Author: JCPConnect
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David Sabin: My Teen Israel Experience
David Sabin, son of Dr. Joanne Levine and Dr. Noah Sabin, is a senior at Memphis University School (pictured enjoying the view on top of a mountain outside of Eilat, Israel). Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemksy Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost…
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Federation Commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination with Memphis-Shoham Partnership Webinar Museums as Catalysts for Change
In commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis – Shoham Partnership is presenting Museums as Catalysts for Change, Tuesday, April 5 at noon via Zoom. Featured panelists include Omer Deutsch from The Israeli Museum at the Yitzhak Rabin Center, Ryan Jones of the National Civil…
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B’nai Tzedek Teens Present $10,000 in Grant Awards
On Monday, March 21, students, parents, grandparents, and members of the greater Jewish community gathered to attend B’nai Tzedek’s Grant Reception. Sarah VanderWalde, Director of Programs at the Jewish Foundation of Memphis, facilitates this annual event, when students in the teen philanthropy program present awards directly to agency representatives. As part…
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Inspired By Family Traditions, Sydney and Jack Shanker Contribute to Federation’s Ukraine Emergency Fund
Inspired by their parents and grandparents, Memphis teens Sydney and Jack Shanker donated more than a year’s worth of contributions to their tzedakah boxes to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Ukraine Emergency Fund, held by the Jewish Foundation of Memphis. Last week, a local family’s tzedakah tradition led to a surprise visit…
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Jewish Foundation Calling Professional Advisors to be Included in New Directory
Jewish Foundation of Memphis Professional Advisory Group (PAG) Planning Committee members Patrick O’Hearn, Scott Bendure, Jason Salomon, Garrett Bizzell, and Lawson Arney joined Foundation Director of Programs Sarah VanderWalde at the most recent meeting in February. Are you an estate planning attorney? An accountant? A Financial Advisor? A life insurance…
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Akiva Nelson: My Teen Israel Experience
Akiva Nelson, son of Hannah and Dr. Michael Nelson, is a senior at The Frisch School in Paramus, New Jersey (pictured inside of a cave, wearing a yellow shirt, with friends he made during his trip to Israel). Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemksy Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel…
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Join Memphis Jewish Federation Online for Ukraine Crisis: Community Briefing Monday, March 14
This week, Ukrainian civilians were targeted by artillery as they attempted to flee and a maternity hospital was hit by Russian rockets in what the World Health Organization reports is the 19th attack on Ukrainian health facilities. A new column of Russians of untold number is steadily advancing toward the…
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B’nai Tzedek Students Participate in Collective Grant Making
Juliana Kaitibi, Camp, Youth, & Family Services Director at the Memphis Jewish Community Center, speaks about her grant application for an inclusive summer camp program in hopes that the B’nai Tzedek students will provide funding. “Will this program happen without our funding?” “How many people would benefit from our grant…
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Memphis Jewish Federation Mobilizes Community to Join $36 Million National Emergency Campaign to Support Ukrainian Jews
Jewish families in Ukraine have benefited from donor gifts to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign for years, through partner agencies on the ground like JDC, JAFI and World ORT. To meet needs emerging in the wake of war every day, Memphis Jewish Federation has joined Jewish Federations of North…
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Hayden Miller: My Teen Israel Experience
Hayden Miller, daughter of Paige and Jed Miller, is a senior at Hutchison School (pictured left with her friend Sydney Shemper in Jerusalem). Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemksy Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of her NFTY L’Dor V’Dor (Jacobs Camp) program…