Author: JCPConnect
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Holocaust Art & Essay Winners Announced
Memphis Jewish Federation’s 10th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition invited students to respond to the topic Sustaining Culture and Community: The Many Faces of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto. Open to all students in Tennessee and the Mid-South, the contest drew submissions from a diverse group of students from…
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Tastes of Jewish Memphis: Gila Golder’s Homemade Matzo Balls and Seder Appetizer Plate
We’re launching this new recipe series just in time for Passover, with two dishes from JCP’s own Gila Golder, our Community Impact Associate. Do you have a beloved family dish, a creative twist on a classic, or brand new concoction you’d like to share with Jewish Memphis? Pitch your idea…
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Help Combat BDS at University of Maryland
This week, a BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) resolution was submitted to the Student Government Association at the University of Maryland calling on the university “to divest from companies engaged in human rights violations in Palestine.” The full text of the resolution can be found here. This effort is part of…
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Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Cindi Weinstein
Interview and photo by Lynnie Mirvis Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel, the 70 Faces of Memphis and Shoham project was designed to form real connections between the people of Jewish Memphis and the people of Shoham, Israel, Memphis’s partner city through the Jewish…
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Jason D. Salomon Selected as Best Estate Planning Attorney
Jason D. Salomon is deeply involved in our work in the Memphis Jewish Community, and an all around top notch guy. He serves on the JCP board and the Jewish Foundation of Memphis board and also chairs Foundation’s Professional Advisory Group. He’s also a member of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Grants…
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Community Member Zev Samuels to Receive State-Wide Recognition for Social Work
Dear friends, Today in Nashville on Capitol Hill, MIFA’s Zev Samuels will receive the Tennessee Social Worker of the Year Award bestowed by the Tennessee Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Zev, a professional social worker for over 27 years, is manager of MIFA’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman program…
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Local Educator Helps Connect Memphis Students to Their Shoham Counterparts
By Anat Kampf Over the past winter break, Anat Kampf, Margolin Hebrew Academy’s Middle School assistant principal, traveled to Shoham, Israel, to continue building the partnership with Memphis’ sister city. The trip was funded by Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis-Shoham Partnership2Gether Initiative. These are reflections on her journey. This past December,…
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11th Annual Hillel Yiddishe Cup Fundraiser to be Held April 7
The Morris S. Fogelman Jewish Student Center at the University of Memphis in conjunction with Rhodes College Hillel is pleased to announce The 2019 Yiddishe Cup which will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM at Golf & Games located at 5484 Summer Avenue. This year’s event…
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To the Memphis Muslim Community
This letter was sent today to our brothers and sisters at the Islamic Association of Greater Memphis, Masjid Al-Noor/Islamic Association of Greater Memphis, Masjid Al-Salam/Muslim Society of Memphis, Masjid Ar-Rahman/Islamic Association of Greater Memphis, and Muslims in Memphis. March 15, 2019 The Memphis Jewish Community extends our deepest condolences to…