Author: JCPConnect

  • Help In A Hurricane: Give If You Can

    Help In A Hurricane: Give If You Can

    We have slammed into the 2018 hurricane season.  Hurricane Florence, the first major storm, is wreaking havoc on the Carolinas and southern East Coast, and we know that more hurricanes threaten to follow. When disaster first strikes, immediate aid is needed to help communities get back on their feet. Afterwards,…

  • Through Jewish Community Partners, Jewish Memphis Delivers Smiles to the Most Vulnerable Memphians

    Through Jewish Community Partners, Jewish Memphis Delivers Smiles to the Most Vulnerable Memphians

    When the call was sent to all corners of the Mid-South that Metropolitan Interfaith Association (MIFA) was celebrating a milestone with a campaign to bring different parts of Memphis together to do good on a massive scale, Jewish Memphis went above and beyond to deliver. Jewish Community Partners (JCP), a…

  • Local Jewish Blues Musician to Headline Federation’s Memphis-Shoham Partnership Projects

    Local Jewish Blues Musician to Headline Federation’s Memphis-Shoham Partnership Projects

    Laura Linder, President/CEO of Jewish Community Partners, announced this week an exciting array of projects for 2018-2019 as part of the Memphis Jewish community’s partnership with the city of Shoham, Israel. JCP launched the partnership in 2016 through the Partnership2Gether Peoplehood Platform (P2G), a program of JAFI (Jewish Agency for…

  • Keeping Houston Afloat, a Year After Harvey

    Keeping Houston Afloat, a Year After Harvey

    One year ago, on August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey barred down on Houston, unloading 19 trillion gallons of water on the city – more than a year’s worth of rain in just five days. The impact on the local Jewish community was devastating. More than 2,000 Jewish households flooded, and seven…

  • Fellowship for Jewish Students Helps Rhodes College Junior Explore Jewish Identity Through Hillel

    Fellowship for Jewish Students Helps Rhodes College Junior Explore Jewish Identity Through Hillel

    Hello Memphis Jewish Community! My name is Yanai Almalem. I am a Jewish student lucky enough to be starting my Junior year at Rhodes  College this year. In 2016, I was the first student to receive the Jewish Community Fellowship at Rhodes College thanks to Jewish Community Partners (JCP), which…

  • Jewish Federation of North America Allocates Funds to Help Besieged Israelis

    Jewish Federation of North America Allocates Funds to Help Besieged Israelis

    Jerusalem, Israel — The Jewish Federation of North America allocated nearly half a million dollars to help relieve suffering in southern Israel caused by ‘kite arson’ and provide trauma counseling and support for a growing number of Israelis who have been impacted by increased strife along the Gazan border. Federations provided funding so…

  • Israeli Scouts Build Meaningful Relationships with Memphians

    Israeli Scouts Build Meaningful Relationships with Memphians

    Two Scouts. Twelve weeks. Eleven host families. Forty-five days of camp. One incredible summer to add to the decades-long tradition of Israeli Scouts in Memphis. Tzuf Bitton and Adam Levy, both 17, had each been a part of the Israel Scout (Tzofim) youth movement in Israel since 4th grade. They…

  • JCP Convenes Broad Swath of Jewish Community for Citywide MIFA CommUNITY Days Project

    JCP Convenes Broad Swath of Jewish Community for Citywide MIFA CommUNITY Days Project

    Laura Linder, President/CEO of Jewish Community Partners (JCP) announced this week that JCP will unite 14 local Jewish organizations through CommUNITY Days, a citywide service initiative celebrating MIFA’s 50th anniversary celebration. Promoting community collaboration is a hallmark of JCP’s role in the Memphis Jewish community, and bringing together diverse organizations…

  • Rhodes College Invests in Jewish Life on Campus; Awards Merit-Based Scholarship to 2018 Recipient in Partnership with JCP

    Rhodes College Invests in Jewish Life on Campus; Awards Merit-Based Scholarship to 2018 Recipient in Partnership with JCP

    In a competitive process, Rhodes College has awarded the Jewish Community Fellowship, a $10,000 scholarship renewable for three years, to incoming freshman Sophie Enda. She was chosen based on the recommendation of an evaluation committee convened by Jewish Community Partners (JCP), and will enroll at Rhodes for the Fall 2018…

  • Giving Together. Impacting Jewish Lives.

    Giving Together. Impacting Jewish Lives.

    By Susan Nieman Memphis Jewish Federation’s development board chairs Cindy Finestone and Scott Vogel will lead the team in planning the 2019 Community Campaign ~ Giving Together. Impacting Jewish Lives. Every year, more than 1,000 Jewish Memphians come together to contribute to the community campaign. Funds raised are disbursed through…