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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…

by JCPConnect- November 29, 2018

Arts & Culture, People

Stephanie O’Dell: Peace and Zen in Israel

By Stephanie O’DellThe question of how was your trip to Israel is such a hard question to answer. However, it is a question I have been asked a lot since I have returned.I was lucky to have gone on this journey through the Jewish Women’s Renaissance…

by JCPConnect- November 27, 2018

People

A Closer Connection to Israel: Teen Israel Experience

By David Mashinsky This past summer, I went to Israel on NCSY TJJ (The Jerusalem Journey). I had already been to Israel multiple times to visit family. I heard about the trip from a friend and thought I would go because my friends are going. I wasn’t expecting…

by JCPConnect- November 21, 2018

News

University of Tennessee Speaks Out Against Anti-Semitism

Earlier this month, violent anti-Semitic messages and imagery were twice spray-painted onto the Rock, a beloved centerpiece of the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus. When the UTK administration responded with a mild message of admonishment, Jews across the state of Tennessee were disappointed and confused by the University…

by JCPConnect- November 20, 2018

News

Hate on Campus: A Letter to UT President Randy Boyd and UTK Chancellor Wayne Davis

In the wake of two incidents of anti-Semitic messages scrawled on the iconic “rock” at University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK), the four Jewish Federations of Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville) sent a joint letter to UT President Randy Boyd and UTK Chancellor Wayne Davis, asking the university system…

by JCPConnect- November 14, 2018