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  • Yael Cooper: My Teen Israel Experience

    Yael Cooper: My Teen Israel Experience

    Yael Cooper, daughter of Aileen and Pace Cooper, is a senior at the Goldie Margolin School for Girls. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of her NCSY/GIVE (Girls Israel Volunteer Experience) program in Israel. All rising juniors and…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation’s Antisemitism Initiative Casts A Wide Net in Memphis

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s Antisemitism Initiative Casts A Wide Net in Memphis

    The week of Hanukkah saw Memphis Jewish Federation’s Shine A Light on Antisemitism initiative soar through digital channels throughout the greater Memphis community. After securing the support of all Memphis Jewish schools, agencies, congregations and youth groups and receiving a grant from Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to help…

  • DonorStrong – Geo Poor: Anyone Can Leave a Legacy

    DonorStrong – Geo Poor: Anyone Can Leave a Legacy

    Geo Poor, Executive Director of Beth Sholom Synagogue, did not grow up in Memphis – in fact, he only moved to the Mid-South six years ago. However, upon moving here, Geo immediately recognized and appreciated the multiple ways in which Beth Sholom provided and cared for its members and community.…

  • The Lion Behind the Pin: Betsy Saslawsky’s Hands-On Philanthropy

    The Lion Behind the Pin: Betsy Saslawsky’s Hands-On Philanthropy

    Memphis Lion of Judah Betsy Saslawsky prefers a hands-on approach to life, generally, and insists upon it in her philanthropic pursuits. A Lion since 2018, Betsy’s connection to philanthropy stems back to her childhood dinner table, where conversations between her parents, Judy and Nick Ringel, made an early impression on…

  • Federation’s PJ Library Book Swap Helps Local Families Refresh Home Libraries

    Federation’s PJ Library Book Swap Helps Local Families Refresh Home Libraries

    Spring cleaning, or cleaning for Passover, is a common annual event. What’s one thing that made preparing for Passover, and spring, different this year? Memphis Jewish Federation’s PJ Library Book Drop & Swap! Over the course of a week, families donate their gently used children’s books, culminating in a Book…

  • Lion Behind the Pin: Dot Bilsky’s Commitment to Community

    Lion Behind the Pin: Dot Bilsky’s Commitment to Community

    In a strangely disconnected year, Dot Bilsky has relied on her long affiliation with the Memphis Jewish Federation Lions of Judah as a way to stay connected to the people and places she loves in Jewish Memphis. “I became a Lion because my husband signed me up, and I am…

  • Lions are Limitless – Janice Ringel Reports on the International Lion of Judah Conference

    Lions are Limitless – Janice Ringel Reports on the International Lion of Judah Conference

    “I’m a new Lion of Judah this year, so I went into this conference with no expectations,” said Memphis Lion Janice Ringel, our correspondent ‘on the ground’ at the International Lion of Judah Conference. “If it had been an in-person conference, being so new as a Lion I probably would…

  • Federation Launches New Young Adult Initiative with Clothing Sale

    Federation Launches New Young Adult Initiative with Clothing Sale

    Momentum is swelling behind a group of young adults – some new to Memphis, others born and raised here – committed to Memphis Jewish Federation’s efforts to care for, connect, and engage Jewish people of all ages through a wide array of programs and services. Formerly known as YAD (the…

  • Hillels of Memphis Students Connected Digitally During Virtual Fall Semester

    Hillels of Memphis Students Connected Digitally During Virtual Fall Semester

    By Sophie Bloch, Director of Hillels of Memphis Over these last few months, I have often thought back to my own college experience and what it would have felt like to be starting a new school year during a pandemic. I studied dance and theater, so time and time again…

  • Mednikow Jewelers: Official Jeweler of the Memphis Lions of Judah

    Mednikow Jewelers: Official Jeweler of the Memphis Lions of Judah

    Memphis Jewish Federation announces an official partnership between their Lion of Judah program and Memphis icons Mednikow Jewelers. Announced Friday, November 6, Mednikow is now the official Jeweler of the Memphis Lions of Judah.  For many years, Mednikow Jewelers has been the jeweler partner of Federation’s Lions of Judah. Bob…