Category: News

  • Four New Israeli Technologies Ahead of the Cutting Edge

    Four New Israeli Technologies Ahead of the Cutting Edge

    This week, Bloomberg News released their Bloomberg Innovation Index for 2017, which ranked 50 countries based on the strength of each country’s research and development, productivity, high-tech density, higher education, concentration of researchers, added value in manufacturing, and patent activity. Israel took the 10th spot this year, living up to one of…

  • Jewish Foundation of Memphis Distributes Record-Breaking $6.5 Million in  Grants to Non-Profits in 2016

    Jewish Foundation of Memphis Distributes Record-Breaking $6.5 Million in Grants to Non-Profits in 2016

    By Alyson Chensasky Last year was a banner year for the Jewish Foundation of Memphis’ grants to non-profits. Through the generosity of individuals and families who work with the Foundation to make their charitable grants, $6.5 million was distributed in 2016. This amount was dispersed to 684 non-profits locally and…

  • 2016: JCP Made an Impact

    2016: JCP Made an Impact

    Though we’re still smack in the middle of our 2017 Annual Community Campaign and need every donor to give, we wanted to pause and share our pride in what community giving was able to accomplish in 2016, in Memphis, in Israel, and around the world. It’s because of you, the…

  • JAFI: Connecting Jews to Israel

    JAFI: Connecting Jews to Israel

    The latest download of news from our partners at The Jewish Agency for Israel is filled with stories about action, passion, and impact. Read on to learn more about the lives we change together through philanthropy.   BRINGING ISRAEL TO JEWISH COMMUNITIES Building bridges in the face of adversity. After…

  • A Secret Jew, the New World, a Lost Book: Mystery Solved

    A Secret Jew, the New World, a Lost Book: Mystery Solved

    Originally published in the New York Times, Jan. 1, 2017 It is perhaps the most significant artifact documenting the arrival of Jews in the New World: a small, tattered 16th-century manuscript written in an almost microscopic hand by Luis de Carvajal the Younger, the man whose life and pain it…

  • Celia’s Chanukah Miracle

    Celia’s Chanukah Miracle

    “I think it would be a surprise to get a Chanukah present you didn’t know you were going to get. And happy. You would have something to play with. I didn’t think there would be very much kids who didn’t get Chanukah presents, but there are some. If we have…

  • Crisis in Syria: We Can Help

    Crisis in Syria: We Can Help

    The following message was sent this morning from Jewish Federations of North America President and CEO Jerry Silverman. You can also jump directly to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Aleppo Assistance Fund. Dear Friends, Now entering its sixth year, the conflict in Syria continues to take a drastic toll on the lives…

  • Jerry Springer Said That? 7 Quotes That Defy His Crazy TV Host Persona

    Jerry Springer Said That? 7 Quotes That Defy His Crazy TV Host Persona

    Tomorrow night we welcome the iconic Jerry Springer to the MJCC stage, for a completely unique Annual Community Campaign donor event, never to be duplicated again. All of us at JCP are pretty excited about hosting him and hearing what he’s got planned for the night, but mostly we’re looking…

  • Memphis Travelers Visit Warsaw Jewish Cemetery During JCP/MJCC-Sponsored Journey

    Memphis Travelers Visit Warsaw Jewish Cemetery During JCP/MJCC-Sponsored Journey

    A large group departed from Memphis International Airport Sunday, traveling to Poland to begin their journey from Warsaw to Israel. The JCP/MJCC-sponsored trip will connect the travelers to their Jewish history, taking them to important sites from the recent past. Here, our director of community impact, Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein, shares her thoughts and…

  • Lunch Break Video: The Rock N Roll Abraham

    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…