Tag: Jewish Foundation of Memphis

  • Jewish Foundation Calling All Professional Advisors to Be Included in New Directory

    Jewish Foundation Calling All Professional Advisors to Be Included in New Directory

    Above: Jason Salomon, estate attorney and Chair of the Professional Advisory Group (PAG) of the Jewish Foundation of Memphis, where he also serves on the board of directors, chats with Jewish Foundation Donor Advised Fund holder Evelyn Makowsky. The PAG is made up of professionals in various legal, financial, and…

  • Jewish Foundation Offering Two Planned Giving Seminars September 19

    Jewish Foundation Offering Two Planned Giving Seminars September 19

    Are you an estate planning attorney? An employee at a non-profit organization? A board member of a Jewish agency in Memphis? Or someone who wants to learn more about fundraising and philanthropy? If you answered yes to one of these questions, then the Jewish Foundation of Memphis has two events…

  • Celebrate Shabbat with PJ Library

    Celebrate Shabbat with PJ Library

    Are you looking for meaningful ways to celebrate Shabbat with your kids? Then Memphis Jewish Federation’s PJ Library has just the program for you. Shabbat Shalom Y’all Dinners were a hit last year with more than 26 families participating in home-hosted Shabbat dinners made possible through the Memphis Jewish Federation…

  • Jewish Community Partners Promotes Staff Into Key Roles

    Jewish Community Partners Promotes Staff Into Key Roles

    Matt Timberlake and Abbey Cowens officially stepped into new key roles at Jewish Community Partners (JCP), which operates Memphis Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Memphis. Matt will serve as director of communications and Abbey as manager, campaign and corporate development. Matt will lead a team of professional writers and…

  • My Israel Story- Rebecca Sabin

    My Israel Story- Rebecca Sabin

    This past summer, I was fortunate to be able to spend 10 weeks in Israel. One of the highlights of my trip was the 6 days I spent in Shoham, Memphis’s sister city. I stayed with two host families, and I helped at the Gan (preschool), assisting in a classroom…

  • Dr. Scott Strome Headlining Memphis Jewish Federation Maimonides Event

    Dr. Scott Strome Headlining Memphis Jewish Federation Maimonides Event

    Memphis Jewish Federation will host a Maimonides Society networking event at the home of Scott Strome, MD, FACS on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 at 7 p.m. Dr. Strome, the Robert Kaplan Executive Dean of the College of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Felicitas Sloves

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Felicitas Sloves

    Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel, the 70 Faces of Memphis and Shoham project was designed to form real connections between the people of Jewish Memphis and the people of Shoham, Israel, Memphis’s partner city through the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2Gether program. The project…

  • Newly Elected Memphis Jewish Federation Chair Cindy Finestone is Passionate About Philanthropy

    Newly Elected Memphis Jewish Federation Chair Cindy Finestone is Passionate About Philanthropy

    Cindy Finestone isn’t your typical Memphis Jewish lay leader, donor, or Federation chair. Neither she nor her husband, Mark, grew up in Memphis, and neither of them have family here. So how did Cindy and Mark become so involved that she now serves as chair of Memphis Jewish Federation? “My…

  • Barry Israel: Ham Radio is Alive and Well

    Barry Israel: Ham Radio is Alive and Well

    By Barry Israel Pictured above: This was taken at a friend’s “shack” here in Germantown. My name is Barry Israel and my ham radio call sign is KC4SVR.  I am a proud member of several programs at Jewish Family Services including “special needs” equine therapy, a highly educational art program,…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Dorothy Goldwin

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Dorothy Goldwin

    Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel, the 70 Faces of Memphis and Shoham project was designed to form real connections between the people of Jewish Memphis and the people of Shoham, Israel, Memphis’s partner city through the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2Gether program.…