Category: News
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Memphis-Shoham Cooking Webinar to Feature Gourmet Shavuot Culinary Delights
The Memphis-Shoham Partnership team is gearing up for another fun and culturally fascinating cooking webinar featuring Ashkenazic and Sephardic Shavuot desserts from both cities. The live webinar will take place on Sunday, May 22 at 11:00 AM via Zoom. With Jews customarily eating dairy foods on Shavuot, Memphis and Shoham…
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JDC: Federation’s Trusted Ally Making a Difference in Ukraine
With every new image or story from the front lines in Ukraine, many of us experience the same frustrating mental loop- the conflicting combination of wanting desperately to help while at the same time feeling powerless. How can a single person, thousands of miles away from the war, make a…
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Rabbi Abe Schacter-Gampel Taps Memories of His Grandfather for Federation’s Yom HaShoah Commemoration
On Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 6:30 P.M., Memphis Jewish Federation’s 60th annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration will feature Elisha Wiesel, son of Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor, and memoirist Elie Wiesel, “in conversation” with Rabbi Abe Schacter-Gampel of Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab (MJHR). Advance registration for in-person or virtual attendance…
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FedLED Brings Focus on Financial Planning and Charitable Giving for Young Professionals
Memphis Jewish Federation’s young adult division, FedLED, partnered with three members of the Jewish Foundation of Memphis’ Professional Advisory Group (PAG) Planning committee – Scott Bendure, Jason Salomon, and Lawson Arney. The advisors and Sarah VanderWalde presented on various topics relating to financial planning and charitable giving to an audience…
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Elisha Wiesel to Keynote Memphis Jewish Federation’s 60th Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Memphis Jewish Federation’s 60th annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration will be held Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 6:30 P.M. in-person in the Memphis Jewish Community Center Belz Social Hall, or via Zoom and Facebook Live. Advance registration is required for both in-person and Zoom attendance, and can be found at www.jcpmemphis.org/yomhashoah.…
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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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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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Hillels of Memphis Annual Yiddishe Cup Fundraiser Returns In-Person April 10
Former Hillel students are pictured enjoying Yiddishe Cup together in-person. It’s finally time to polish up your putt-putt skills for Hillels of Memphis’ 14th Annual Yiddishe Cup Mini-Golf Tournament! A fixture on the Memphis Jewish calendar for over a decade, the fun, community-wide event for Memphians of all ages returns…
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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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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…