Tag: Memphis Jewish Federation

  • Memphis-Shoham Partnership: Celebrating Thanksgiving2Gether

    Memphis-Shoham Partnership: Celebrating Thanksgiving2Gether

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s partnership with the central Israeli city of Shoham, which is part of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)’s Partnership2Gether program, has led to many meaningful relationships blossoming between members of the two linked communities. This item, from a recent JAFI newsletter about partnerships like ours, shows the…

  • JCRS Camp & College Scholarship Deadlines: February 15 & May 31

    JCRS Camp & College Scholarship Deadlines: February 15 & May 31

     Southern Jewish  families seeking financial assistance to send their children to Jewish overnight camp, and  families in search of funds to pay the costs of undergraduate college education , have a special friend in the Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS), the oldest and only regional  Jewish children’s social service agency…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Alayne Shoenfeld

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Alayne Shoenfeld

    Interview by Gila Golder Photos by Rivka Braverman Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel in meaningful ways, 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…

  • Jewish Community By My Side at Rhodes College

    Jewish Community By My Side at Rhodes College

    By Emma Figarsky There are currently five Jewish Community Fellows at Rhodes College. As part of their fellowship, they periodically share their experiences as Jewish college students with the larger community. More information about the Fellowship can be found on the JCP website. When I was growing up, change was…

  • Celebrating Israel with 70 Faces Brings Jewish Memphis Together

    By Melinda Lejman The opening night of the “70 Faces of Memphis and Shoham” exhibit was full of energy and excitement, not just for the subjects or the volunteer photojournalists who made it possible, but for the entire Memphis Jewish community. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing the hard…

  • An Israeli in Memphis: I Feel an Embrace

    An Israeli in Memphis: I Feel an Embrace

    Tali Versano Eisman, resident of Memphis’s Israeli partner city Shoham and a member of the Memphis-Shoham project’s steering committee, visited Memphis in October to deepen ties between the two communities, and to speak at this year’s Israel Festival. In this piece, she reflects on her visit, the love for Israel…

  • Omri Casspi Celebrates Hanukkah with the Memphis Jewish Community

    Omri Casspi Celebrates Hanukkah with the Memphis Jewish Community

    When all 6 feet and nine inches of Israeli basketballer Omri Casspi ducked under the door and into the MJCC’s Belz Theater, the crowd gathered for this one-of-a-kind Hanukkah celebration knew they were experiencing something special. Rabbis from every Memphis congregation and agencies like the MJCC and Hillels of Memphis…

  • 70 Faces Project Highlights Community’s Compelling Personal Narratives

    70 Faces Project Highlights Community’s Compelling Personal Narratives

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s yearlong celebration of Israel’s 70th birthday will culminate with an exhibit highlighting individuals from the Memphis Jewish community as well as from Shoham, Memphis’s partner city in Israel, announced Laura Linder, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners. The 70 Faces exhibit will launch on Monday, December…

  • Lauren Luskey Taube: Driven by Community and Family Values

    Lauren Luskey Taube: Driven by Community and Family Values

    What values do you live by? How do you express your values in your work and personal life? What makes a value Jewish? How do these values shape who you are and who you want to become? At the first seminar of the Next Gen Jewish Federation Fellowship last May,…

  • 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…