ll publish…

  • Reese Parker-  I’ve Waited for this Moment for Eight Whole Years

    Reese Parker- I’ve Waited for this Moment for Eight Whole Years

    Each year, Memphis Jewish Federation provides a travel subsidy from the Lemsky Endowment Fund for students making the Bornblum Jewish Community School 8th Grade Trip to Israel. About ten students make the journey each year and return to Memphis with tangible personal connections to Israel. In this series, we’ll publish…

  • Itamar Almalem- The Journey of a Lifetime

    Each year, Memphis Jewish Federation provides a travel subsidy from the Lemsky Endowment Fund for students making the Bornblum Jewish Community School 8th Grade Trip to Israel. About ten students make the journey each year and return to Memphis with tangible personal connections to Israel. In this series, we’ll publish…

  • Hannah Siegler- Israel Will Always Be Part of Who I Am

    Each year, Memphis Jewish Federation provides a travel subsidy from the Lemsky Endowment Fund for students making the Bornblum Jewish Community School 8th Grade Trip to Israel. About ten students make the journey each year and return to Memphis with tangible personal connections to Israel. In this series, we’ll publish…