Category: Arts & Culture
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Facing Our History and Each Other After Charlottesville
Originally published in the Commercial Appeal. Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational non-profit dedicated to erasing bigotry and racism around the globe. They are funded in part by your gifts to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign. By Michele Becton and Efraim Wiener Michele Becton is a 2017 graduate of St.…
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Moms with kids under 18: Visit Israel for the cost of airfare!
Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project’s MOMentum Women’s Trip to Israel is coming up, and we only have FOUR slots left for travelers! If your children are currently in high school or younger and you live within 30 minutes of Memphis, you may qualify for this amazing opportunity. JWRP and JCP cover…
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Israeli Scouts End Summer in Memphis On High Note
By Gila Golder Israeli teenagers Roni Gamzon and Ofek Segal knew they were in for a memorable summer when they landed in the Bluff City in early June. What they didn’t know was that, as the Memphis delegates from the Israel Scout (Tzofim) youth movement in Israel, they would quickly…
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Our First Year: JCPConnect Celebrates First Year With A Look Back
This week marks the first anniversary of the launch of JCPConnect. In our first year, we’ve shared 151 articles with readers like you, stories written by Jewish Community Partners staff and by members of the community. In these digital pages we’ve covered community news, written about high profile Memphians, shared…
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Coming to Memphis: Joshua Nelson, The Prince of Kosher Gospel
MJCC Annual Gala Wednesday, August 30 at the Duncan-Williams Performance Hall (Germantown Performing Arts Center) 6:45pm Reception | 7:30pm Performance Joshua Nelson, The Prince of Kosher Gospel was born and raised Jewish and a student of Judaism, including two years at college and on a kibbutz program in Israel. …
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Heart2Heart: Women’s Philanthropy
JFNA National Women’s Philanthropy is proud to present Heart to Heart 9: Empowering. Exhilarating. Extraordinary. Embark on a life-changing odyssey. Join like-minded, smart, motivated women from across North America on a uniquely inspiring journey. Spend five amazing days traveling Israel. Explore the country’s rich culture, embrace your spirituality, and see…
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Saba to Every Scout: The Legacy of Art Wolff, z”l.
By Alyson Chensasky In Memphis, you can’t think of the Israel Scouts without thinking of Art Wolff, z”l. Connecting Memphis to Israel was always Art’s passion. When he learned of a program in Israel that brought young Scouts to America, he knew he’d found a program that would impact the…
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L’hitraot!: Memphians Join Jewish Federations of North America Leaders Mission to Kiev and Israel
Planning Ahead Key leaders of next year’s Annual Community Campaign left Memphis Sunday to join their peers for Jewish Federations of North America’s campaign chair’s and director’s mission to Kiev and Israel. Pictured above, Eileen Posner (part of the campaign volunteer leadership team), Sheryl Alexander (JCP’s Director of Financial Resource…
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Meet the Israeli Scout Counselors- Merav and Tom
This year’s Southeast U.S. Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan, Caravan Ziv, pulled into Memphis this weekend, and begins its tour of Mid-South performances with a show tonight, at 6:30 P.M. at the Cordova Library. The visit culminates with an epic show for the Memphis Jewish community Wednesday, June 28, 7:00 P.M.…
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Meet the Israeli Scouts- Yuval and Ori
This year’s Southeast U.S. Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan, Caravan Ziv, pulls into Memphis Sunday, June 25, and begins its tour of Mid-South performances with a show Monday, June 26, 6:30 P.M. at the Cordova Library. The visit culminates with an epic show for the Memphis Jewish community Wednesday, June 28,…