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1st Place Essay from 14th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Contest

By: Nadav Lowell, 11th grade, Cooper Yeshiva High School for BoysAccording to the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 1,350,000 Jewish children were killed in the Holocaust, leaving only 150,000 surviving. Those that survived did not escape unscathed; many witnessed horrific deaths and horrible crimes. Children were…

by JCPConnect- May 12, 2023

Arts & Culture

Memphis Jewish Federation Launches Israel at 75 Programming Calendar

Familiarizing Jewish Memphians to the land, people, and culture of Israel is a major priority for Memphis Jewish Federation, and anniversaries are a great opportunity to do it in a big way. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, and to mark this…

by JCPConnect- January 20, 2023

Arts & Culture, News

Memphis Jewish Federation Launches 14th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition

Memphis Jewish Federation has announced its fourteenth annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition for Mid-South and Tennessee students in grades 6-12.This year’s contest theme is Courage and Hope: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child. Middle school students in grades 6-8 are invited to…

by JCPConnect- January 5, 2023

Arts & Culture, People

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

By Rebecca (Brown) Eisenstadter, Director of Memphis NCSY/JSU ChapterIn 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…

by JCPConnect- November 18, 2022

Arts & Culture

Maintaining Their Memory: A Remembrance of the Holocaust – Julia Zabek’s 1st Place Essay in MJF’s 13th Annual Holocaust Essay Contest

By: Julia Zabek, 11th grade, Knoxville Catholic High School. Internationally, January 27th is dedicated as a day of Holocaust remembrance to keep alive the memory of millions of lives taken heinously in this genocide. But is a singular day enough to encapsulate the grief and tragedy that plagued those directly…

by JCPConnect- April 29, 2022

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1st Place Essay from 14th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Contest

Memphis Jewish Federation Launches Israel at 75 Programming Calendar

Memphis Jewish Federation Launches 14th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition

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

Maintaining Their Memory: A Remembrance of the Holocaust – Julia Zabek’s 1st Place Essay in MJF’s 13th Annual Holocaust Essay Contest