Category: People
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JCP Staff Spotlight- International Women’s Day Edition: Laura Linder
Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. Each Friday, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are. This week, we’re rolling out a special mid-week Staff Spotlight in recognition of International Women’s Day! On…
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Amal Elsana Alh’jooj: For the Answers You Must Go and Search
Earlier this year, a natural-born activist visited the Memphis Jewish community and brought her amazing stories. Amal Elsana Alh’jooj journeyed to Memphis as a lecturer for Beth Sholom’s Israel: Behind the Conflict speaker series, a program funded in part by a Lemsky Endowment Fund grant through Memphis Jewish Federation, with additional…
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JCP Staff Spotlight: Matt Timberlake
Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. Each Friday, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are. Matt Timberlake Communications Manager Birthplace: Memphis, TN, but I spent much of my…
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Memphis BBYO Seeks Volunteer Advisors
Ready to make a difference in the lives of Jewish teens? Become a BBYO advisor, and help the next generation of Jewish leaders reach their full potential. As an advisor, you’ll work in partnership with professional staff to mentor and inspire AZA and BBG chapters. You’ll be a positive…
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Emotional Videos Show How Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab Uses Compassion to Improve Lives
Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab is an integral part of the Memphis Jewish community, touching almost every family in some way. For 90 years, they have helped families of all faiths, providing rehabilitation and senior housing care with compassion and expertise. JCP is proud to be a partner in the…
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JCP Staff Spotlight: Carrie Richardson
Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. Each Friday, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are. Carrie Richardson Executive Administration Assistant to the CEO Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee College: UT…
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Advisor Spotlight: Renee Castle
By Alyson Chensasky Professional advisors play a unique and important role in the development of current and planned charitable gifts by helping you make informed decisions about charitable giving. Through our Professional Advisory Group (PAG), the Foundation encourages professional advisors to promote charitable giving with their clients, using the Foundation as…
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The Impact of Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers
The 55th Annual Yom HaShoah Community Observance will feature a film produced by students at the Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South (MHA/FYOS), who have spent this year interviewing local Holocaust survivors. The students’ work is a part of Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers program, an interactive, multi-media Holocaust…
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“We Want People to Know They’re Still Women”: JDC Takes the Fight Against Breast Cancer to Eastern Europe
It started, like so many revolutions these days, with a blog Breast cancer is a taboo subject in much of Eastern Europe, and women there often feel alone in their struggles against the disease. Bori Halom started blogging in 2012, largely out of a need to break this silence. Soon…
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JCP Staff Spotlight: Alyson Chensasky
Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. Each Friday, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are. Alyson Chensasky Director, Endowment and Professional Advisor Development Birthplace: Duncan, Oklahoma. College/Graduate school:…