Category: People

  • Yom HaShoah 2017- Monday April 24 in the Belz Social Hall, MJCC

    Yom HaShoah 2017- Monday April 24 in the Belz Social Hall, MJCC

    (Photos from Yom HaShoah 2016, Steve Conroy- photographer) Laura Linder, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners (JCP), announced this week that the Memphis Jewish community is invited to attend JCP’s 55th annual Yom HaShoah observance, featuring Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers program. The event will honor Holocaust survivors living…

  • Open Your Doors to the Israeli Scouts

    Open Your Doors to the Israeli Scouts

    UPDATE: Host families are still needed for Scouts. The two summer Scouts need homes for the week of June 18-25 and the week of June 25-July 2, and the Caravan Scouts are in need of housing June 25 to 29. Contact Gila Golder for information about how and your family…

  • JCP Staff Spotlight: Gila Golder

    JCP Staff Spotlight: Gila Golder

    Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. Each Friday, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are.    Gila Golder Community Impact Associate   Birthplace: West Long Branch, New Jersey, but I grew…

  • Happily Living in Jewish Memphis

    Happily Living in Jewish Memphis

    By Shoshana Cenker “Memphis? You’re moving back to Memphis?” That was the question many of our friends and family asked us when my husband Dovid and I decided we’d leave his hometown of Atlanta and move our family to my hometown – Memphis. And to be honest, I never thought I’d…

  • Donor Spotlight- Allen Iskiwitz: Confessions of a Philanthropic Animal Lover

    Donor Spotlight- Allen Iskiwitz: Confessions of a Philanthropic Animal Lover

    Philanthropists who hold Donor Advised Funds through Jewish Foundation of Memphis have access to a unique set of giving tools, enabling them to give to causes that are meaningful to them, hassle-free, and backed by a team of financial, legal, and philanthropic professional volunteers. JFOM takes care of administrative tasks like…

  • Gavi Freiden: Teen Israel Experience Was Mamash Mamash Tov (Very Very Good)

    Gavi Freiden: Teen Israel Experience Was Mamash Mamash Tov (Very Very Good)

    By Gavi Freiden I spent last summer in Israel, on TJJ (The Jerusalem Journey)—the best program! The journey began at JFK airport, when my friends and I walked around and introduced ourselves to everyone while waiting for our plane to Israel. After hours of waiting to board the plane, the…

  • Memphis’ Pinch District: The Jewish/Irish Melting Pot

    Memphis’ Pinch District: The Jewish/Irish Melting Pot

    ABOVE: Residents of Memphis’s historic Pinch neighborhood, early 1900s. Jewish business men with an Irish cop.  The immigrant story in many American cities almost always prominently features two groups of people- the Irish and the Jews. Both came for the promise of a new start in America, which is shared among…

  • Watch: Celebrate Sunny Memphis with Purim Video from Memphis Recruitment Committee

    Watch: Celebrate Sunny Memphis with Purim Video from Memphis Recruitment Committee

    The latest video from our friends on the Memphis Recruitment Committee, the team behind 100newfamilies.com, is a fun slice-of-life from the heart of Jewish Memphis. You might have seen it making the rounds on social media, where it grabbed something like 4,000 views in the first 24 hours of its release.…

  • Our Allies: Four Stories From our Overseas Partners

    Our Allies: Four Stories From our Overseas Partners

    Jewish Community Partners works hard to maintain a high level of support for Israel and all Jewish communities across the globe. When working in communities overseas, we rely on strong partnerships with other agencies- The Joint Distribution Committee, The Jewish Agency for Israel, the Ethiopian National Project, and World ORT. Today we’ll highlight a few…

  • The Privilege of Being Involved

    The Privilege of Being Involved

    By Aaron Canales Recently, I went on a short trip. Just a weekend. It was about a month ago, give or take; the weather still a tad on the nippy side. With me was a small group of individuals, with whom I’d had the laborious joy of being elected to…