Tag: Memphis Jewish Population

  • Yael Cooper: My Teen Israel Experience

    Yael Cooper: My Teen Israel Experience

    Yael Cooper, daughter of Aileen and Pace Cooper, is a senior at the Goldie Margolin School for Girls. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of her NCSY/GIVE (Girls Israel Volunteer Experience) program in Israel. All rising juniors and…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation’s Antisemitism Initiative Casts A Wide Net in Memphis

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s Antisemitism Initiative Casts A Wide Net in Memphis

    The week of Hanukkah saw Memphis Jewish Federation’s Shine A Light on Antisemitism initiative soar through digital channels throughout the greater Memphis community. After securing the support of all Memphis Jewish schools, agencies, congregations and youth groups and receiving a grant from Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to help…

  • Mandy Cassius: My Teen Israel Experience

    Mandy Cassius: My Teen Israel Experience

    Mandy Cassius, daughter of Melinda and Lyn Cassius, is a senior at White Station High School, and is pictured riding a donkey at Kfar Kedem. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of her NCSY/ JSU/The Jewish Journey program…

  • Furthering Israel & Global Jewish Engagement, Memphis Hosts JAFI and JDC

    Furthering Israel & Global Jewish Engagement, Memphis Hosts JAFI and JDC

    Dr. Ilana Kwartin, a JAFI representative, is pictured lecturing at a joint board meeting of Jewish Community Partners, Jewish Foundation of Memphis and Memphis Jewish Federation. As part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s strong commitment to Israel and global Jewry, Federation recently hosted its liaisons from overseas partners Jewish Agency for…

  • Adam Lazarov: A Lifestyle of Leadership and Philanthropy

    Adam Lazarov: A Lifestyle of Leadership and Philanthropy

    Pictured are Memphis Jewish Federation Annual Community Campaign donors Jami and Adam Lazarov, along with their two children, Sonia and Audrey. Photo by Jen Howell. “Jewish Memphis is a safe haven and a strong community that my children will always be able to turn to,” said Adam Lazarov. “Supporting it…

  • Abby Cassius: My Teen Israel Experience

    Abby Cassius: My Teen Israel Experience

    Abby Cassius, pictured right, daughter of Melinda and Lyn Cassius, is a senior at White Station High School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of her NCSY/ JSU/The Jewish Journey program in Israel. All rising high school juniors…

  • Hillels of Memphis Engages Temple Israel’s Teens with their Jewish Identity

    Hillels of Memphis Engages Temple Israel’s Teens with their Jewish Identity

    “Considering how Jewish life in college begins long before a student steps foot on their college campus, I believe that it’s important for high school students to understand the Jewish landscape that awaits them after they graduate high school,” said Sophie Bloch, the Director of Hillels of Memphis. “College is…

  • Chloe Bullard: My Teen Israel Experience

    Chloe Bullard: My Teen Israel Experience

    Chloe Bullard, daughter of Samantha and Brian Bullard, is in eleventh grade at DeSoto Central High School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of her NFTY L’Dor V’Dor program in Israel. All rising high school juniors and seniors…

  • Rhodes Jewish Community Fellowship Applications Now Open

    Rhodes Jewish Community Fellowship Applications Now Open

    Jewish Community Fellow Sophie Enda is pictured on Rhodes College’s campus during her freshman year. Memphis Jewish Federation is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Rhodes Jewish Community Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. Once again, Rhodes College is making available five renewable $10,000 fellowships to…

  • Shayna Giles: A Mentor in the Making

    Shayna Giles: A Mentor in the Making

    “What’s really cool about Federation is that it has its hands in every part of the Jewish community,” said Shayna Giles, one of the younger donors to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign. “It’s not just Conservative, Reform, or Orthodox, and they don’t just help with one specific need in…