Tag: Jewish Foundation of Memphis

  • Federation’s Community Security Briefing Showcases Efforts to Protect Jewish Memphis

    Federation’s Community Security Briefing Showcases Efforts to Protect Jewish Memphis

    “One loss of life is to destroy the world entire- we believe this as Jews. And to save one life is to save the world entire. Most of our efforts are to keep these threats to Jewish lives out of our buildings,” said Stuart Frisch, Secure Community Network (SCN) National…

  • Sofia Jalenak: My Teen Israel Story

    Sofia Jalenak: My Teen Israel Story

    Sofia Jalenak, daughter of Monique and Charles Jalenak, is a junior at St. Mary’s Episcopal School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemksy Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of her NFTY program in Israel. All rising high school juniors and seniors in the…

  • B’nai Tzedek Teens Kick-Off Dignity Grows Chapter in Memphis

    B’nai Tzedek Teens Kick-Off Dignity Grows Chapter in Memphis

    On MLK Day, students in the B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy program packed 150 Dignity Grows tote bags with hygiene products to be distributed to Ridgeway High School students, Room In the Inn and the Tiger Pantry at the University of Memphis. Dignity Grows empowers neighbors in need by providing menstrual…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation and Secure Community Network Work in Partnership to Protect Jewish Memphis

    Memphis Jewish Federation and Secure Community Network Work in Partnership to Protect Jewish Memphis

    Memphis Jewish Federation Vice-Chair of Security Craig Weiss, Regional Security Advisor Amanda Braswell, and Secure Community Network (SCN) National Training & Exercise Advisor Stuart Frisch are part of the team behind the SCN/Federation partnership working around the clock to keep the people and places of Jewish Memphis safe. Jewish communities…

  • Ava Jalenak: My Teen Israel Experience

    Ava Jalenak: My Teen Israel Experience

    Ava Jalenak, daughter of Monique and Charles Jalenak, is a junior at St. Mary’s Episcopal School (pictured left). Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemksy Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of her NFTY program in Israel. All rising high school juniors and seniors…

  • Andrew Magdovitz – Helping Build a Better Memphis

    Andrew Magdovitz – Helping Build a Better Memphis

    Andrew Magdovitz is pictured with his wife, Marissa, and his two children posing for a family photo on a beach. “Federation gives a lot of financial support to the Jewish agencies around town, whether that be Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab, synagogues, day schools, and more. It’s nice that one…

  • Jonas Kannady: My Teen Israel Experience

    Jonas Kannady: My Teen Israel Experience

    Jonas Kannady, son of Rachel and Geoff Kannady, is a senior at White Station High School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of his BBYO program in Israel. All rising juniors and seniors are eligible for grants of…

  • The Importance of Allies and Questions for Tragedy

    The Importance of Allies and Questions for Tragedy

    By Chana Rovner10th Grade, Goldie Margolin School for GirlsFirst Place, Memphis Jewish Federation’s 12th Annual Holocaust Essay Contest During the Second World War, a great tragedy happened to us and others like us in Nazi Germany. The Nazis put people they thought were lesser in concentration camps in an attempt to…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Memphis Announce Grant Opportunities

    Memphis Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Memphis Announce Grant Opportunities

    Torah MiTzion’s Rabbi Yisrael Wende and Torah MiTzion students bring Israeli culture to Hillels of Memphis graduate students and alumni at a Hanukkah event at the Morris S. Fogelman Jewish Student Center at the University of Memphis. Torah MiTzion is funded in part by a Federation Lemsky Endowment Fund grant.…

  • Michael Hirsch: My Teen Israel Experience

    Michael Hirsch: My Teen Israel Experience

    Michael Hirsch, son of Marci and Geoffrey Hirsch, is a senior at Lausanne Collegiate School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of his NFTY program in Israel. All rising high school juniors and seniors in the Memphis Jewish…