Tag: Memphis Jews

  • Federation’s Camp Scholarships Enable Meaningful Jewish Experiences

    Federation’s Camp Scholarships Enable Meaningful Jewish Experiences

    Happiness is a place, and it can be found at Jewish summer camps. There truly is something special about going to a place where children and teens are given opportunities to engage in exciting daily activities, experience a setting where Judaism is felt more acutely, and make long-lasting friendships. At…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Memphis Announce Grant Opportunities

    Memphis Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Memphis Announce Grant Opportunities

    Torah MiTzion’s Rabbi Yisrael Wende and Torah MiTzion students bring Israeli culture to Hillels of Memphis graduate students and alumni at a Hanukkah event at the Morris S. Fogelman Jewish Student Center at the University of Memphis. Torah MiTzion is funded in part by a Federation Lemsky Endowment Fund grant.…

  • Michael Hirsch: My Teen Israel Experience

    Michael Hirsch: My Teen Israel Experience

    Michael Hirsch, son of Marci and Geoffrey Hirsch, is a senior at Lausanne Collegiate School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of his NFTY program in Israel. All rising high school juniors and seniors in the Memphis Jewish…

  • 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…