Tag: Memphis Jewish Community

  • Memphis Jewish Federation Announces Need-Based Israel Travel Subsidies for First Timer Adults

    MJF is thrilled to announce the creation of a new Lemsky Endowment Fund initiative providing travel subsidies for first-time Memphis Jewish adults participating in an organized Israel trip, who have demonstrated financial need. Any Jewish Memphian over age 32 (post Birthright) who joins a Memphis-based Federation, Synagogue or JCC trip…

  • A Closer Connection to Israel: Teen Israel Experience

    A Closer Connection to Israel: Teen Israel Experience

    By David Mashinsky   This past summer, I went to Israel on NCSY TJJ (The Jerusalem Journey). I had already been to Israel multiple times to visit family. I heard about the trip from a friend and thought I would go because my friends are going. I wasn’t expecting to…

  • University of Tennessee Speaks Out Against Anti-Semitism

    University of Tennessee Speaks Out Against Anti-Semitism

    Earlier this month, violent anti-Semitic messages and imagery were twice spray-painted onto the Rock, a beloved centerpiece of the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus. When the UTK administration responded with a mild message of admonishment, Jews across the state of Tennessee were disappointed and confused by the University’s reluctance to…

  • Hate on Campus: A Letter to UT President Randy Boyd and UTK Chancellor Wayne Davis

    Hate on Campus: A Letter to UT President Randy Boyd and UTK Chancellor Wayne Davis

    In the wake of two incidents of anti-Semitic messages scrawled on the iconic “rock” at University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK), the four Jewish Federations of Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville) sent a joint letter to UT President Randy Boyd and UTK Chancellor Wayne Davis, asking the university system to condemn…

  • Layers of Learning: My Teen Israel Experience

    Layers of Learning: My Teen Israel Experience

    By Batya Salomon   In January, I set off on the adventure of a lifetime. I left Memphis and all my friends and family behind to spend a semester in Israel. I was terrified of being gone for four whole months, but I was also sure that I was going…

  • Travel to Europe, Israel Builds Lifelong Friendships, Memories for Memphis Teen

    Travel to Europe, Israel Builds Lifelong Friendships, Memories for Memphis Teen

    By Sarah Unowsky Prior to my BBYO trip this past summer, my knowledge of Israel was rudimentary. I had been able to learn the basics: Israel has a parliamentary form of government, Israel’s capital is Jerusalem, Israel is a world leader in technology, etc.  What no one had ever attempted…

  • Jewish Federations Across North America Mourn, Heal, and Prepare for an Insecure Future

    Jewish Federations Across North America Mourn, Heal, and Prepare for an Insecure Future

    Yesterday in an off-the record briefing held for hundreds of Jewish Federation leaders, Meryl Ainsman, Board of Trustees Chair and Jeff Finkelstein, President and CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh discussed the stress and trauma of the past week after a gunman opened fire in a local synagogue…

  • Healing After Horror: Outpouring of National and International Support

    Healing After Horror: Outpouring of National and International Support

    Support from Around the World In the wake of the horrific violence at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, community gatherings like the one in Memphis Sunday evening have taken place across the country. Many, like ours in Memphis, were attended by Jews and non-Jews alike, perhaps…

  • Prayer for Pittsburgh- Memphis Jewish Community Solidarity Night

    Prayer for Pittsburgh- Memphis Jewish Community Solidarity Night

    Photo above by Jonathan Epstein   Donate now to support victims and families in the Pittsburgh Jewish community   Last night, more than 500 of you joined us at the Memphis Jewish Community Center for our Memphis Jewish Community Solidarity Night in Response to the Tragic Events in Pittsburgh. It…

  • JCP’s Abbey Cowens Selected For Prestigious JTS Leadership Training Institute

    JCP’s Abbey Cowens Selected For Prestigious JTS Leadership Training Institute

    Abbey Cowens, JCP’s Fundraising and Database Analyst, has been chosen to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Jewish Experiential Leadership Institute – Southeast (JELI) sponsored by The Leadership Commons of The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). The cohort includes 20 fellows…