Tag: Memphis Jewish Population
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B’nai Tzedek Teens Donate Locally and Overseas
Jewish Foundation of Memphis B’nai Tzedek students gathered on March 21, 2222 to award grants to six local Jewish organizations, funding 9 programs with a total of $10,000. In May, the teens made gifts from their individual tzedakah funds. When it comes to individual tzedakah money, B’nai Tzedek students have…
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Micah Unowsky: My Teen Israel Experience
Micah Unowsky, son of Keri and Dr. Daniel Unowsky, just graduated from Memphis University School (pictured left posing with friends during a visit to the Western Wall). Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of his NFTY Jacobs…
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Upcoming Jewish Community Partners 7th Annual Meeting
Jewish Community Partners (JCP) will hold its 2022 Annual Meeting in-person on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:00 P.M. in the Belz Social Hall of the Memphis Jewish Community Center. Framed with the theme of Our Global Responsibility and Securing Our Future, the program will celebrate the ways Memphis Jewish…
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Jacob Shapiro: My Teen Israel Experience
Jacob Shapiro, son of Virginia Palacio and Todd Shapiro, just graduated Lausanne Collegiate School (and is pictured [right] enjoying food in Jerusalem with friends Jack Benjamin, Connor Rubin, and Anders Kennedy). Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemksy Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost…
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Rhodes Hillel Student Samuel Cross Elected to Serve on Hillel International Student Cabinet
“While interviewing for the Hillel International Student Cabinet, I was asked about what my specific individual project would be upon acceptance into the group, and I responded by stating that I intended to work on outreach towards Jewish communities outside of the traditional Hillel network,” said Samuel Cross, a rising…
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Evan Schrier: My Teen Israel Experience
Evan Schrier, son of Carolyn and Adam Schrier, just graduated from Memphis University School (Pictured from left to right while on an early-morning hike to the top of Masada: Joe Hochberg, Evan Schrier, Alex Weinstein, Ryan Kertzner). Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemksy Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience…
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The Lion Behind the Pin: Melanie Fine Finds Sense of Belonging in Jewish Memphis
Growing up in Jewish Atlanta, Melanie Fine learned about the rewards that come from giving back from her parents, who took their then-teenage daughter along with them when volunteering at organizations like Jewish residential facilities for seniors. She absorbed valuable lessons in philanthropy from things they said and did, always…
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My Federation Journey: Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein
In early May, a contingent of Memphis Jewish Federation staff members traveled to Cleveland, OH for JPRO22, a conference for Jewish communal professionals – anyone who works for a Jewish nonprofit organization – in the US or Canada. At the morning plenary of the second day of the three-day program,…
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Jewish Foundation Offers Continuing Education Credits to Local Professional Advisors
From left, Jewish Community Partners CEO Laura Linder; Eddie Thompson, founder of Thompson & Associates, a values-based estate planning firm in Nashville; Director of JFOM Programs Sarah VanderWalde; and Jewish Foundation of Memphis (JFOM) Executive Vice President Sheri Gadberry. “Which is more important – the ability to give financially or…
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Federation’s Yom HaShoah Commemoration and Facing History Help CBHS Teens Understand Judaism, Antisemitism
CBHS seniors in Dr. Keith Wood’s Facing History and Ourselves class virtually attended Memphis Jewish Federation’s 60th Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration in April. Wood takes pride in the a-ha moments the curriculum delivers to his almost exclusively non-Jewish students, guiding them to reexamine their relationships with Jewish friends and neighbors…