Tag: Memphis Jews

  • Jewish Pride Art Workshop for Teens a ‘First Step’ in Combating Antisemitism

    Jewish Pride Art Workshop for Teens a ‘First Step’ in Combating Antisemitism

    By Rebecca (Brown) Eisenstadter, Director of Memphis NCSY/JSU Chapter In the face of rising global antisemitism, local Jewish teens will have the opportunity to celebrate their Judaism at a Jewish pride art workshop being offered by Memphis Israel Scholars on Sunday, December 4, 2022. The program, to be held at…

  • The Lion Behind the Pin: Alla Olswanger-Lubin

    The Lion Behind the Pin: Alla Olswanger-Lubin

    “I trust Memphis Jewish Federation because they trusted that if they helped me become a Memphian, I would do my part to help make Jewish Memphis better and better,” said Alla Olswanger-Lubin, community activist, Federation Campaign donor, board member and volunteer, and proud Lion of Judah since 2011. Alla’s relationship…

  • Daniel Snyder – My Jewish Journey

    Daniel Snyder – My Jewish Journey

    In the periodic series My Jewish Journey, community members share the story of their personal relationship with Judaism, Jewish identity, and Jewish life. Told their way and in their words, these stories are as unique and distinct from each other as the storytellers themselves, and together will begin to tell…

  • Local Leaders Represent Memphis Jewish Federation at General Assembly

    Local Leaders Represent Memphis Jewish Federation at General Assembly

    A coalition of staff and leadership fromMemphis Jewish Federationjoined over 1,200 Jewish communal leaders in Chicago at Jewish Federations of North America’s three-day General Assembly (GA), where they set the shared Jewish communal agenda for the year ahead and heard from a diverse array of voices on critical issues facing…

  • Federation Israel Trips Come Roaring Back with Exciting Journeys for Jewish Dads and Moms

    Federation Israel Trips Come Roaring Back with Exciting Journeys for Jewish Dads and Moms

    Finally, after a COVID-induced pause of almost 3 years, Memphis Jewish Federation Israel trips are back. On October 20, a delegation of dads from the community, led by staff member Larry Schaffer, embarked on the MoMENtum Dads’ Journey to Israel, where they are enjoying empowering classes and exploring the magic…

  • Rhodes Jewish Community Fellowship Applications Now Open for ‘23-24 Academic Year

    Rhodes Jewish Community Fellowship Applications Now Open for ‘23-24 Academic Year

    Jewish Community Fellow Mandy Cassius 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 2023-2024 academic year. Once again, Rhodes College is making five renewable $10,000 fellowships available to…

  • American Jewish Community Unites for Emergency Campaigns

    American Jewish Community Unites for Emergency Campaigns

    This time of year, the Jewish High Holidays inspire us to take stock of our good works over the past 12 months. By all measures this year has been extraordinary, with events that the world and we the Jewish people witnessed, some with shock and utter sadness, and others with…

  • NCSY Teens Give Back to Memphis Jewish Federation

    NCSY Teens Give Back to Memphis Jewish Federation

    Volunteer Federation callers from left to right: Nathan Greenbaum, Ethan Vanderwalde, Natalie Mashinsky, Talya Mendelson, Brooke Sanderson, and Rafi Goldkin. “It was nerve-racking at first but once I got the hang of it, it was amazing to be able to help and give back to my community,” said Brooke Sanderson,…

  • Jeri Moskovitz Joins Federation to Help Memphis Celebrate Israel at 75

    Jeri Moskovitz Joins Federation to Help Memphis Celebrate Israel at 75

    Memphis Jewish Federation is excited to announce the hiring of Jeri Moskovitz as Israel@75 Coordinator to lead its upcoming, months-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of Israel’s independence. Within the September 2022 – June 2023 window, Jeri will collaborate with Memphis Jewish organizations, synagogues, schools, and the greater Memphis community…

  • Upcoming Donor Appreciation Event a Symbol of How Fogelman JFS is Caring for Generations

    Upcoming Donor Appreciation Event a Symbol of How Fogelman JFS is Caring for Generations

    On Thursday, September 29 at 5:30 P.M., the community is invited to gather in the Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Herbert and Mary Shainberg Lobby to celebrate a community-wide effort over a span of three years to support a vital agency that is Caring for Generations in Jewish Memphis. A community…