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Yosef Vanderwalde: My Teen Israel Experience

Yosef with family at the KotelYosef Vanderwalde, son of Drs. Lindi and Ari Vanderwalde, is a junior at the Cooper Yeshiva High School for Boys. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of his Mach Hach…

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475+ Attend 61st Annual Yom HaShoah Event

2023 Yom HaShoah event chairs, Dorothy and Michelle Goldwin with keynote speaker, Tova FriedmanBy Shoshana CenkerOn Monday, April 17, more than 475 attendees packed the Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Belz Social Hall for Memphis Jewish Federation’s 61st Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration. The Tennessee Holocaust Commission sponsored…

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David Peterson: My Israel Story

Imagine a life of wandering, and then on a 10-day trip, you find your way, and everything clicks! Picture finding and connecting with that spark! Realizing a connection to a peoplehood, a land, a nation-state, and cultivating a deep relationship with other Jewish men, all in only 10…

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Ellie Royal: My Teen Israel Experience

Ellie and Friends at an archeological dig.Ellie Royal, daughter of Leigh and Craig Royal is a junior at St. Mary’s Episcopal School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of her NFTY Jacobs Camp Israel…

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