Category: News
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Memphis Jewish Federation Celebrates International Women’s Day with Memphis-Shoham Partnership’s Kick-Off of Three-Part Webinar Series
Pictured clockwise from top left: Judge Sheryl Lipman, Dr. Sandra Arnold, Dr. Ronit Peled-Laskov, and Dr. Gili Hart. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis-Shoham Partnership is presenting Women Making a Difference, Tuesday, March 8 at noon featuring four dynamic leaders in their fields. Dr. Sandy Arnold…
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Experience Powers Insight for New Federation Senior Services Collaborative Chair Jennifer Roberts
Jennifer Roberts brings years of experience working with and for seniors to her new role as Chair of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Senior Services Collaborative. We caught up with her to get her take on the path that led her here, her hopes and concerns for the seniors of Jewish Memphis, and…
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Memphis Jewish Federation Launches 13th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition
With her piece entitled Life in a Jar, Colonial Middle School student Whitney Ousley took the first place ribbon in Art in Memphis Jewish Federation’s 2021 Holocaust Art & Essay Competition. Submissions for this year’s contest, themed Safeguarding the Sacred: Perspectives on Holocaust Memory, must be submitted by close of…
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Federation’s Community Security Briefing Showcases Efforts to Protect Jewish Memphis
“One loss of life is to destroy the world entire- we believe this as Jews. And to save one life is to save the world entire. Most of our efforts are to keep these threats to Jewish lives out of our buildings,” said Stuart Frisch, Secure Community Network (SCN) National…
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B’nai Tzedek Teens Kick-Off Dignity Grows Chapter in Memphis
On MLK Day, students in the B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy program packed 150 Dignity Grows tote bags with hygiene products to be distributed to Ridgeway High School students, Room In the Inn and the Tiger Pantry at the University of Memphis. Dignity Grows empowers neighbors in need by providing menstrual…
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Memphis Jewish Federation and Secure Community Network Work in Partnership to Protect Jewish Memphis
Memphis Jewish Federation Vice-Chair of Security Craig Weiss, Regional Security Advisor Amanda Braswell, and Secure Community Network (SCN) National Training & Exercise Advisor Stuart Frisch are part of the team behind the SCN/Federation partnership working around the clock to keep the people and places of Jewish Memphis safe. Jewish communities…
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Federation’s Camp Scholarships Enable Meaningful Jewish Experiences
Happiness is a place, and it can be found at Jewish summer camps. There truly is something special about going to a place where children and teens are given opportunities to engage in exciting daily activities, experience a setting where Judaism is felt more acutely, and make long-lasting friendships. At…
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Memphis Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Memphis Announce Grant Opportunities
Torah MiTzion’s Rabbi Yisrael Wende and Torah MiTzion students bring Israeli culture to Hillels of Memphis graduate students and alumni at a Hanukkah event at the Morris S. Fogelman Jewish Student Center at the University of Memphis. Torah MiTzion is funded in part by a Federation Lemsky Endowment Fund grant.…
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Furthering Israel & Global Jewish Engagement, Memphis Hosts JAFI and JDC
Dr. Ilana Kwartin, a JAFI representative, is pictured lecturing at a joint board meeting of Jewish Community Partners, Jewish Foundation of Memphis and Memphis Jewish Federation. As part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s strong commitment to Israel and global Jewry, Federation recently hosted its liaisons from overseas partners Jewish Agency for…
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Hillels of Memphis Engages Temple Israel’s Teens with their Jewish Identity
“Considering how Jewish life in college begins long before a student steps foot on their college campus, I believe that it’s important for high school students to understand the Jewish landscape that awaits them after they graduate high school,” said Sophie Bloch, the Director of Hillels of Memphis. “College is…