Category: Arts & Culture
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Lunch Break Video: The Rock N Roll Abraham
The Nobel Prize goes to global titans in literature. Harold Pinter. Alice Munro. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Toni Morrison. Bob Dylan? Citing Dylan’s “new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” the Swedish Academy has named the iconic Jewish singer/songwriter as the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in literature, the…
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Open Arms for New Jewish Memphians
Last weekend, forty-two new Jewish Memphians, ranging in age from toddler to senior and hailing from such far-flung spots as Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chattanooga, and Albany, were welcomed at a brunch last week sponsored by Jewish Community Partners and held at the home of Jill and Ken Steinberg. Helping newly…
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PJ Library for Kids 9 to 11 with Launch of PJ Our Way
PJ Our Way, the newest chapter of PJ Library for kids ages 9-11, is now available in Memphis! After a successful pilot period which began in October of 2014, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation is thrilled to announce that PJ Our Way will now be available to tweens throughout the United…
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Memphis Donors Provide Tickets to Jewish Museum in New York
Located on New York City’s Museum Mile, the Jewish Museum is a jewel-box of an art museum, and a distinctive hub for art and Jewish culture for people of all backgrounds. Our Memphis ties to this treasure run deep. Longtime Memphis business leader and philanthropist Ira A. Lipman is a…
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New Art Gallery in Gomez Auditorium at Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab
Thanks to the vision of Memphis artist, Zoe Nadel, Memphis Jewish Home and Rehab (MJHR) is now home to a new, rotating art gallery in the Gomez Auditorium. Building on the success of the event founded by Joan and Arnold Weiss, Home is Where the Art Is, art chair Zoe…
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ASBEE’s Kosher BBQ Contest Totally Rocks
901 Rocks started as a fun way for Memphis neighbors to interact, painting and hiding rocks, then leaving hints to their whereabouts on a Facebook page. The game caught fire and spread, growing to more than 13,000 players by the end of the summer, and it’s still going strong.…